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 until the property was converted into condominium units. 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 |
10Feb1982 | Harold Brown and Robert J. Samia, trustees, Beacon Towers Trust (479-481-483 Beacon) | Beacon Towers Condominium | 9912 | 203 |
10Mar1971 | Katherine F. Ladd (479-481-483 Beacon) | Harold Brown and Leonard S. Green, trustees, Beacon Towers Trust | 8427 | 51 |
23Oct1962 | Ray C. Johnson (479-481-483 Beacon) | Katherine F. Ladd | 7691 | 77 |
18Oct1962 | Katherine F. Ladd (479-481-483 Beacon) | Ray C. Johnson | 7691 | 69 |
01Mar1955 | Ray C. Johnson (479-481-483 Beacon) | Katherine F. Ladd | 7036 | 552 |
01Mar1955 | Katherine F. Ladd (479-481-483 Beacon) | Ray C. Johnson | 7036 | 536 |
29Jul1954 | Ray C. Johnson (479-481-483 Beacon) | Katherine F. Ladd | 6977 | 299 |
29Jul1954 | Walter E. Hewins, Samuel D. Warren, and Thomas Gardiner, trustees for the benefit of Caroline W. Thomas and Others (479-481-483 Beacon) | Ray C. Johnson | 6977 | 284 |
29Dec1933 | Herbert G. Sumner and Walter E. Hewins, trustees, Marlborough Real Estate Trust (479-481-483 Beacon) | Herbert G. Sumner, William Tudor Gardiner, and Walter E. Hewins, trustees for the benefit of Caroline W. Thomas and Others | 5424 | 163 |
26Dec1911 | Washington B. Thomas (483 Beacon) | Leslie C. Wead and Edward Peirce, trustees, Marlborough Real Estate Trust | 3597 | 330 |
24Apr1896 | Peter Walsh | Washington B. Thomas | 2352 | 565 |
24Apr1896 | Charles W. Claggett | Peter Walsh | 2352 | 564 |
30Oct1891 | Eugene H. Fay | Charles W. Claggett | 2025 | 125 |
01Oct1891 | Seth R. Baker (lot with 25.95 foot frontage and building) | Eugene H. Fay | 2021 | 234 |
Transfers of Unimproved Land | ||||
Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
02May1896 | Edward Peirce (lot at corner of Beacon and Massachusetts Avenue with 33 foot 6 inch frontage on Beacon) | Washington B. Thomas | 2355 | 137 |
02May1896 | Frances A. Sturgis, widow of John H. Sturgis (lot at corner of Beacon and Massachusetts Avenue with 33 foot 6 inch frontage on Beacon) | Edward Peirce | 2355 | 134 |
20Jan1891 | Frances A. Sturgis, widow of John H. Sturgis (lot with 79 foot frontage) | Seth R. Baker | 1978 | 211 |
24Jan1880 | Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Henry M. Whitney, trustees (lot with 375 foot frontage on Beacon and 112 foot frontage on West Chester Park) | John H. Sturgis | 1483 | 241 |
01Mar1872 | Boston Water Power Company (lot with 371.48 foot frontage on Beacon and 224.22 foot frontage on alley) | Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Frank W. Andrews, trustees | 1095 | 1 |
Party wall agreement respect to wall between 481 Beacon and 483 Beacon | ||||
Date of Deed | Party One | Party Two | Book | Page |
26Dec1911 | Washington B. Thomas (owner of 481 Beacon) | Leslie C. Wead and Edward Peirce, trustees, Marlborough Real Estate Trust (owners of 483 Beacon) | 3597 | 333 |