Structure · Built 1900
373 Boston Rd
373 Boston Rd
| Address | 373 Boston Rd |
| Built | 1900 |
| Other Lot Structures |
Samuel Foster House (1800 -
1899)
John D. Foster House (Built 1900) |
This outbuilding of about 86 square meters stands some 18 meters southwest of the John D. Foster House at 373 Boston Road, on the same lot, and shares its chain of title. The house article gives the history of the Foster place.
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| 1898 | Warranty Deed | John G. Rossiter and Mary F. Rossiter (formerly Mary A. Foster), his wife, in her right, of Pasadena, California | Susan U. Phillips, wife of William C. Phillips, of Billerica | 1898: the Foster homestead sold to Susan U. Phillips, whose family likely built the present house | 296/201 |
For $1 and other valuable consideration, "a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated in Billerica Centre, so called ... containing two (2) acres", from a post or stone bound at land of Ellen L. Foster on Main Street north 200 feet to Arthur S. Cook, west on Cook to a stone post at Martin Lane, south on Lane to a stone bound in a stone wall at Ellen L. Foster, and east by Foster. "And being the same premises conveyed by Francis D. Foster, sometimes called 'Frank', to me by deed recorded ... Book 262 Page 127. For title see ... Book 262 Page 125; also Book 14, Page 39." Dated March 9, 1898. Middlesex North 296/201. Dudley Foster's widow, remarried and living in California, sells the old Samuel Foster homestead out of the family.
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| September 2, 1905 | Quitclaim | Susan U. Phillips of Billerica | Clarence A. Backer of Melrose | 1905: Phillips to Clarence A. Backer | 357/599 |
For $1, quitclaim with warranty of "a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated in Billerica Centre, so called ... containing two (2) acres", from a post or stone bound at land of Ellen L. Foster on Main Street north 200 feet to Arthur S. Cook, west on Cook to a stone post at Martin Lane, south on Lane to a stone bound in a wall at Ellen L. Foster, and east by Foster. "Being the same premises to me conveyed by John G. Rossiter et ux, by deed dated March ninth, 1898" (Book 296, Page 201); subject to the taxes of 1900-1903. Middlesex North 357/599.
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| 1912 | Quitclaim | Clarence A. Backer of Melrose (wife Grace L. Backer releasing dower) | Sarah A. Spiller of Billerica | 1912: Backer to Sarah A. Spiller | 485/458 |
For $1 and other valuable consideration, "a certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated in that part of said Billerica called Billerica Centre, containing two (2) acres": from a post or stone bound at land of Ellen L. Foster on Main Street, north on the street 200 feet to Arthur S. Cook, west on Cook to Martin Lane, south on Lane to a stone bound in a wall at Ellen L. Foster, and east by Foster to the start. "Being the same premises conveyed to me by James E. Andrews by deed dated March 19th, 1909" (Book 432, Page 254); subject to the 1911 taxes. Middlesex North 485/458-459. Sarah Spiller later deeded the south 50 feet and the rear to Hemden Spiller (485/460). Recorded April 1912.
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| March 30, 1925 | Quitclaim | Dana H. Spiller and Sarah A. Spiller, his wife, of Billerica | Edith M. Spaulding of Billerica | 1925: Spiller to Edith M. Spaulding | 719/471 |
Quitclaim "for consideration paid" ($8 in revenue stamps) of the land on the westerly side of Boston Road from a stone bound at John Foster north about 185 feet to Frank L. Day, west 446 feet to a stone wall at land of one Lane, south 186 feet and east along Foster 443 feet, "together with all the buildings thereon situated. Being the same premises conveyed to said Sarah A. Spiller by deed of Clarence A. Backer [?], dated April 15, 1912" (Book 485, Page 458), "See also" Sarah to Hemden Spiller 1912 (485/460) and Hemden to Dana H. Spiller 1924. Dated March 28, 1925. Middlesex North 719/471-472. Spaulding mortgaged it the same day to the Central Savings Bank for $4,500.
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| May 7, 1932 | Receiver's Deed | The Middlesex National Bank of Lowell, by William G. Roelker, Receiver | Clara E. Sexton of Billerica | 1932: bank receiver to Clara E. Sexton | 813/132 |
Quitclaim "for consideration paid" of "the land in said Billerica with the buildings thereon": from a stone bound on the west side of Boston Road at land of John Foster, north on the road about 185 feet to Frank L. Day, west by Day 446 feet to a stone wall at land of one Lane, south by Lane 186 feet, and east by Foster 443 feet. "Being the same premises conveyed to said Middlesex National Bank of Lowell by Daniel J. O'Connor by deed dated March 25, 1930" (Book 801, Page 573). The bank had closed Dec. 14, 1931; the sale was approved by the Comptroller of the Currency and the U.S. District Court. Middlesex North 813/132.
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| December 18, 1940 | Trustees' Deed | Frederic H. Sexton of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Union Old Lowell National Bank, trustees under the will of Clara E. Sexton | Lucy B. Collier of Billerica | 1940: to Lucy B. Collier | 955/134 |
For $2,250, "the land in said Billerica with the buildings thereon": beginning at a stone bound on the westerly side of the Boston Road at land of John Foster, north along the road about 185 feet to Frank L. Day, west 446 feet to a stone wall at land of one Lane, south 186 feet, east along Foster 443 feet. "Being the same premises conveyed to said Clara E. Sexton by the Middlesex National Bank of Lowell by deed dated May 7, 1932" (Book 813, Page 132). Under a Probate Court decree of Dec. 9, 1940 and a bank trust committee vote of Dec. 5, 1940. Dated Dec. 10, 1940. Middlesex North 955/134-135. The Colliers, who lived next door in the Dudley Foster House, reunited the old Foster homestead lot with it.
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| July 12, 1946 | Quitclaim | Forrest F. Collier and Lucy B. Collier, husband and wife, in her own right, of Billerica | Wilfred T. Greenaway and Thelma R. Greenaway, husband and wife, of Somerville | 1946: Collier to Greenaway | 1048/476 |
Quitclaim ($15 in revenue stamps) of "the land with the buildings thereon, shown on a 'Plan of Land in Billerica, Mass. surveyed for Forrest F. Collier, dated June 14, 1946, Merrill A. Brown, Reg. Land Surveyor, Carlisle, Mass.'" (Plan Book 68, Plan 83A): beginning on Boston Road 112.12 feet south of a County Bound at the southeast corner of Carl V. Sandberg, south along the road 140 feet, west along land of Lucy B. Collier 455 feet to a stone wall, north along the wall on land of Mary E. Lane 139.29 feet, and east along Sandberg 449.44 feet; 63,000 square feet. Dated July 12, 1946. Middlesex North 1048/476-477. The Colliers kept the south 45 feet with their own house (377 Boston Road); this 140-foot lot is today's 373 Boston Road. The Greenaways mortgaged it the same day for $12,000.
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| 1950 | Quitclaim | Wilfred T. Greenaway and Thelma R. Greenaway, husband and wife, of Billerica | Irving I. Landau and Lena C. Landau, husband and wife, of Billerica | 1950: Greenaway to Landau | 1147/114 |
"For consideration paid", quitclaim of "the land in said Billerica with the buildings thereon and being shown on a Plan of Land in Billerica, Mass. surveyed for Forrest F. Collier, dated June 14, 1946" (Plan Book 68, Plan 83A): from a point on Boston Road 112.12 feet south of a County Bound at the southeast corner of Carl V. Sandberg, south on the road 140 feet, west along land formerly of Lucy B. Collier 455 feet to a stone wall, north on the wall by Mary E. Lane 139.29 feet, and east by Sandberg 449.44 feet, "sixty-three thousand (63,000) square feet", subject to current taxes. Recorded in summer 1950 (index July 1950). Middlesex North 1147/114. The Landaus held it until 1954, when Lena C. Landau, as conservator of her husband's property under a Probate Court license, sold it to private owners; private owners followed (1971, 1978, a family trust 1983, Boston Road Trust IV 1985, 1987).
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| October 7, 1994 | Mortgagee's Deed | Diversified Financial Southeast, Inc., holder of a 1987 mortgage to the Lowell Institution for Savings | A private buyer | 1994: foreclosure sale | 7257/69 |
Foreclosure deed of 373 Boston Road under a mortgage from a private owner to the Lowell Institution for Savings dated Nov. 12, 1987 (Book 4311, Page 205): after notice in the Billerica Minuteman July 14, 21 and 28, 1994, sold at public auction Aug. 4, 1994 (Paul Saperstein, auctioneer) for $155,000. The notice describes "the land in Billerica ... with the buildings thereon" shown on the 1946 Collier plan (Plan Book 68, Plan 83A): 140 feet on Boston Road, 486 feet along land formerly of Lucy B. Collier, 138.29 feet on land of Mary E. Lane and 449.44 feet along Carl V. Sandberg, 63,000 square feet. Dated Aug. 11, 1994. Middlesex North 7257/69. Later transfers (2002, 2014) are between private owners.
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| February 18, 2022 | Taking (easements) | Owners of land abutting Boston Road (Route 3A) | Town of Billerica, by its Select Board | 2022: Route 3A easement taking | 36829/239 |
Order of Taking voted Feb. 14, 2022 by the Select Board under G.L. c. 79 and Article 29 of the Oct. 5, 2021 Fall Town Meeting: temporary construction easements (four years) and permanent roadway easements in lands "lying within or abutting Boston Road (Route 3A)" as shown on "Plan of Road Showing Location of Easements, Boston Road (Route 3A) Reconstruction," dated Dec. 15, 2021, prepared for BETA Group, Inc. by Lighthouse Land Surveying, LLC. The registry property index lists it under 336 Boston Road. Recorded Feb. 18, 2022 (24 pages). Middlesex North Book 36829, page 239.
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Recorded is Book/Page at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds unless noted.