Index to Deeds: 404 Marlborough

The following is an index to property transfer deeds and party wall agreements 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
17Jul2008 404 Marlborough Street LLC Topliffe-Murphy House Condominium 43811 70
15May2007 Genevieve E. Marlin 404 Marlborough Street LLC 41802 325
03Oct1995 404 Marlborough Street Trust (certificate of recorded ownership) Genevieve E. Marlin 20102 257
16Jun1954 George E. Dunphy and E. Topliffe Dunphy, husband and wife Eleanor Topliffe Dunphy, trustee, 404 Marlborough Street Trust 6967 363
30Jan1952 Ella B. Smith George E. Dunphy and E. Topliffe Dunphy, husband and wife 6755 357
30Nov1927 Charles E. Cotting, executor of the will of Ruth S. T. Cotting Ella B. Smith, wife of Carl M. Smith 4961 32
Transfers of Unimproved Land
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
23Nov1887 Walter C. Cabot and Benjamin W. Crowninshield (lot with 24 foot frontage) Charles E. Cotting 1801 396
20Jan1880 J. Brooks Fenno and William S. Eaton (lot with 498 foot frontage) Benjamin W. Crowninshield  and Walter C. Cabot 1488 9
20Jan1880 Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Henry M. Whitney, trustees (confirmatory deed, one-half undivided interest) William S. Eaton 1483 28
20Jan1880 Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Henry M. Whitney, trustees (lot with 498 foot frontage) J. Brooks Fenno and William S. Eaton 1483 25
01Feb1879 Chester M. Dawes (the Cross Dam or Parker Street between the north side  Commonwealth Avenue and the south side 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
23Nov1887 Walter C. Cabot and Benjamin W. Crowninshield (owners of lot at 406 Marlborough) Charles E. Cotting (owner of lot at 404 Marlborough) 1801 394
23Nov1887 Walter C. Cabot and Benjamin W. Crowninshield (owners of lot at 402 Marlborough) Charles E. Cotting (owner of lot at 404 Marlborough) 1801 393