Index to Deeds: 508 Beacon

The following is an index to property transfer deeds and building and use restriction agreements recorded at the Suffolk County Deed Registry from the original land purchase through December 31, 2020.  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
26Jul1999 Anna N. P. Shine, trustee, 508 Beacon Street Trust Anna P. Shine 24045 169
04Jan1995 Richard C. H. Stewart and Janet  S. Stewart, husband and wife Anna N. P. Shine, trustee, 508 Beacon Street Trust 19538 159
16May1989 Richard C. H. Stewart, trustee, 508 Beacon Street Realty Trust Richard C. H. Stewart and Janet S. Stewart, husband and wife 15576 269
19Jul1980 William H. Schwartz, III, William H. Schwartz, Jr., and Henrietta M. Schwartz Richard C. H. Stewart, trustee, 508 Beacon Street Realty Trust 9486 334
14May1980 William H. Schwartz, III William H. Schwartz, III, William H. Schwartz, Jr., and Henrietta M. Schwartz 9440 110
14May1980 Lurensky Realty Co., Inc. William H. Schwartz, III 9440 103
14Aug1963 Miriam Brower, wife of Thomas Brower (three-fourths undivided interest); and Nathan R. Miller, husband of Lillian Miller (one-fourth undivided interest) Lurensky Realty Co., Inc. 7770 253
01Jun1961 Joseph J. Pritchard and Doris Pritchard, husband and wife Miriam Brower, wife of Thomas Brower (three-fourths undivided interest); and Nathan R. Miller, husband of Lillian Miller (one-fourth undivided interest) 7561 93
01Jun1956 Thomas J. Diab Joseph J. Pritchard and Doris Pritchard, husband and wife 7155 432
09Jul1954 Robert C. Nordblom and Albert V. Danielsen, two of the trustees of the Maryland Buildings Trust Thomas J. Diab 6972 553
09Jul1954 Josiah Wheelwright, executor of the will of Charles C. Wheelwright Robert C. Nordblum, Rodger P. Nordblum, Albert V. Danielsen, and Jessie B. Danielsen, trustees, Maryland Buildings Trust 6972 551
17May1937 Josiah Wheelwright Charles C. Wheelwright 5662 582
15Dec1915 Charles C. Wheelwright Laura S. Wheelwright, wife of Charles C. Wheelwright 3924 239
10Apr1902 Henry W. Nelson, Jr., and Joseph S. Bigelow, surviving executors of and trustees under the will of Thomas Nelson Charles C. Wheelwright 2818 631
Transfers of Unimproved Land
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
02Jun1887 Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation (lot with 25 foot frontage) Thomas Nelson 1774 535
Party wall stipulations in land transfer deed
Date Grantor Grantee Book Page
13Dec1924 Charles C. Wheelwright (seller of lot at 510 Beacon) P. Gerald Ryan (purchaser of lot at 510 Beacon) 4633 1
14Jan1909 Bessie Lincoln Potter, executrix of the will of Solomon Lincoln (seller of lot at 510 Beacon) Albert Geiger (purchaser of lot at 510 Beacon) 3335 577
Restriction contained in land transfer deed for the benefit of 512 Beacon specifying that 508 Beacon shall not be used for a lodging house, rooming house, or fraternity house, nor for the sale of food, groceries, or liquor (for consumption on or off the premises), nor for the conduct of a laundry business or use by any branch, affiliate, or agent of a laundry business.
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
09Jul1954 Robert C. Nordblom and Albert V. Danielsen, two of the trustees of the Maryland Buildings Trust (owners of 512 Beacon and sellers of 508 Beacon) Thomas J. Diab (purchaser of 508 Beacon) 6972 553
Building restriction agreement between the owners of 506-532 Beacon, extending to May 1, 1932, previous agreements limiting the depth of main buildings to 90 feet from the north line of Beacon (with bays and other projections limited to extending another 5 feet), and limiting the height of stables and other buildings further north to 12 feet in height.
Date Party One Party Two Book Page
29Mar1912 (recorded 2May1912) Vincent Y. Bowditch (506 Beacon); Charles H. Wheelright (508-510 Beacon); Sarah G. Silsbee (512-514-516 Beacon); Frederick E. Johnston (514-516 Beacon); Mary E. F. Ayer by conservator Nathaniel F. Ayer (518 Beacon); Michael F. Culliney (520-522-524 Beacon). Estate of Oliver Wadsworth (526 Beacon); Harold Williams (528 Beacon); Charles H. Traiser (530 Beacon); Mary E. Kittredge (532 Beacon) 3632 206
Building restriction agreement between the owners of land “on the north side of Beacon Street between West Chester Park and Charlesgate East” limiting until January 1, 1905, the depth of main buildings to 90 feet from the north line of Beacon (with bays and other projections limited to extending another 5 feet), and limiting the height of stables and other ancillary buildings further north to 12 feet in height.
Date Parties Book Page
24Feb1890 Gamaliel Bradford; Leslie M. G. Morison; Thomas Nelson; James R. Chadwick; George B. Shattuck; Emma H. Proctor; Sarah G. Silsbee; George S. Silsbee; Charles P. Putnam; Solomon Lincoln; N. S. Bartlett; William Simes, W. J. Bryant, Mary E. F. Ayer, James B. Ayer, Elizabeth P. Lee, Henry Lee, James E. Proctor, H. B. Perkins, Charles A. Welch, trustee, Louis Curtis,  Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, and Suffolk Savings Bank for Seamen and Others 1926 637