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 | |