The following is an index to property transfer deeds and party wall and building restriction agreements recorded at the Suffolk County Deed Registry from the original land purchase through December 31, 2015. 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 | |
| 31Dec1996 | F. Dow Smith and Lester M. Brackley, III, trustees, New England College of Optometry Realty Trust | New England College of Optometry | 21149 | 261 | |
| 03May1983 | New England College of Optometry (formerly Massachusetts College of Optometry) | F. Dow Smith and Lester M. Brackley, III, trustees, New England College of Optometry Realty Trust | 10325 | 254 | |
| 10Aug1971 | George I. Rohrbough | Massachusetts College of Optometry | 8466 | 384 | |
| 02Aug1967 | Andrew D. Maclachlan, trustee | George I. Rohrbough | 8138 | 504 | |
| 08May1963 | Muriel Audrey Maclachlan | Andrew D. Maclachlan, trustee | 7742 | 364 | |
| 10Jul1952 | Vedanta Centre, Inc. | Muriel Audrey Maclachlan | 6791 | 569 | |
| 28Dec1936 | S. Burt Wolbach and Anna W. Wolbach, his wife, in her own right | Vedanta Centre, Inc. | 5642 | 125 | |
| 06Jun1907 | Henry Francis Sears | William H. Wellington | 3216 | 508 | |
| 03Dec1892 | David Sears and Henry F. Sears (two-thirds undivided interest) | Emily E. Sears | 2100 | 507 | |
| Transfers of Unimproved Land | |||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |
| 12May1887 | George Higginson (lot with 40 foot frontage) | Emily E. Sears | 1772 | 61 | |
| 14Jan1884 | Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation (lot with 330 foot frontage) | George Higginson | 1624 | 484 | |
| Party Wall Agreements | |||||
| Date | Party One | Party Two | Book | Page | |
| 01Nov1892 | Samuel Cabot (owner of lot at 422 Beacon) | David Sears, Emily E. Sears, and Henry F. Sears, heirs of Emily E. Sears (owner of lot at 420 Beacon) | 2100 | 505 | |
| 17Dec1888 | Henry H. Fay (owner of lot at 418 Beacon) | David Sears, Emily E. Sears, and Henry F. Sears, heirs of Emily E. Sears (owner of lot at 420 Beacon) | 1896 | 607 | |
| Building restriction agreement by the owners of 420, 422, 424, 426, and 428 Beacon (428 Beacon being a vacant lot): No building or structure may be constructed north of a line 87 feet north of the building line established by the City of Boston except (a) bay windows, and (b) one story buildings not exceeding in height the top surface of the lower sill of the lowest window in the first story of the present houses at 420-426 Beacon (that point being 24.13 feet above Boston City Base). The right of the owners of 420-426 Beacon to erect and maintain one story stables at the rear of their house remains in full effect. A portion of the structures at the rear of each premise may be used for a garage to house not more than two automobiles. The main entrance of any apartment house constructed at 428 Beacon shall be on Hereford Street and no apartment house at 428 Beacon may have more than one suite per floor except on the first floor, where there may be two. Existing structures that do not comply with these restrictions are not affected by them. All previous restrictions are discharged. | |||||
| Date | Parties | Book | Page | ||
| 08Sep1925 | George Richmond Fearing and Charles Theodore Russell (owners of vacant lot at 428 Beacon); Ruth W. Sears, wife of George G. Sears (owner of 426 Beacon); Susan J. Williams (owner of 424 Beacon); Frances E. Leland, wife of Lester Leland (owner of 422 Beacon; and Anna W. Wolbach, wife of S. Burt Wolbach (owner of 420 Beacon). | 4721 | 381 | ||
| Building restriction agreement by the owners of 416, 418, 420, 422, 424, and 426 Beacon [superceded by agreement on 8Sep1925 with respect to 420-426 Beacon], “desirous of imposing a uniform restriction on their said estates which will prevent the erection of any building or other structure in the rear of any of the said estates which will further materially obstruct the light, air and prospect now enjoyed…”: Prior to January 1, 1937, no building of more than one story in height (or 27.25 feet above the City of Boston base) may be constructed north of a line running easterly from the western boundary of 426 Beacon to the eastern boundary of 416 Beacon, said line being 92 feet north from the present building line established by the City of Boston for the North side of Beacon (existing agreements and structures not to be affected). | |||||
| Date | Parties | Book | Page | ||
| 24Oct1916 | Mary R. Bremer (owner of 416 Beacon), Henry H. Fay and Elizabeth E. Fay (owners of 418 Beacon), William H. Wellington (owner of 420 Beacon), Lester Leland and Frances E. Leland (owners of 422 Beacon), Ralph B. Williams and Susan J. Williams (owners of 424 Beacon), George G. Sears and Ruth W. Sears (owners of 426 Beacon) | 3994 | 242 | ||
Back Bay Houses 