Index to Deeds: 60 Commonwealth

The following is an index to property transfer deeds and party wall agreements recorded at the Suffolk County Deed Registry from the original land purchase until conversion of the building into condominiums.  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
30Sep1974 Norman G. Gear, trustee, trustee, 56 and 60 Commonwealth Associates Trust 56 and 60 Commonwealth Condominium 8744 531
01Aug1974 Robert Gordon and Lola Jacobson Norman G. Gear, trustee, 56 and 60 Commonwealth Associates Trust 8727 585
01Aug1974 Phyllis Norman Robert Gordon and Lola Jacobson 8727 576
01Jul1971 Robert Gordon and Lola Jacobson Phyllis Norman 8460 166
01Jul1971 Southeast Management Corporation Robert Gordon and Lola Jacobson 8460 160
01Jun1959 John Dearborn Southeast Management Corporation 7399 177
01Jun1959 Samuel M. Lewis and Irving W. Boyer John Dearborn 7399 160
01Jun1959 Mutual Associates, Inc., of Boston Samuel M. Lewis and Irving W. Boyer 7399 153
16Oct1945 Frederick E. Ordway Mutual Associates, Inc., of Boston 6180 439
28Sep1945 Samuel R. Berkman Frederick E. Ordway 6179 69
15Dec1943 (recorded 16Dec1943) William T. Murrell Samuel R. Berkman 6072 368
16Dec1943 Helen E. Baader, former trustee, Holden Realty Trust, and Gladys L. Young, successor trustee thereof William T. Murrell 6072 365
30Aug1943 Wallace R. Marden, trustee, Investment Realty Trust Helen E. Baader, trustee, Holden Realty Trust 6056 89
23Oct1940 Wallace R. Marden Wallace R. Marden, trustee, Investment Realty Trust 5886 310
11May1936 William Bradford Sprout, Jr. Wallace R. Marden 5599 108
14Mar1935 Delle Alden Benson William Bradford Sprout, Jr. 5517 58
08Mar1935 Lillian P. Parker, David C. Percival, and Lawrence F. Percival Delle Alden Benson 5516 493
16Mar1907 Laurence Curtis and Richard Black Sewall, trustees under the will of William Bull Sewall; and Lena Ingalls Sewall, widow of William Bull Sewall David C. Percival 3203 113
05Nov1886 George Allen and Annie Grant Allen, his wife, in her own right William B. Sewall 1748 460
13Nov1884 Harriette D. Putnam, widow of John Phelps Putnam Annie Grant Allen, wife of George Allen 1659 401
01Dec1871 Henry Bigelow Williams (lot with 2 inch frontage under party wall between 60 and 62 Commonwealth) John Phelps Putnam 1082 201
Transfers of Unimproved Land: Eastern portion of lot with 22 foot frontage)
Date of Deed Grantor Grantee Book Page
29Jan1866 Robert M. Pratt (lot with 22 foot frontage) John Phelps Putnam 872 85
19Dec1865 Henry Sayles (lot with 22 foot frontage) Robert M. Pratt (lot with 22 foot frontage) 869 286
12Dec1865 Commonwealth of Massachusetts (lot with 28 foot frontage) Henry Sayles 869 285
Transfers of Unimproved Land: Western portion of lot (4 feet retained and 22 feet sold for 62 Commonwealth)
17Jan1866 Commonwealth of Massachusetts (lot with 26 foot frontage) John Phelps Putnam 872 83
Party wall stipulations included in transfer of land
Date Party One Party Two Book Page
01Dec1871 Henry Bigelow Williams (lot with 2 inch frontage under party wall between 60 and 62 Commonwealth) John Phelps Putnam 1082 201