The following is an index to property transfer deeds recorded at the Suffolk County Deed Registry from the original land purchase until conversion of the building 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 |
12Aug1999 | Madeira Isle Real Estate Corp. | The Justin Douglas House Condominium | 24102 | 42 |
22Oct1998 | Helen W. Donovan and Jane W. Carey | Madeira Isle Real Estate Corp. | 23026 | 329 |
22Oct1998 | Jane W. Carey, trustee, Wylie Welles Trust | Helen W. Donovan (67 percent interest) and Jane W. Carey (33 percent interest) | 23026 | 326 |
15Oct1981 | G. Raymond Ahrens, trustee, K & R Realty Trust | Jane W. Carey and Helen W. Donovan, trustees, Wylie Welles Trust | 9856 | 635 |
02Jun1977 | The Kingsley School, Inc. | G. Raymond Ahrens, trustee, K & R Realty Trust | 8962 | 432 |
13Nov1945 | Edith H. Kingsley | The Kingsley School, Inc. | 6181 | 278 |
02Aug1945 | The Colonial School, Inc. | Edith H. Kingsley | 6169 | 504 |
07Jan1942 | Home Savings Bank | The Colonial School, Inc. | 5976 | 452 |
25Jan1939 | Lillie G. Rees and Albert F. Rees, surviving trustees, Williams Trust | Home Savings Bank | 5774 | 399 |
02Dec1926 | Fanny Goldsmith | Margarett L. Carroll, to the use of Simon Goldsmith, Fanny Goldsmith, and Albert F. Rees, as trustees, Williams Trust | 4862 | 388 |
24May1919 | Frank A. Connors | Fanny Goldsmith | 4140 | 527 |
23May1919 | Ellis Worthington | Frank A. Connors | 4140 | 526 |
24May1919 | Mary Josephine Bleakie, trustee under the will of John S. Bleakie | Ellis Worthington | 4140 | 524 |
07Feb1889 | John W. Shapleigh (lot with 22 foot frontage and dwelling house) | John S. Bleakie | 1862 | 449 |
Transfers of Unimproved Land | ||||
Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
23Nov1887 | George B. Upton (lot with 65.42 foot frontage) | John W. Shapleigh | 1800 | 383 |
20Oct1886 | Albert F. Sise and John L. Thorndike, executors of the will of Francis E. Parker (lot with 65.42 foot frontage) | George B. Upton | 1745 | 493 |
16Feb1881 | George P. Bangs and Charles P. Horton (lot with 65.42 foot frontage) | Francis E. Parker | 1516 | 102 |
23Jan1880 | Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Henry M. Whitney, trustees (lot with 199.42 foot frontage) | George P. Bangs and Charles P. Horton | 1482 | 61 |
01Feb1879 | Chester M. Dawes (irregular lot with 55.17 foot frontage on Marlborough) | Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and 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 |
Party Wall Agreements | ||||
Date | Party One | Party Two | Book | Page |
08Jul1884 | Francis E. Parker (owner of lot at 397 Marlborough) | William Herbert Rollins and Miriam Walley Rollins, his wife, in her own right (owner of lot at 399 Marlborough) | 1645 | 618 |