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 | |
| 10Aug1971 | George I. Rohrbough | Massachusetts College of Optometry | 8466 | 386 | |
| 16Mar1968 | George I. Rohrbough, James F. Farr, and Horace W. Frost, trustees, George I. Rohrbough Irrevocable Trust | George I. Rohrbough | 8190 | 582 | |
| 07Nov1957 | George I. Rohrbough | George I. Rohrbough, James F. Farr, and Horace W. Frost, trustees, George I. Rohrbough Irrevocable Trust | 7276 | 20 | |
| 18Apr1956 | James B. Regan and Susan C. Regan, husband and wife | George I. Rohrbough | 7145 | 44 | |
| 06May1955 | Norma L. Truax | James B. Regan and Susan C. Regan, husband and wife | 7058 | 557 | |
| 06May1955 | James B. Regan and Susan C. Regan, husband and wife | Norma L. Truax | 7058 | 556 | |
| 31May1945 | James A. Cassidy | James B. Regan and Susan C. Regan, husband and wife | 6150 | 599 | |
| 29May1941 | Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company | James A. Cassidy | 5924 | 275 | |
| 30Jul1937 | George A. Bell (foreclosure of mortgage) | Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company | 5683 | 628 | |
| 28Jul1927 | George A. Bell | Alice Bayley Bell, wife of George A. Bell | 4919 | 110 | |
| 28Jul1927 | Charles W. Rowell | George A. Bell | 4919 | 106 | |
| 23Mar1927 | Susan J. Williams, widow of Ralph B. Williams | Charles W. Rowell | 4885 | 552 | |
| Transfers of Unimproved Land: 54 foot wide lot on which 424 Beacon was built on the eastern 29 feet and 426 Beacon was built on the western 25 feet. 54 foot lot composed of a 6 inch lot to the west (the eastern strip of a 32 foot lot), a 21 foot 6 inch lot in the middle, and a 32 foot lot to the east (the western portion of a 60 foot lot). | |||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |
| 31May1904 | Frank W. Crocker (lot with 54 foot frontage) | Ralph B. Williams | 2970 | 417 | |
| Lot with 6 inch frontage, eastern strip of a 32 foot lot, and lot with 21 foot 6 inch frontage | |||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |
| 30Jun1898 | Oliver Ames (lot with 32 foot frontage) | Frank W. Crocker | 2539 | 204 | |
| 09Aug1897 | Oliver Ames (lot with 21 foot 6 inch frontage) | Frank W. Crocker | 2464 | 564 | |
| 03Sep1896 | Charles G. Weld, surviving trustee under the will of William F. Weld (lot with 53 foot 6 inch frontage) | Oliver Ames | 2385 | 97 | |
| 24Feb1893 | Charles E. Perkins (lot with 60 foot frontage) | William G. Weld and Charles G. Weld, trustees under the will of William F. Weld | 2114 | 386 | |
| 14Jan1886 | George Higginson (lot with 27 foot 6 inch frontage) | Charles E. Perkins | 1708 | 626 | |
| 12Jan1886 | Ezra Henry Baker (lot with 32 foot 6 inch frontage) | Charles E. Perkins | 1708 | 463 | |
| 06Dec1884 | M. Woolsey Borland (lot with 32 foot 6 inch frontage) | Ezra Henry Baker | 1661 | 199 | |
| 14Jan1884 | Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation (lot with 330 foot frontage) | George Higginson | 1624 | 484 | |
| 07Dec1882 | Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation (lot with 32 foot 6 inch frontage) | M. Woolsey Borland | 1581 | 609 | |
| Lot with 32 foot frontage, being the western portion of a 60 foot lot composed of a 6 foot 6 inch lot to the west, a 26 foot 6 inch lot, and a 27 foot lot to the east | |||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |
| 31Mar1896 | Oliver Ames (lot with 60 foot frontage) | Frank W. Crocker | 2347 | 433 | |
| Lot with 6 foot 6 inch frontage, eastern portion of 60 foot lot | |||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |
| 05Feb1896 | William G. Weld and Charles G. Weld, trustees under the will of William F. Weld (lot with 6 foot 6 inch frontage) | Oliver Ames | 2342 | 493 | |
| 24Feb1893 | Charles E. Perkins (lot with 60 foot frontage) | William G. Weld and Charles G. Weld, trustees under the will of William F. Weld | 2114 | 386 | |
| 14Jan1886 | George Higginson (lot with 27 foot 6 inch frontage) | Charles E. Perkins | 1708 | 626 | |
| 12Jan1886 | Ezra Henry Baker (lot with 32 foot 6 inch frontage) | Charles E. Perkins | 1708 | 463 | |
| 06Dec1884 | M. Woolsey Borland (lot with 32 foot 6 inch frontage) | Ezra Henry Baker | 1661 | 199 | |
| 14Jan1884 | Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation (lot with 330 foot frontage) | George Higginson | 1624 | 484 | |
| 07Dec1882 | Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation (lot with 32 foot 6 inch frontage) | M. Woolsey Borland | 1581 | 609 | |
| Lot with 26 foot 6 inch frontage | |||||
| 24Nov1893 | Henry L. Higginson and Francis L. Higginson | Oliver Ames | 2167 | 56 | |
| 08Jun1889 | Charles S. Rackemann | Henry L. Higginson and Francis L. Higginson | 1884 | 452 | |
| 08Jun1889 | William Minot, Jr., trustee under the will of George Higginson for the benefit of Margaret Gracie Higginson, wife of James J. Higginson, George Higginson, and Mary Lee Blake, wife of Samuel Parkman Blake, Jr.; and Henry L. Higginson and Ida A. Higginson, his wife, in her own right; and Francis L. Higginson. | Charles S. Rackemann | 1884 | 451 | |
| 08Jun1889 | George Higginson (formerly Jr.) and William Minot, Jr., executors of the will of George Higginson | Charles S. Rackemann | 1884 | 449 | |
| 14Jan1884 | Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation (lot with 330 foot frontage) | George Higginson | 1624 | 484 | |
| Lot with 27 foot frontage | |||||
| 24Nov1893 | Frederic S. Clark and Isabella W. T. Clark, his wife, in her own right (lot with 27 foot frontage) | Oliver Ames | 2167 | 58 | |
| 11Apr1893 | Samuel Cabot (lot with 27 foot frontage) | Isabella W. T. Clark, wife of Frederic S. Clark | 2121 | 396 | |
| 05Jul1887 | George Higginson | Samuel Cabot | 1782 | 637 | |
| 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 | |
| 02May1899 | Frank W. Crocker (owner of lot at 424 Beacon) | Frances Eugenie Leland, wife of Lester Leland (owner of lot at 422 Beacon) | 2604 | 555 | |
| 01Apr1896 | Oliver Ames (owner of lot at 426 Beacon) | Frank W. Crocker (owner of lot at 424 Beacon) | 2347 | 434 | |
| Party Wall stipulations included in land transfer deed | |||||
| Date | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |
| 21Jun1904 | Ralph B. Williams (seller of lot at 426 Beacon and owner of lot at 424 Beacon) | Ruth Williams Sears, wife of George G. Sears (purchaser of lot at 426 Beacon) | 2974 | 407 | |
| 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 | ||
| Building restriction included in land transfer deed, stipulating that no building may be built on the premises over 87 feet in depth from the front of the house to the rear, exclusive of bay windows, but not precluding erection of a stable one story high at the rear | |||||
| Date | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |
| 30Jun1898 | Oliver Ames (lot with 32 foot frontage) | Frank W. Crocker | 2539 | 204 | |
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