The following is an index to property transfer deeds recorded at the Suffolk County Deed Registry from the original land purchase through December 31, 2017. Mortgages, trust agreements, and other similar recorded documents are not included. This index is intended as a guide only; actual deeds should be reviewed for details.
| Transfers of Land and Buildings | ||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
| 19Apr1995 | Emerson College, Inc. | Back Bay Investment Trust, Inc. | 19706 | 19 |
| 07Jun1984 | David H. Thorne and Paul A. Faraca, trustees, Governor Ames Mansion Realty Trust | Emerson College, Inc. | 10962 | 76 |
| 30Dec1980 | Walco National Corporation (formerly National Casket Company) | David R. Thorne and Paul A. Faraca, trustees, Governor Ames Mansion Realty Trust | 9634 | 347 |
| 25May1926 | Oakes Ames | National Casket Company, Inc. | 4801 | 301 |
| 20Jun1921 (recorded 30Jul1921) | Thomas Taylor and Susan Ames Taylor, his wife, in her own right (Confirmatory deed) | Oakes Ames | 4308 | 171 |
| 27Jun1921 (recorded 30Jul1921) | Frederick G. Hall and Evelyn Ames Hall, his wife, in her own right (Confirmatory deed) | Oakes Ames | 4308 | 169 |
| 22Jun1921 (recorded 30Jul1921) | George M. Nowell and Anna Lee Ames Nowell, his wife, in her own right (Confirmatory deed) | Oakes Ames | 4308 | 168 |
| 23Jul1921 (recorded 30Jul1921) | Fanny Holt Ames (release) | Oakes Ames | 4308 | 167 |
| 23Jul1921 (recorded 30Jul1921) | Old Colony Trust Company, Fannie Holt Ames, and Daniel F. Buckley, executors of and trustees under the will of William H. Ames (3-16ths undivided interest) | Oakes Ames | 4308 | 165 |
| 19Jul1921 (recorded 30Jul1921) | Henry C. Brookings (13-16ths undivided interest) | Oakes Ames | 4308 | 165 |
| 18Jul1921 (recorded 30Jul1921) | Samuel Carr, Gilmer Clapp, and Oakes Ames, surviving trustees under the will of Oliver Ames (13-16ths undivided interest) | Henry C. Brookings, to the use of Oakes Ames | 4308 | 163 |
| Transfers of Unimproved Land | ||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
| 18Feb1880 | Benjamin W. Crowninshield (lot with 70 foot frontage) | Oliver Ames | 1484 | 63 |
| 09Jan1880 | Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Henry M. Whitney, trustees (lot with 131 foot frontage) | Benjamin W. Crowninshield | 1481 | 229 |
| 12Dec1879 | Chester M. Dawes (confirmatory deed with respect to the Cross Dam or Parker Street between Commonwealth Avenue and Beacon) | Grenville T. W. Braman | 1478 | 217 |
| 01Feb1879 | Chester M. Dawes (the Cross Dam or Parker Street between the north side of Commonwealth Avenue and south side of Marlborough) | Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, Henry M. Whitney, trustees | 1449 | 4 |
| 01Feb1879 | Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Henry M. Whitney, trustees, and Grenville T. W. Braman and Heirs of Daniel Davies, individually (the Cross Dam or Parker Street between Commonwealth Avenue and Beacon) | Chester M. Dawes | 1449 | 3 |
| 30Apr1878 | Boston Water Power Company (the Cross Dam or Parker Street between Commonwealth Avenue and Beacon) | Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Henry M. Whitney, trustees, and Grenville T. W. Braman and Heirs of Daniel Davies, individually | 1449 | 3 |
| 01Jun1877 | Commonwealth of Massachusetts (release of interest in road known as the Cross Dam or Parker Street between Commonwealth Avenue and Beacon) | Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Frank W. Andrews, trustees, and Daniel Davies and Grenville T. W. Braman, individually | 1377 | 109 |
| 01Mar1872 | Boston Water Power Company | Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Frank W. Andrews, trustees | 1095 | 1 |
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