The following is an index to property transfer deeds and passageway and building restriction agreements recorded at the Suffolk County Deed Registry from the original land purchase through February 28, 2022. 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 |
| 16Feb2022 | Michael M. Cullen | Christoph Pedain (75.65%) and Shuang He (24.35%) | 67222 | 23 |
| 03Oct2012 | Ellen Driggin | Michael M. Cullen and Maria Cullen | 50293 | 186 |
| 14Jul2003 | Stuart L. Schreiber and Mimi S. Packman | Ellen Driggin | 32119 | 125 |
| 08Aug1988 | Barry D. Libert and Ellen Marcus Libert | Stuart L. Schreiber and Mimi S. Packman | 14929 | 56 |
| 10May1985 | Barry D. Libert, trustee of the 434 Marlborough Street Realty Trust | Barry D. Libert and Ellen Marcus Libert, as joint tenants | 11582 | 211 |
| 18Jan1985 | Dorothy Addams Brown | Barry D. Libert, trustee of the 434 Marlborough Street Realty Trust | 11359 | 116 |
| 02Apr1923 | Grace A. Young | Laurence A. Brown | 4454 | 466 |
| 06Jul1911 | Thomas Hunt | Grace A. Young, wife of Ernest B. Young | 3555 | 71 |
| 09Aug1906 | George H. Stanton | Thomas Hunt | 3148 | 186 |
| 07Aug1906 | Herbert A. Buck | George H. Stanton | 3148 | 185 |
| 28Jul1906 | Alexander P. Browne (foreclosure of mortgage given by Alexander P. Browne to John Herbert, and foreclosed by him and sold to Herbert A. Buck) | Herbert A. Buck | 3147 | 340 |
| 05Sep1900 | Edward H. Clement | Alexander P. Browne | 2705 | 140 |
| 11Apr1895 | Gertrude Carruth Weeks, wife of Warren B. P. Weeks | Gertrude Clement, wife of Edward H. Clement | 2267 | 569 |
| 02May1889 | J. Harris Aubin | Gertrude Carruth Weeks, wife of Warren B. P. Weeks | 1873 | 466 |
| 02May1889 | Warren B. P. Weeks | J. Harris Aubin | 1873 | 465 |
| 01Oct1886 | George Wheatland, Jr. (lot with 22.22 foot frontage and dwelling house) | Warren B. P. Weeks | 1742 | 513 |
| Transfers of Unimproved Land | ||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
| 20Jun1885 | Henry M. Whitney (land with 160.81 foot frontage on Commonwealth and 144.73 foot frontage on Marlborough) | George Wheatland, Jr. | 1682 | 369 |
| 06Apr1885 | Francis W. Palfrey, Francis A. Osborn, and Grenville T. W. Braman, trustees of Commonwealth Avenue Lands (confirmatory deed) | Henry M. Whitney | 1672 | 628 |
| 20Mar1885 | Francis A. Osborn and Grenville T. W. Braman, a majority of the trustees of Commonwealth Avenue Lands (Francis W. Palfrey, the remaining trustee, being absent from Massachusetts) | Henry M. Whitney | 1671 | 41 |
| 29Nov1884 | George F. Richardson, Grenville T. W. Braman, and Benjamin F. Brooks, trustees under a bond indenture with the Boston Water Power Company dated 1Jun1874 (confirmatory deed) | Henry M. Whitney | 1666 | 625 |
| 24Nov1882 | Dwight Foster, Gilman Collamore, and George F. Richardson, trustees under a bond indenture with the Boston Water Power Company dated 1Jun1874 (foreclosure of mortgage) | Henry M. Whitney | 1580 | 257 |
| 01Jun1880 | Dwight Foster, Gilman Collamore, and George F. Richardson, trustees under a bond indenture with the Boston Water Power Company dated 1Jun1874 (release) | Francis W. Palfrey, Francis A. Osborn, and Grenville T. W. Braman, trustees of Commonwealth Avenue Lands | 1495 | 6 |
| 01Jun1880 | Boston Water Power Company | Francis W. Palfrey, Francis A. Osborn, and Grenville T. W. Braman, trustees of Commonwealth Avenue Lands | 1495 | 9 |
| 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 |
| Agreement by owners of land on the north and south sides of Marlborough between West Chester Park (Massachusetts Avenue) and the Beacon entrance to Back Bay Park (Charlesgate East) requiring that buildings must be set back 5 feet from Marlborough except for projections as specified in Book 1588, p. 434 (20Feb1883) [which provided that steps, porticos, and other usual projections appurtenant to the front wall of a building would be permitted in the reserved space, and bays and bows would be permitted in the reserved space subject to dimensional limitations as set forth in the deed]. This 5 foot setback requirement was modified with respect to the north side of Marlborough by a subsequent agreement dated 10Jun1885 (Book 1685, p. 433) | ||||
| Date | Party One | Party Two | Book | Page |
| 20Feb1883 | Francis A. Osborn and Grenville T. W. Braman, a majority of the trustees of the Commonwealth Avenue Lands, Francis W. Palfrey, the remaining trustee, being absent from Massachusetts | Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D, Hyde, and Henry M. Whitney, trustees | 1588 | 437 |
| Preservation Restriction Agreement | ||||
| Date of Deed | Party One | Party Two | Book | Page |
| 02Sep2004 | Ellen Driggin | National Architectural Trust, Inc. | 36938 | 123 |
Back Bay Houses 