Structure · Built 1975
508 Boston Rd
508 Boston Rd
| Address | 508 Boston Rd |
| Built | 1975 |
| Tenants | |
| Santander Bank (None - ????) | |
| Other Lot Structures |
Backer's Greenhouses (1906 -
1971)
Billerica Greenhouse (1952 - 1974) |
Deed References
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| March 26, 1901 | Quitclaim | Nathaniel P. Jones of Billerica (Anna A. Jones releasing dower and homestead) | Grace Lillian Backer, wife of Clarence A. Backer, of Melrose | Jones to Grace Lillian Backer: the greenhouse land | 328/576 |
"Two parcels of land with the buildings situated in Billerica ... adjoining each other on the road leading to Boston": first, "a certain tract of land with the buildings thereon situated ... about one-half (1/2) mile southeasterly of the Meeting House on the road leading to Boston, containing about three (3) acres", bounded west by the highway, south by "land formerly of George P. Elliott", east by "land formerly of Henry Crosby" and north by "land formerly of Sylvester S. Hill"; second, "the tract of land adjoining the above with a barn thereon containing about four and one-half (4 1/2) acres", bounded north by "land now or formerly of one Rogers", east by Sarah Rogers and the heirs of Barnard Tufts "to the Tufts Road", south on that road and west by William G. Alley and Blanchard. Title from William H. Anderson and from Frank L. and Mary E. Crosby, both April 25, 1898 (Book 296, Pages 167 and 168). Dated Jan. 10, 1899; recorded March 26, 1901. The Backer home place of the 1906 atlas (Backer & Co.), south of the Rogers and Colby land; it is not among the four parcels sold by Backer's executors in 1926.
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| February 17, 1928 | Deed | Grace Lillian Backer, widow, of Billerica | Harlie G. Bohannon and Florence B. Bohannon of Billerica, tenants by the entirety | Backer widow sells the greenhouses to the Bohannons | 759/509 |
Signed Feb. 9, 1928, quitclaim. "The land in said Billerica, with the green houses and other buildings thereon," as shown on the January 1928 plan by John T. Brown (Plan Book 51, Plan 62): from a bound on the easterly side of Boston Road 75 feet south of A. E. Angell, east by the wall, Bohannon and Porter 272 feet, then by other land of the grantor 80.73, 17.65 and 59.57 feet, west 281.39 feet back to the road and 141.24 feet along it, "containing 39,462 square feet." "Being part of the premises conveyed to the grantor by Nathaniel P. Jones by deed dated January 10, 1899 ... Book 328, Page 576." For ten years the land was to be used for no business "other than the business commonly known as the Florist business," for the benefit of her adjacent land, and she also sold "all business fixtures, boilers, piping, benches, boxes, plants and other personal property now upon the premises ... used thereon in connection with the Florist business."
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| February 17, 1928 | Mortgage | Harlie G. Bohannon and Florence B. Bohannon | Grace Lillian Backer of Billerica | Bohannon purchase mortgage | 759/510 |
Recorded with the deed: $6,500 in one year at six percent, on the same land "with the green houses and other buildings thereon" (Plan Book 51, Plan 62).
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| March 31, 1928 | Deed | Arthur Elmer Angell and Hannah Belle Angell | Harlie G. Bohannon and his wife | Angell's south 75 feet, now the north part of the bank lot | 761/83 |
"A certain lot of land" on the easterly side of Boston Road, 75 feet on the road and about 253 feet deep, 19,027 square feet, between the grantees' land on the south and "land of the grantors" on the north, F. A. Porter on the east, "Being part of the premises to us conveyed by Eliza A. Davis ... Book 655, Page 482" The Angells kept the north part with the house, which stood until about 1959; the land became part of the mall site assembled in 1970.
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| May 4, 1948 | Quitclaim | Harlie G. Bohannon and Florence B. Bohannon of Billerica | Oscar A. Ericson and Charles W. Gridelli of Woburn | Bohannons sell to Ericson and Gridelli (Billerica Green Houses) | 1089/515 |
Signed May 1, 1948. The land "with the buildings" on the easterly side of Boston Road: from a bound at land of G. L. Backer east 281.31 feet, by Backer 59.57, 17.65 and 80.73 feet to F. A. Porter, by Porter 19.61 and 75 feet to A. E. Angell, west by Angell 255 feet to Boston Road and south along the road, as shown on Plan Book 51, Plan 62. "Being the same premises conveyed to us by two deeds, one from Grace Lilian Backer" (Book 759, Page 509) and one from Arthur Elmer Angell (Book 761, Page 83). The buyers ran the greenhouses as the Billerica Green Houses.
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| May 10, 1948 | Quitclaim | Oscar A. Ericson and Charles W. Gridelli of Woburn (Athelia M. Ericson and Mary L. Gridelli releasing) | William J. Blake of Woburn | front corner to Blake (straw) | 1089/568 |
Signed May 1, 1948, consideration under $100. The northwest corner of the greenhouse land, 150 feet along Angell and 75 feet on Boston Road, 11,250 square feet, "Being a portion of the premises conveyed to us by deed from Harlie G. and Florence B. Bohannon, dated May 1, 1948," on Plan Book 51, Plan 62. A straw deed: the same day Blake divided the lot between the two partners' families (Book 1089, Pages 569 and 570).
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| May 10, 1948 | Quitclaim | William J. Blake of Woburn | Charles W. Gridelli and Mary L. Gridelli of Woburn | east half of the corner to the Gridellis | 1089/569 |
Signed May 1, 1948, consideration under $100. The easterly half of the corner lot, 75 by 75 feet, 5,625 square feet, "Being the easterly one half of the premises conveyed to the grantor by deed from Ericson and Gridelli dated May 1, 1948," with an easement of way seven feet wide along the south side of the westerly half to Boston Road.
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| May 10, 1948 | Quitclaim | William J. Blake of Woburn | Oscar A. Ericson and Athelia M. Ericson of Woburn, tenants by the entirety | west half of the corner to the Ericsons | 1089/570 |
Signed May 1, 1948, consideration under $100. The westerly half of the corner lot, 75 feet on Boston Road at Angell and 75 feet deep, 5,625 square feet, "Being the westerly one half of the premises conveyed to me by deed from Ericson and Gridelli dated May 1, 1948," subject to the way granted to the Gridellis.
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| December 31, 1962 | Executor's Deed | Athelia M. Ericson, widow and executrix of Oscar A. Ericson (probate 372532), and Charles W. Gridelli, surviving partner | Charles W. Gridelli and Mary L. Gridelli of Billerica | Ericson estate and partner to Gridelli | 1565/538 |
Dated July 23, 1962. Under the power of sale in Oscar A. Ericson's will and as surviving partner under the partnership agreement of Nov. 16, 1957, "the land in said Billerica, with the buildings thereon," the greenhouse land of Plan Book 51, Plan 62 less the 150 by 75 foot northwest corner, "Including as part of the realty all fixtures/business personal property of whatever kind and nature at present installed in or on the granted premises, and good will." "Being the same premises conveyed to Oscar A. Ericson and Charles W. Gridelli by Harlie G. Bohannon and Florence B. Bohannon, dated May 1, 1948."
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| September 13, 1967 | Quitclaim | Charles W. Gridelli and Mary L. Gridelli of Billerica | Private owners of Wakefield | greenhouse business sold to private owners | 1813/59 |
Dated Sept. 12, 1967. The greenhouse land "with the buildings thereon" (141.24 feet on Boston Road, 281.31 feet deep, by G. L. Backer, F. A. Porter, A. E. Angell and Ericson and Gridelli), "Including as part of the realty all fixtures and business personal property of whatever kind and nature at present installed in or on the granted premises and good will," and the 75 by 75 foot lot behind the Ericson corner lot (Book 1089, Page 569). Title: Book 1565, Page 538; Plan Book 51, Plan 62. Mortgages were recorded the same day.
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| June 16, 1970 | Quitclaim | The private owners of 1967, then of Reading | Unified Land Development Corporation of 884 Boston Road, Billerica | sold to Unified Land Development Corp., equipment removed | 1924/157 |
Dated June 15, 1970. For $85,000, the same two parcels "with the buildings thereon," "Excluding as part of the realty all fixtures, heating equipment including boiler, burner, piping, etc.," which the sellers might remove within thirty days. "For title reference see deed to Grantors from Charles W. Gridelli et ux dated Sept. 12, 1967 ... Book 1813, Page 59." Unified was the developer of Bear Hill Estates.
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| December 2, 1971 | Quitclaim | Unified Land Development Corporation, by Chester R. Kindred, president | Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank of Woburn | land to Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank | 1989/326 |
Signed Sept. 21, 1971. For $85,000, "A certain parcel of land" on the easterly side of Boston Road, no buildings named: 141.24 feet on the road, by Ericson, M. B. Angell, Musgrave, Jones and Backer, 281.31 feet along Backer on the south, "containing 52,000 square feet, more or less." "Being the same premises described in deed from [the 1970 sellers] to Unified Land Development Corporation dated June 15, 1970 ... Book 1924 Page 157." The greenhouses had been taken down.
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| March 17, 1972 | Quitclaim | Oscar A. Ericson's widow and her second husband, of Ossipee, New Hampshire | Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank | front lot to the bank | 2002/55 |
For $12,000, the 75 by 75 foot corner lot "with the buildings thereon" on the easterly side of Boston Road, north by Angell, east and south by land formerly of Gridelli and of Ericson and Gridelli, now of Unified Land Development Corporation, 5,625 square feet. Title by a 1968 deed (Book 1843, Page 258) from the widow, who had held the lot since her husband's death as surviving tenant by the entirety under the 1948 Blake deed (Book 1089, Page 570).
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| April 2, 1992 | Deed | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, liquidating agent of Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank | Sterling Bank of Waltham | FDIC to Sterling Bank | 5878/238 |
For $140,000, "all its right, title and interest" in land "together with the buildings thereon" on Boston Road, as shown on the "Plan of Land, 508 Boston Road, Billerica, Mass." by R. E. Cameron & Associates, Feb. 6, 1992 (Plan Book 178, Plan 42), 58,290 square feet or 1.338 acres, with the benefit of an easement (Book 2060, Page 82). The FDIC had been appointed liquidating agent of the bank on June 7, 1991. "Meaning and intending to convey those premises conveyed to Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank in those certain Deeds ... Book 2002, Page 55 and in Book 1989, Page 326."
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| August 3, 2000 | Deed | Fleet National Bank, successor to Sterling Bank | S-BNK Billerica LLC | to S-BNK Billerica LLC | 10979/54 |
For $873,753, 508 Boston Road, the 1.338 acres of the 1992 R. E. Cameron plan (Plan Book 178, Plan 42). "For our title see deed to Sterling Bank dated April 2, 1992 ... Book 5878, Page 238."
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| September 29, 2015 | Deed | S-BNK Billerica LLC | ARAK II LLC | present owner | 29457/243 |
For $1, 508 Boston Road (Plan Book 178, Plan 42), title Book 10979, Page 54. The assessor (parcel 61-115-1) lists 1.295 acres and a bank building built about 1975.
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Recorded is Book/Page at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds unless noted.