The following is an index to property transfer deeds and party wall and building restriction recorded at the Suffolk County Deed Registry from the original land purchase until the property was acquired by the Suburban Realty Corporation and razed. 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 534 Beacon (1 Charlesgate East).
| Transfers of Land and Buildings | ||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
| 09Aug1920 | Irving Bertman (536-538 Beacon and lot at 534 Beacon) | Suburban Realty Corporation | 4299 | 173 |
| 09Aug1920 | Boston Five Cents Savings Bank (538 Beacon and lot at 534 Beacon) | Irving Bertman | 4244 | 371 |
| 09Aug1920 | Boston Five Cents Savings Bank (536 Beacon) | Irving Bertman | 4244 | 364 |
| 16Jul1920 | Thomas W. Lawson and Jeannie A. Lawson, his wife, in her own right (foreclosure of mortgage on 538 and lot at 534 Beacon) | Boston Five Cents Savings Bank | 4244 | 365 |
| 16Jul1920 | Francis W. Kittredge (foreclosure of mortgage on 536 Beacon given by Francis W. Kittredge and assumed by subsequent owners) | Boston Five Cents Savings Bank | 4244 | 361 |
| 28Apr1902 | Charles E. Dow (536-538 Beacon) | Jeannie A. Lawson | 2821 | 627 |
| 28Apr1902 | Thomas W. Lawson (536-538 Beacon) | Charles E. Dow | 2821 | 625 |
| 12Jul1899 | Francis W. Kittredge and Mary H. Kittredge, his wife, in her own right (536 Beacon) | Thomas W. Lawson | 2621 | 236 |
| 12Jul1899 | William S. Bryant (538 Beacon) | Thomas W. Lawson | 2621 | 197 |
| 14Aug1897 | George H. Abbott (536 Beacon) | Mary H. Kittredge | 2515 | 295 |
| 14Aug1897 | Francis W. Kittredge (536 Beacon) | George H. Abbott | 2515 | 293 |
| 26May1897 | Francis B. Silsbee (one-third undivided interest, 536 Beacon) | Francis W. Kittredge | 2446 | 133 |
| 25May1897 | George S. Silsbee (one-third undivided interest, 536 Beacon) | Francis W. Kittredge | 2446 | 134 |
| 25May1897 | George S. Silsbee and Katharine E. Silsbee, trustees under the will of George Z. Silsbee (one-third undivided interest, 536 Beacon) | Francis W. Kittredge | 2446 | 131 |
| Transfers of Unimproved Land | ||||
| Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
| 15Oct1902 (recorded 29Nov1902) | Charles E. Dow (lot with 27 foot frontage at 534 Beacon) | Jeannie A. Lawson | 3089 | 353 |
| 15Oct1902 | Thomas W. Lawson (lot with 27 foot frontage at 534 Beacon) | Charles E. Dow | 2856 | 212 |
| 12Jul1899 (recorded 15Jul1899) | Thomas W. Lawson (lot with 2 foot frontage, east side of 534 Beacon) | Mary H. Kittredge, wife of Francis W. Kittredge (owner of 532 Beacon) | 2627 | 84 |
| 14Jul1899 | Elizabeth P. Lee (lot with 29 foot frontage at 534 Beacon) | Thomas W. Lawson | 2621 | 198 |
| 25Mar1890 | Henry Lee, and Elizabeth P. Lee, his wife, in her own right (lot with 26 foot frontage at 536 Beacon) | George Z. Silsbee | 1955 | 130 |
| 14Feb1890 | Henry Lee and Elizabeth P. Lee, his wife, in her own right (lot with 60.64 foot frontage on Beacon at 538 Beacon) | William S. Bryant | 1922 | 382 |
| 13Dec1887 | Dudley L. Pickman (lot with 6 foot frontage at east boundary of 534 Beacon) | Elizabeth P. Lee, wife of Henry Lee | 1803 | 168 |
| 25Nov1887 | Henry Lee and Elizabeth P. Lee, his wife, in her own right (strip of land at NE corner of Beacon and Charlesgate East with 10.54 frontage on Beacon, to be used only for “a public park, parkway, or highway”) | Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation. | 1800 | 463 |
| 02Jun1887 | Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation (lot at NE corner of Beacon and Charlesgate East with 120.18 foot frontage on Beacon) | Elizabeth P. Lee, wife of Henry Lee | 1774 | 531 |
| 02Jun1887 | Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation (lot with 56 foot frontage) | Dudley L. Pickman | 1774 | 513 |
| Party Wall Agreements | ||||
| Date | Party One | Party Two | Book | Page |
| 12Jul1899 | Mary H. Kittredge, wife of Francis W. Kittredge (owner of lot at 532 Beacon) | Thomas W. Lawson (owner of lot at 534 Beacon) | 2627 | 89 |
| 15Jan1891 (recorded 18Mar1891) | William S. Bryant (owner of 538 Beacon) | George Z. Silsbee (owner of 536 Beacon) | 1985 | 595 |
| 17Apr1890 (recorded 1Jun1897) | Elizabeth P. Lee, wife of Henry Lee (owner or lot at 534 Beacon) | George Z. Silsbee (owner of lot at 536 Beacon) | 2446 | 130 |
| Stipulations in land transfer deed extending restrictions contained in Book 1926, p. 637 (24Feb1890) as they pertain to 534 Beacon | ||||
| Date of Deed | Party One | Party Two | Book | Page |
| 14Jul1899 | Elizabeth P. Lee (seller of lot at 534 Beacon) | Thomas W. Lawson (purchaser of lot at 534 Beacon) | 2621 | 198 |
| Release of restrictions contained in Book 1926, p. 637 (24Feb1890) as they pertain to 534-536-538 Beacon | ||||
| Date of Deed | Party One | Party Two | Book | Page |
| 12Jul1899 | Charles P. Putnam (owner of lot at 530 Beacon) | Thomas W. Lawson (owner of lot and dwelling house at 538 Beacon and purchaser of lot at 534 Beacon and of lot and dwelling house at 536 Beacon) and Mary H. Kittredge (seller of lot at 534 Beacon and of lot and dwelling house at 536 Beacon) | 2621 | 209 |
| 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. L. 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 | |
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