Index to Deeds: 373 Commonwealth

The following is an index to property transfer deeds and party wall and passageway agreements recorded at the Suffolk County Deed Registry from the original land purchase until conversion of the property into condominium units.  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
30Sep1981 Erickson Development Corporation The Erickson Condominium 9859 610
02Jul1981 Glen G. Grant, trustee, Commonwealth College Trust Erickson Development Corporation 9850 238
02Aug1978 Lester Werman, Mark Werman, Ralph Werman, and Inez Levenson Glen Grant, trustee, Commonwealth College Trust 9081 544
25May1978 Julius R. Cavadi, trustee, 373 Commonwealth Avenue Realty Trust (foreclosure of mortgage) Lester Werman, Mark Werman, Ralph Werman, and Inez Levenson 9061 335
26Apr1974 Chamberlayne School and Chamberlayne Junior College Julius R. Cavadi, trustee, 373 Commonwealth Avenue Realty Trust 8705 92
14Jun1968 Bentley College of Accounting and Finance, formerly Bentley School of Accounting and Finance, Inc. Chamberlayne School and Chamberlayne Junior College 8208 592
28Jun1960 Emerson College Bentley School of Accounting and Finance, Inc. 7487 376
27Oct1928 Harry Seymour Ross Emerson College of Oratory 5054 164
07May1928 Henry C. Brookings Harry Seymour Ross 5000 453
07May1928 J. Agnes O’Neil Henry C. Brookings 5000 451
26Apr1928 Cape Ann Savings Bank J. Agnes O’Neil 4997 303
13Feb1928 Ezra D. Phillips Cape Ann Savings Bank 4978 27
10Feb1928 William N. Ambler (foreclosure of mortgage given to Cape Ann Savings Bank by William Ambler and assumed by subsequent buyers; sale by the bank to Ezra D. Phillips Ezra D. Phillips 4978 21
01Aug1925 William N. Ambler Edward J. Ball 4711 411
01Aug1925 Edward J. Ball William N. Ambler 4711 407
04Mar1924 William N. Ambler Edward J. Ball 4554 271
01Mar1924 Mary M. O’Brien William N. Ambler 4554 269
01Feb1924 Harry L. Rice, Fred B. Rice, and John D. Hardy, trustees, Avenue Real Estate Trust Mary M. O’Brien 4546 504
31Dec1920 Harry L. Rice, Fred B. Rice, Moorfield Storey, and John D. Hardy, trustees under the will of William B. Rice John D. Hardy, trustee, Avenue Real Estate Trust 4270 561
10Dec1904 George Herbert Sheldon and Royal R. Sheldon William B. Rice 3009 253
22May1894 Henry S. MacKay George T. Sheldon 2200 26
21May1894 Charles B. Dunham Henry S. MacKay 2200 24
19May1894 Arthur W. Sawyer, Charles E. Hellier, and Henry S. MacKay, trustees, Ericson Hotel Trust (lot with 54.50 foot frontage and building, “Hotel Ericson”) Charles B. Dunham 2200 23
Transfers of Unimproved Land
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
15Dec1892 Sarah C. Bell (lot with 54.50 foot frontage) Arthur W. Sawyer, William M. Richardson, and Charles E. Hellier, trustees, Ericson Hotel Trust 2103 178
29Apr1891 Carrie A. Sawyer, wife of Arthur W. Sawyer (lot with 80.50 foot frontage) Sarah C. Bell 1992 257
23Dec1890 George W. Nason (lot with 80.50 foot frontage) Carrie A. Sawyer, wife of Arthur W. Sawyer 1974 81
22Dec1890 Henry Lee, H. Hollis Hunnewell, and Augustus Lowell (lot with 80.50 foot frontage) George W. Nason 1974 75
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
01Dec1891 Sarah C. Bell (owner of lot at 373 Commonwealth) Augustus F. Arnold (owner of lot at 375 Commonwealth) 2031 324
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