The Maples
The Maples was a roadside store and restaurant at the corner of Riverhurst Road and the old Concord Road in South Billerica, on the lot that is now 251 Old Concord Road. It was replaced in 1973 by the present building, which opened as The New Maples.
James D. and Edna J. Fuoco and Leo and Albina E. Nassano of Billerica bought the corner lots from Morris and Rose E. Bornstein of Lynn in October 1946, and their certificate of title gives their address as "The Maples, Billerica." The Maples was among the businesses supporting the Howe High School yearbook in 1948. In 1953 the Commonwealth took part of the corner when Concord Road was relocated as Route 3, and the Maples was left on what became the old road. The property passed in 1955 to James N. and Dorothy E. Bassett and John L. and Alice M. Gifford, and in 1961 to Collentro Maples, Inc., which sought business zoning for the land at several town meetings from 1961 to 1966 and won a variance from the Board of Appeals in 1968. The old building was replaced in 1972 and 1973.
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| February 1, 1946 | Certificate of Title | Certificates 3259 and 6002 (Anna C. and Edward F. Cox) | Morris Bornstein and Rose E. Bornstein of Lynn, tenants by the entirety | 1946: Morris and Rose E. Bornstein of Lynn | Ctf 6878 |
Lots 63 and 64 on Plan 2792-K and Lot 62A on the new Plan 2792-M (C. B. Humphrey, Engineer for Court, Jan. 31, 1946), the corner at the junction of Riverhurst and Main Roads. The Bornsteins gave the Coxes a $6,000 mortgage, discharged in October 1946.
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| October 7, 1946 | Certificate of Title | Certificate 6878 (Morris and Rose E. Bornstein) | James D. Fuoco and Edna J. Fuoco, and Leo Nassano and Albina E. Nassano, all of Billerica, each couple an undivided half | 1946: the Fuocos and Nassanos, "The Maples" | Ctf 7110 |
Lots 63, 64 and 62A. Owners' address: "The Maples, Billerica, Mass." The Commonwealth took part of Lot 62A for the relocation of Concord Road (Route 3) in September 1953. Leo P. Nassano died before February 1955.
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| February 8, 1955 | Certificate of Title | Certificate 7110 (the Fuocos and Albina E. Nassano, surviving tenant) | James N. Bassett and Dorothy E. Bassett of Burlington, and John L. Gifford Jr. and Alice M. Gifford of Woburn, each couple an undivided half | 1955: the Bassetts and Giffords | Ctf 9458 |
Lots 63, 64 and 62A, subject to any succession tax on the survivorship interest of Albina E. Nassano. The buyers gave her a $5,500 mortgage (document 26125).
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| March 7, 1958 | Certificate of Title | Certificate 9458 (the Bassetts and Giffords) | John L. Gifford Jr. and Alice M. Gifford of Woburn, tenants by the entirety | 1958: John L. and Alice M. Gifford | Ctf 10516 |
Lots 63, 64 and 62A. In November 1958 Lots 63 and 64 were redrawn on Plan 2792-S (James B. Monahan, Surveyor) as Lots 323, 324 and 325. Lots 323 and 324 went back to Albina E. Nassano in 1960, and on August 7, 1961 the Giffords deeded Lot 325 and Lot 62A to Collentro Maples, Inc. (document 35070), with a grant of rights from Mrs. Nassano.
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| August 18, 1961 | Certificate of Title | Certificate 10516 (John L. and Alice M. Gifford) | Collentro Maples, Inc. of Billerica | 1961: Collentro Maples, Inc. (variance 1968) | Ctf 12075 |
Lot 325 on Plan 2792-S (183.50 feet on the Main Road) and Lot 62A on Plan 2792-M, the corner of Riverhurst Road. Memoranda: a $4,000 mortgage back to the Giffords (1961); a Board of Appeals variance for Collentro Maples, Inc. (September 25, 1968, case 122); and a $50,000 mortgage to the Burlington Bank & Trust Co. (1973). The certificate was later cancelled for one in Registration Book 105, Page 139.
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Recorded is Book/Page at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds unless noted; Probate # is a Middlesex probate case, Ctf a Land Court certificate of title.