The following is an index to property transfer deeds, easements, and agreements recorded at the Suffolk County Deed Registry from the original land purchase through December 31, 2010. 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 | |
| 23Feb1999 | Charles C. Patsos, successor trustee, 45 Hereford Street Realty Trust | 45 Hereford Street, LLC | 23472 | 348 | |
| 02Jul1986 | William B. Bryant | John Sarno, trustee, 45 Hereford Street Realty Trust | 12634 | 16 | |
| 29May1957 | John Breining and Ruth Y. Breining, husband and wife | William B. Bryant and Lucia M. Bryant, husband and wife | 7238 | 27 | |
| 24Oct1951 | Edward H. McGrath | John Breining and Ruth Y. Breining, husband and wife | 6733 | 369 | |
| 31Oct1946 | City of Boston (sale in foreclosure deed) | Edward H. McGrath, Jr. | 6246 | 518 | |
| 18Jun1935 | Maurice B. Lynch and Maude A. Lynch (tax taking) | City of Boston | 5547 | 214 | |
| 19Sep1894 | J. Morris Meredith | Charles J. Lynch | 2229 | 15 | |
| 13May1887 | Frank G. Macomber and Clara Elizabeth Macomber, his wife, in her own right | J. Morris Meredith | 1771 | 596 | |
| 08Nov1882 | Warren D. Vinal and Charles A. Dodge (lot with 22 foot 8 and 2/5ths inches frontage and dwelling house) | Clara Elizabeth Macomber, wife of Frank G. Macomber | 1578 | 262 | |
| Transfers of Unimproved Land | |||||
| 18Feb1882 | George Wheatland, Sr. (lot with 112 foot frontage on Hereford and 67 foot frontage on Newbury) | Warren D. Vinal and Charles A. Dodge | 1553 | 481 | |
| 09Apr1881 | Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees (lot with 112 foot frontage on Hereford and 67 foot frontage on Newbury) | George Wheatland, Sr. | 1520 | 489 | |
| 22Apr1878 | Caleb H. and Charles F. Smith (lot with 411 foot 10-1.2 inch frontage on Newbury extending north to Commonwealth) | Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees for the benefit of the creditors of Nathan Matthews | 1420 | 282 | |
| 04Jan1877 | Edwin Tufts (lot with 411 foot 10-1.2 inch frontage on Newbury extending north to Commonwealth) | Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees | 1362 | 133 | |
| 23Oct1876 | Albert J. Fernald | Edwin Tufts | 1360 | 188 | |
| 21Oct1876 | David N. Skillings (foreclosure of mortgage to Nathan Matthews) | Albert J. Fernald | 1350 | 250 | |
| 02Jan1871 | David Sears, Jr., Frederick R. Sears, and Knyvet Sears | Nathan Matthews | 1029 | 233 | |
| 10Feb1859 | David Sears | David Sears, Jr., Frederick Richard Sears, and Knyvet Winthrop Sears | 819 | 233 | |
| Transfers of Unimproved Land: Lot with 23 foot 3 inch depth (east-west) behind 45 Hereford | |||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |
| 19Apr1886 | Albert Poor | Clara Elizabeth Macomber, wife of Frank G. Macomber | 1721 | 568 | |
| 19Apr1886 | Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees (lot with 23 foot 3 inch frontage on Newbury) | Albert Poor | 1721 | 561 | |
| 22Apr1878 | (See above) | (See above) | 1420 | 282 | |
| Agreement that, inasmuch as the new drainage contemplated in the agreement on March 8, 1888, has not been built and the previous drainage system is continuing to be used, the use of the existing drainage does not constitute an easement over the properties at 45-51 Hereford, and the 1888 agreement remains in effect with the costs of the new drainage to be shared if and when it is built. | |||||
| Date | Parties | Book | Page | ||
| 08Apr1908 | Charles J. Lynch, owner of 45 Hereford; Edith C. Burroughs, owner of 47 Hereford; Samuel A. Hopkins, surviving husband of Harriet W. Hopkins, and Nathaniel W. Sherman, devisee under the will of Harriet A. Hopkins, owners of 49 Hereford; and Robert Soutter, owner of 51 Hereford | 3273 | 341 | ||
| Agreement to extinguish four foot wide easement in original deeds for passage and drainage at what was formerly the rear of their lots (67 feet west of Hereford) and to create a new easement for passage and drainage at the rear of their expanded lots (90 feet 3 inches west of Hereford) and to share the costs of constructing new drainage in that location. | |||||
| Date | Parties | Book | Page | ||
| 08Mar1888 | J. Morris Meredith, owner of 45 Hereford; Nellie A. Goodnow, wife of Walter R. Goodnow, owner of 47 Hereford; Annie E. Maynard, wife of John E. Maynard, owner of 49 Hereford; George H. Tilton, owner of 51 Hereford; and the Trustees of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Boston, owner of 53 Hereford | 1822 | 145 | ||
| Easement contained in land transfer deeds providing for a four foot wide strip at the rear (western boundary) of the lots for passage and drainage | |||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |
| 09Feb1883 | Warren L. Vinal and Charles A. Dodge (seller of 51 Hereford) | Brice S. Evans (purchaser of 51 Hereford) | 1587 | 574 | |
| 09Feb1883 | Warren L. Vinal and Charles A. Dodge (seller of 49 Hereford) | Brice S. Evans (purchaser of 49 Hereford) | 1587 | 572 | |
| 09Feb1883 | Warren D. Vinal and Charles A. Dodge (seller of 47 Hereford) | Brice S. Evans (purchaser of 47 Hereford) | 1587 | 570 | |
| 08Nov1882 | Warren D. Vinal and Charles A. Dodge (seller of 45 Hereford) | Clara Elizabeth Macomber, wife of Frank G. Macomber (purchaser of 45 Hereford) | 1578 | 262 | |
| 04Nov1882 | Warren D. Vinal and Charles A. Dodge (seller of 53 Hereford) | Trustees of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston (purchasers of 53 Hereford) | 1578 | 351 | |
| Building restriction included in deeds transferring land on Commonwealth Avenue stipulating that the land on Newbury Street between Herford and a line 90 feet 3 inches west of Hereford shall be occupied only by dwelling houses, and that any dwelling house built on the land between Hereford Street and a line 60 feet west of Hereford shall face Hereford Street. | |||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |
| 19Apr1886 | Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees (sellers of lot with 23 foot 3 inch frontage on Newbury) | Albert Poor (purchaser of lot with 23 foot 3 inch frontage on Newbury) | 1721 | 561 | |
| 09Apr1881 | Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees (lot with 112 foot frontage on Hereford and 67 foot frontage on Newbury) | George Wheatland, Sr. | 1520 | 489 | |
| 01Apr1879 | Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees (sellers of lot with 62 foot 3 inch frontage; and owners of lot at corner of northwest corner of Newbury and Hereford with 90 foot 3 inch frontage on Newbury) | Frank N. Thayer and William H. Lincoln, partners doing business as Thayer and Lincoln (purchasers of lot with 62 foot 3 inch frontage | 1451 | 307 | |
| 01Apr1879 | Caleb H. Warner and Charles F. Smith, trustees (sellers of lot at southwest corner of Commonwealth and Hereford with 28 foot frontage on Commonwealth; and owners of lot at corner of northwest corner of Newbury and Hereford with 90 foot 3 inch frontage on Newbury) | Sumner R. Mead (purchaser of lot at southwest corner of Commonwealth and Hereford with 28 foot frontage on Commonwealth) | 1451 | 306 | |
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