Index to Deeds: 371 Commonwealth

The following is an index to property transfer deeds and party wall, passageway, and building restriction agreements 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
29Jun1979 Ronald J. Carlow, trustee, Ronbar Realty Trust Charles C. Patsos, trustee, 371 Commonwealth Trust 9195 198
06Apr1976 South Boston Savings Bank Ronald J. Carlow, trustee, Ronbar Realty Trust 8860 535
26Nov1975 Walter Bauke (foreclosure of mortgage) South Boston Savings Bank 8836 508
09Jun1971 Edward H. Mank, trustee, New England Real Estate Equities Trust Walter Bauke 8449 734
15Jan1968 Allyn L. Levy, individually, and Allyn L. Levy and Richard W. Wennett, trustees, Steven P. Levy Trust; and Allyn L. Levy and Richard W. Wennett, trustees, Jane E. Levy Trust, co-partners as Jane & Steve Levy Partnership Edward H. Mank, trustee, New England Real Estate Equities Trust 8175 526
06Apr1967 Jennie A. Fratto Allyn L. Levy, individually, and Allyn L. Levy and Jason Poster, trustees, Steven P. Levy Trust; and Allyn L. Levy and Jason Poster, trustees, Jane E. Levy Trust, co-partners as Jane & Steve Levy Partnership 8110 30
06Apr1967 Capitol Finance  Corp. Jennie A. Fratto 8109 479
16Mar1967 Moses I. Richman and Harold A. Richman, trustees, 371 Commonwealth Avenue Trust Capitol Finance Corp. 8107 518
12Jun1963 Moses I. Richman and Harold A. Richman, trustees, Commonwealth House Associates Moses I. Richman and Harold A. Richman, trustees, 371 Commonwealth Avenue Trust 7806 278
25Apr1962 R. S. R. Realty Company. Inc. Moses I. Richman and Harold A. Richman, trustees, Commonwealth House Associates 7640 446
24Nov1958 Mystic Lakes Realty Corporation R. S. R. Realty Company. Inc. 7358 85
18Nov1958 Lena G. Gorsey Mystic Lakes Realty Corporation 7356 122
01Jun1955 Carolyn L. Lowe Robert B. Gorsey and Lena G. Gorsey, husband and wife 7060 524
15Nov1945 Maurice Levine Carolyn L. Lowe 7056 28
03Dec1943 Catherine M. Sullivan, formerly Catherine M. Hassey Maurice Levine 6072 632
09Oct1934 Frances E. O’Brien Catherine M. Hassey 5497 259
12Feb1927 Edward A. Mulvey and Mary M. Mulvey (formerly Mary M. O’Brien), his wife, in her own right Frances E. O’Brien 4874 410
21Feb1924 Arthur W. Hartt, Dudley N. Hartt, and John Philip Hartt Mary M. O’Brien 4555 584
01Nov1893 Albert Geiger (lot with 63.09 foot frontage on Commonwealth and 124.5 foot frontage on Massachusetts Avenue, and building, “The Chesterfield”) Arthur W. Hartt, and George A. Nickerson, guardian of Dudley N. Hartt and John Philip Hartt, minors 2162 133
Transfers of Unimproved Land
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
14Nov1892 Augustus F. Arnold (lot with 63.09 foot frontage on Commonwealth and 124.5 foot frontage on Massachusetts Avenue) Albert Geiger 2095 259
28Oct1892 Henry Lee, H. Hollis Hunnewell, and Augustus Lowell (lot with 63.09 foot frontage on Commonwealth and 124.5 foot frontage on Massachusetts Avenue) Augustus F. Arnold 2093 225
20Feb1883 Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Henry M. Whitney, trustees (Lot with 125 foot frontage on Beacon and 246.77 frontage on Massachusetts Avenue) Henry Lee, H. Hollis Hunnewell, and Augustus Lowell 1588 434
01Jun1880 Boston Water Power Company Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Henry M. Whitney, trustees 1495 35
01Jun1880 Dwight Foster, Gilman Collamore, and George Richardson, trustees under indenture with Boston Water Power Company dated 1Jun1874 (release) Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Henry M. Whitney, trustees 1495 33
01Mar1872 Boston Water Power Company Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Frank W. Andrews, trustees 1095 1
Party Wall Agreements
Date Party One Party Two Book Page
21Oct1892 Henry Lee, H. Hollis Hunnewell, and Augustus Lowell (owner of lot at 371 Commonwealth) Sarah C. Bell (owner of lot at 373 Commonwealth) 2095 257
Agreement that the erection of bays at the rear of 373 Commonwealth (The Ericson) over the sixteen foot passageway will not be objected to by the owners of 371 Commonwealth (The Chesterfield), and that the owners of 373 Commonwealth will not object to the windows which the owners of 371 Commonwealth have opened in the party wall nor to the gutters and conductors of 371 Commonwealth which extend over the property of 373 Commonwealth
Date Party One Party Two Party Three Book Page
07Nov1893 Arthur W. Hartt, and George A. Nickerson, guardian of Dudley N. Hartt and John Philip Hartt, minors (purchaser of 371 Commonwealth) Arthur W. Sawyer, Charles E. Hellier, and Henry S. MacKay, trustees, Hotel Ericson Trust (purchaser of 373 Commonwealth) Albert Geiger (seller of 371 Commonwealth) 2163 387
Agreement with by owners of land between the south side of Marlborough and north side of Commonwealth, west of West Chester Park: (1) establishing (a) a 16 foot  wide passageway running west from Massachusetts Avenue between the lots at 424-428 Marlborough and 47-51 Massachusetts Avenue to the north and the lots at 371-377 Commonwealth to the south; (b) a 14 foot wide passageway running south from Marlborough and connecting with the 16 foot passageway; and (c) a five foot wide passageway running west from the intersection of the 16 foot wide passageway and the 14 foot wide passageway, ending at the eastern boundary of 391 Commonwealth; and (2) specifying that owners of properties on either side of 14 foot passageway (i.e., 428 Marlborough and 430 Marlborough) may “project bay windows and other similar projections at height not less than thirteen feet above the ground and not extending beyond to center of the way.”
15Mar1886 George Wheatland, Jr. (owner of land west of lots at 428 Marlborough and 377 Commonwealth) Henry Lee, H. Hollis Hunnewell, and Augustus Lowell (owners of lots at 424-428 Marlborough, 47-51 Massachusetts Avenue, and 371-377 Commonwealth 1717 17