The following is an index to property transfer deeds recorded at the Suffolk County Deed Registry from the original land purchase until the building’s demolition in 1925. 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.
For transactions related to the successor building, see separate index for 50 Commonwealth.
| Transfers of Land and Buildings | ||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
| 31Aug1925 | Mary S. Sharp, wife of Arthur R. Sharp (second recording of confirmatory deed and release) | William B. Cohen and Edward Watchmaker trustees, Commonwealth-Berkeley Associates | 4806 | 225 |
| 31Aug1925 | Mary S. Sharp, wife of Arthur R. Sharp (confirmatory deed and release) | William B. Cohen and Edward Watchmaker trustees, Commonwealth-Berkeley Associates | 4718 | 249 |
| 31Aug1925 | John P. Wright | Edward Watchmaker and William B. Cohen, trustees, Commonwealth-Berkeley Associates | 4718 | 248 |
| 31Aug1925 | Mary S. Sharp, wife of Arthur R. Sharp, in her own right (confirmatory deed) | William B. Cohen and Edward Watchmaker, trustees, Commonwealth Berkeley Associates | 4718 | 249 |
| 15Aug1925 | Mary S. Sharp | John P. Wright | 4714 | 262 |
| 11Jul1906 | George M. Nowell and Anna Lee Ames Nowell, his wife, in her own right | Mary S. Sharp, wife of Arthur R. Sharp | 3141 | 468 |
| 15Jun1905 | William A. L. Bazeley and Margaret C. Bazeley, his wife, in her own right | Anna Lee Ames Nowell, wife of George M Nowell | 3050 | 450 |
| 09Jun1905 | Joseph E. Stevens and Arthur W. Stevens, executors under the will of Joseph C. Stevens | Margaret C. Bazeley, wife of William A. L. Bazeley | 3050 | 449 |
| 26Mar1902 | Charles Thorndike and Francis C. Welch, trustees under the will of Edward I. Browne; and Francis C. Welch, executor under the will of Harriet Tilden Browne | Joseph C. Stevens | 2815 | 348 |
| 01Oct1872 | Edward Ingersoll Browne (5/12th interest subject to life estate of Elizabeth Isabella Browne) | Harriet Tilden Browne | 1127 | 215 |
| 01Oct1872 | Edward Ingersoll Browne (7/12th interest as a life estate subject to life estate of Elizabeth Isabella Browne) | Harriet Tilden Browne | 1127 | 215 |
| 01Oct1872 | Edward Ingersoll Browne (life interest) | Elizabeth Isabella Browne | ||
| Transfers of Unimproved Land | ||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
| 22Apr1871 | Samuel Frothingham (formerly Samuel Frothingham, Jr.) | Edward Ingersoll Browne | 1045 | 21 |
| 17Jan1866 | Commonwealth of Massachusetts | Samuel Frothingham, Jr. | 872 | 124 |
