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 | |
| 07Nov2000 | Donn O’Connell | 472 Beacon Street LLC | 25536 | 203 | |
| 20Dec1978 | James R. Brown | Donn O’Connell | 9130 | 9130 | |
| 01Mar1971 | Henry Paul Monaghan | James R. Brown | 8425 | 230 | |
| 01May1969 | Louis Di Giovanni | Henry Paul Monaghan | 8280 | 482 | |
| 25Nov1968 | Margaret Leary | Louis Di Giovanni | 8245 | 444 | |
| 23Jan1968 | Mary A. Cocuzzo and Nancy A. Casey | Margaret Leary | 8177 | 341 | |
| 19Oct1967 | Esther Dorothy Ruben | Mary A. Cocuzzo and Nancy A. Casey | 8155 | 715 | |
| 15May1964 | Michael O. Reinoehl, trustee, Key West Trust | Esther Dorothy Ruben | 7847 | 303 | |
| 01Nov1963 | Hyman Kahn and Rose Kahn, husband and wife | Michael O. Reinoehl, trustee, Key West Trust | 7793 | 205 | |
| 04Dec1956 | National Realty Company, Inc. | Hyman Kahn and Rose Kahn, husband and wife | 7202 | 447 | |
| 09Nov1956 | Francis C. Gray, Henry S. Hall, Jr., James Garfield, and William D. Sohier (sometimes known as William Davies Sohier), trustees under the will of Harry S. Hall | National Realty Company, Inc. | 7198 | 427 | |
| 09Jan1896 | Theodore A. Hall, surviving trustee under the will of Elizabeth A. Hall (lot with 24 foot frontage and dwelling house) | Harry S. Hall | 2333 | 321 | |
| Transfers of Unimproved Land | |||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |
| 28May1891 | Joseph E. Davis and Mary W. Davis, his wife, in her own right (lot with 24 foot frontage) | Theodore A. Hall, trustee under the will of Elizabeth A. Hall | 1998 | 328 | |
| 13Feb1891 | Nathan Matthews (lot with 24 foot frontage) | Mary W. Davis, wife of Joseph E. Davis | 1981 | 353 | |
| 01Aug1890 | Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation (lot with 98 foot frontage) | Nathan Matthews | 1953 | 182 | |
| Party wall stipulations in land transfer deeds | |||||
| Date | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |
| 13Feb1891 | Nathan Matthews (seller of lot at 472 Beacon and owner of lot at 474 Beacon) | Mary W. Davis, wife of Joseph E. Davis (purchaser of lot at 472 Beacon) | 1981 | 353 | |
| 15Oct1890 | Nathan Matthews (seller of lot at 470 Beacon and owner of lot at 472 Beacon) | Laura L. Case, wife of James B. Case (purchaser of lot at 470 Beacon) | 1968 | 65 | |
| Agreement by the owners of property from 448 Beacon to 480 Beacon to extend for ten years, from January 1, 1930, to January 1, 1940, the restrictions on the erection of structures in the rear of their buildings contained in the agreement entered into on 2Aug1909 (Book 3417, p. 541), due to expire on December 31, 1929. Restrictions to be binding on 448 Beacon only so long as it is owned or occupied by the Boston Square and Compass Club. [Agreement dated 30Dec1929, Book 5189, p. 601, and refiled with the addition of the Old Colony Trrust Company, trustee, as signator to the agreement dated 9Jun1930, Book 5189, p. 122] | |||||
| Date of Deed | Parties | Book | Page | ||
| 09Jun1930 | Ellen M. Fenno and Edward N. Nickerson, owners of 450 Beacon; William E. Nickerson and Nellie R. Nickerson, owners of 452 Beacon and 454 Beacon; Albert Matthews, Charles B. Barnes, and Carl H. Baesler, trustees under the will of Nathan Matthews, owners of 456 Beacon; Fanny L. Prince, owner of 458 Beacon; Camilla C. Davenport and George Davenport, owners of 460 Beacon; Charles Jackson, Robert A. Jackson, and Susan J. Willliams, owners of 462 Beacon; Louis Curtis and Fanny L. Curtis, owners of 464 Beacon; Homer Loring and May E. Loring, owners of 468 Beacon; A. R. Kimpton and Elizabeth D. Kimpton, owners of 470 Beacon, and Old Colony Trust Company, trustee, assignee of mortgage on 470 Beacon; Harry S. Hall and Ellen N. Hall, owners of 472 Beacon; Francis R. Hart and Helen B. Hart, owners of 474 Beacon; Langdon Frothingham and Olga Frothingham, owners of 476 Beacon; James R. Hooper and Gertrude F. Hooper, owners of 478 Beacon; Alison B. Hill and Edward B. Hill, owners of 480 Beacon; Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, mortgage holder of 452, 458, and 470 Beacon. | 5917 | 121 | ||
| 30Dec1929 | Ellen M. Fenno and Edward N. Fenno, owner of 450 Beacon; William E. Nickerson and Nellie R. Nickerson, owners of 452 Beacon and 454 Beacon; Albert Matthews, Charles B. Barnes, and Carl H. Baesler, trustees under the will of Nathan Matthews, owners of 456 Beacon; Fanny L. Prince, owner of 458 Beacon; Camilla C. Davenport and George Davenport, owners of 460 Beacon; Charles Jackson, Robert A. Jackson, and Susan J. Willliams, owners of 462 Beacon; Louis Curtis and Fanny L. Curtis, owners of 464 Beacon; Homer Loring and May E. Loring, owners of 468 Beacon; A. R. Kimpton and Elizabeth D. Kimpton, owners of 470 Beacon; Harry S. Hall and Ellen N. Hall, owners of 472 Beacon; Francis R. Hart and Helen B. Hart, owners of 474 Beacon; Langdon Frothingham and Olga Frothingham, owners of 476 Beacon; James R. Hooper and Gertrude F. Hooper, owners of 478 Beacon; Alison B. Hill and Edward B. Hill, owners of 480 Beacon. | 5189 | 601 | ||
| Agreement by all of the owners of property on the north side of Beacon between Hereford and Massachusetts Avenue (excluding the Mt. Vernon Church) “desirous of making such provision as will continue for twenty years longer [to December 31, 1929] the existing freedom from irregular building and obstruction of view which they now enjoy from the rear portion of their houses” under the existing provisions in original land transfer deeds from the Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation for property at 460-490 Beacon which provide: “No buildings other than the usual outbuildings including stables of not more than one story in height shall before January 1, 1910, be erected on said parcel northerly of a line parallel with and ninety feet north from the northerly line of Beacon Street.” Further agreement that these provisions are modified to permit “bay-windows or swells of any description” that extend up to five feet into the restricted area provided that they do not “cut off the view from any adjoining house.” Also agreed that the properties located at 448-458 Beacon, the original land deeds for which do not include restrictions on construction in the rear yards, “may remain as at present constructed but unless they already do so shall not be extended any further to the northward” than allowed by the restrictions in the agreement. And agreed that nothing in the agreement shall “affect or impair any restrictions now in force … or any agreement now existing between any of the owners.” | |||||
| Date | Parties | Book | Page | ||
| 02Aug1909 | Helen Hooper (by Philip Dexter, her guardian), owner of 448 Beacon; Ellen M. Fenno, owner of 450 Beacon; Mary Quincy Adams, owner of 452 Beacon; Fanny Young, owner of 454 Beacon; Nathan Matthews, Francis C. Welch, and Quincy A. Shaw, trustees under a trust from William B. Green, mortgagees of 456 Beacon; Morton Prince and Fanny L. Prince, owners of 458 Beacon; Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Co., mortgagee of 458 Beacon; Camilla C. Davenport, owner of 460 Beacon; Provident Institution for Savings in the Town of Boston, mortgagee of 460 Beacon; Robert H. Gardiner, George Dexter, and Philip Dexter, trustees under the will of William S. Dexter, mortgagees of 462 Beacon; Fanny L. Curtis, owner of 464 Beacon; Laura L. Case, owner of 466 Beacon; Caroline S. Freeman, owner of 470 Beacon; Harry S. Hall, owner of 472 Beacon; Katharine C. Pierce, owner of 474 Beacon; Eugenia Frothingham, owner of 476 Beacon; Laurence Minot, trustee under the will of Mary M. Gaillard, mortgageee of 476 Beacon; James R. Hooper, owner of 478 Beacon; Alison B. Hill, owner of 480 Beacon; Alonzo G. Van Nostrand, owner of 482 Beacon; Lila Sutton Scoville, formerly Lila Sutton Young, owner of 484 Beacon; William M. Butler, owner of 486 Beacon; Ellen S. Bacon, mortgagee ot 486 Beacon; and Harriet L. Putnam, owner of 488 Beacon; and Joseph W. Smith, owner of 490 Beacon. | 3417 | 541 | ||
| Building restriction included in land transfer deed specifying that, before January 1, 1910, no building, other than the usual outbuildings (including stables) of no more than one story in height, may be built north of a line 90 feet north of the north side of Beacon; grantor stipulates that its land to the west between the granted parcel and a line 100 feet east of West Chester Park will be subject to the same restriction. | |||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page | |
| 01Aug1890 | Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation (lot with 98 foot frontage) | Nathan Matthews | 1953 | 182 | |
Back Bay Houses 