The following is an index to property transfer deeds, easements, and party wall and building restriction agreements recorded at the Suffolk County Deed Registry from the original land purchase through December 31, 2018. 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 |
| 02Aug2018 | Tao Cai (47-49 Massachusetts Avenue) | Tao Cai, trustee, Massachusetts Avenue Realty Trust | 59996 | 201 |
| 27Jun2018 | 47-49 Massachusetts LLC (47-49 Massachusetts Avenue) | Tao Cai | 59825 | 109 |
| 23Apr2015 | George S. Tzantzos, personal representative under the will of Despina Mourlas Tzantzos (47-49 Massachusetts Avenue) | 47-49 Massachusetts LLC | 54351 | 2 |
| 14Nov1987 | Despina Mourlas Tzantzos (also known as Despina Mourlas), trustee, Despina Realty Trust, and Constantine Mourlas, Spiros Mourlas, and Antonios Mourlas, beneficiaries under the trust (47-49 Massachusetts Avenue) | Despina Mourlas Tzantzos, trustee, Despina Real Estate Trust | 15937 | 132 |
| 06Oct1977 | Sara Bernstein and Evelyn Bernstein (47-49 Massachusetts Avenue) | Despina Mourlas, trustee, Despina Realty Trust | 8994 | 512 |
| 14Aug1972 | Celia Bernstein (one-half undivided interest: 47-49 Massachusetts Avenue) | Evelyn Bernstein and Sara Bernstein | 8683 | 292 |
| 27Jan1962 | Celia Bernstein (one-half undivided interest: 47-49 Massachusetts Avenue) | Evelyn Bernstein | 7623 | 559 |
| 03Apr1946 | Sarah M. Meshon (one-half undivided interest: 47-49 Massachusetts Avenue) | Celia Bernstein | 6214 | 371 |
| 23Oct1945 | Sarah M. Meshon (one-half undivided interest: 47-49 Massachusetts Avenue) | Celia Bernstein | 6182 | 105 |
| 11Oct1945 | Rose L. Rustin (47-49 Massachusetts Avenue) | Sarah M. Meshon | 6182 | 102 |
| 26Jul1943 | Harold Rustin, trustee, Belmont Realty Trust (47-49 Massachusetts Avenue) | Rose L. Rustin | 6056 | 284 |
| 20Jan1943 | Salvatore Hakim, trustee, Harmo Realty Trust (47-49 Massachusetts Avenue) | Harold Rustin, trustee, Belmont Realty Trust | 6023 | 455 |
| 26Sep1941 | Patrick Curtis (47-49 Massachusetts Avenue) | Salvatore Hakim, trustee, Harmo Realty Trust | 5948 | 555 |
| 20Sep1941 | Home Savings Bank (47-49 Massachusetts Avenue) | Patrick Curtis | 5948 | 427 |
| 18Jun1941 | Napoleon L. Demara, also called Nepoleon L. Damara (47 Massachusetts Avenue; foreclosure of mortgage by Napoleon Demara assumed by subsequent owners) | Home Savings Bank | 5930 | 167 |
| 18Jun1941 | Napoleon L. Demara, also called Nepoleon L. Damara (49 Massachusetts Avenue; foreclosure of mortgage by Napoleon Demara assumed by subsequent owners) | Home Savings Bank | 5930 | 170 |
| 27Sep1940 | Napoleon L. Demara (47-49 Massachusetts Avenue; foreclosure of mortgage given by Napoleon L. Demara to Michael R. Connelly, John W. Connolly, and Harriet Connolly, trustees, Essex Realty Trust) | Levena L. Broyderick | 5874 | 241 |
| 26Sep1926 | Edward J. Ball and William N. Ambler (who joins for the purpose of releasing any interest of any nature he may have in the premises) (47-49 Massachusetts Avenue) | Napoleon L. Demara | 4836 | 526 |
| 23Apr1924 | William N. Ambler (49 Massachusetts Avenue) | Edward J. Ball | 4572 | 608 |
| 15Apr1924 | Constantinos A. Chironis and D. James Coules | William N. Ambler | 4566 | 301 |
| 24Nov1923 | Thomas E. Dempsey | Constantinos A. Chironis and D. James Coules | 4530 | 392 |
| 12Apr1923 | Sarah F. Niles | Thomas E. Dempsey | 4458 | 224 |
| 14Apr1890 | Thomas Niles (one-half undivided interest) | Emily H. Niles, Anna H. Niles, and Sarah F. Niles | 2060 | 161 |
| 31Mar1890 | Warren D. Vinal (lot with 22.57 foot frontage and building) | Thomas Niles | 1927 | 318 |
| 08May1889 | Charles S. Rackemann (lot with 69 foot frontage on Marlborough and 96.49 foot frontage on Massachusetts Avenue, and buildings). | Warren D. Vinal | 1876 | 146 |
| 08May1889 | Warren D. Vinal and Ada A. Vinal, his wife, in her own right (lot with 69 foot frontage on Marlborough and 96.49 foot frontage on Massachusetts Avenue, and buildings). | Charles S. Rackemann | 1876 | 145 |
| Transfers of Unimproved Land | ||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
| 07Feb1889 | Henry Lee, Augustus Lowell, and Horatio Hollis Hunnewell (lot with 69 foot frontage on Marlborough and 96.49 foot frontage on Massachusetts Avenue) | Ada A. Vinal, wife of Warren D. Vinal | 1862 | 167 |
| 20Feb1883 | Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Henry M. Whitney, trustees (Lot with 125 foot frontage on Beacon and 246.77 frontage on Massachusetts Avenue) | Henry Lee, H. Hollis Hunnewell, and Augustus Lowell | 1588 | 434 |
| 01Jun1880 | Boston Water Power Company | Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Henry M. Whitney, trustees | 1495 | 35 |
| 01Mar1872 | Boston Water Power Company | Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Frank W. Andrews, trustees | 1095 | 1 |
| Party Wall Agreement | ||||
| Date of Deed | Party One | Party Two | Book | Page |
| 07Jun1886 | Henry Lee, H. Hollis Hunnewell, and Augustus Lowell (owners of lots at 424 Marlborough and 47-49-51 Massachusetts Avenue) | George Wheatland, Jr. (owner of lot at 426 Marlborough) | 1734 | 550 |
| Easement included in land transfer deeds providing for a 3.5 foot wide passageway at the rear of 49-51 Massachusetts Avenue to provide passage and drainage for 47-49-51 Massachusetts Avenue | ||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
| 01Apr1890 | Warren D. Vinal (seller of 51 Marlborough) | George O. Carpenter (purchaser of 51 Marlborough) | 1928 | 423 |
| 31Mar1890 | Warren D. Vinal (seller of 49 Massachusetts Avenue) | Thomas Niles (purchaser of 49 Massachusetts Avenue) | 1927 | 318 |
| 20Mar1890 | Warren D. Vinal (seller of 47 Massachusetts Avenue) | John N. Ladensack (purchaser of 47 Massachusetts Avenue) | 1929 | 254 |
| Restriction contained in land transfer deed specifying that, until March 31, 1900, the walls on the side lines of the granted premises “shall not be extended further west from West Chester Park than they now are, this, however, not to prevent their being extended higher by by either party.” | ||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
| 31Mar1890 | Warren D. Vinal (seller of 49 Massachusetts Avenue) | Thomas Niles (purchaser of 49 Massachusetts Avenue) | 1927 | 318 |
| 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 440 Marlborough; 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 |
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