Index to Deeds: 51 Massachusetts

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, 2017.  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
16Nov2012 Anthony J. Stroscio and Frank Stroscio, trustees, F. T. C. Realty Trust James E. Keliher, trustee. 51 Mass Ave Realty Trust 50531 300
28Dec1984 Carmen Stroscio, Anthony J. Stroscio, and Frank Stroscio Anthony J. Stroscio, Frank Stroscio, and Carmen Stroscio, trustees, F. T. C. Realty Trust 11326 60
16Nov1976 Vincent Salvati Carmen Stroscio, Anthony J. Stroscio, and Frank Stroscio 8917 374
11May1948 Mary J. Donnelly and Mary Aline Donnelly, trustees under the will of Edward C. Donnelly Domenick Salvati and Genesia Salvati, husband and wife 6428 308
02Jul1926 Anna C. Hanson, executrix of the will of John H. Blodgett Edward C. Donnelly 4814 31
22Apr1925 Edward F. O’Brien, Lawrence Bond, and James W. Mitchell, trustees under the will of Albert N. Blodgett John H. Blodgett 4672 436
01Oct1896 Anita D. Forster Albert N. Blodgett 2392 582
01Dec1891 George O. Carpenter Anita D. Forster, wife of Edward J. Forster 2031 295
01Apr1890 Warren D. Vinal (lot with 22.93 foot frontage and building) George O. Carpenter 1928 423
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
01Apr1890 Warren D. Vinal (seller of 51 Marlborough) George O. Carpenter (purchaser of 51 Marlborough) 1928 423
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