Captain Joel Dix House
The Captain Joel Dix House stood on the south side of Old Elm Street in North Billerica, just east of the Mears Tavern, from about 1815 until it burned in 1996. MACRIS described it as an L-shaped house that kept a central chimney long after that plan had gone out of fashion, perhaps one of the last two such houses in Billerica. Its deeds run from the Middlesex Canal proprietors' sale of 1815 to the two-family house built on the lot in 2011.
The house was built by Jonathan Farmer, a blacksmith, on land of the canal company next to Nathan Mears's tavern lot. On August 1, 1815 the proprietors sold him for $87 the lot "on which he has erected a dwelling house of two stories," 80 feet along a line continuing the front of Mears's lot, with the land in front "to lie in common between the said Proprietors and said Farmer to the road." (MACRIS dated the purchase about 1812; the deed is of 1815, the same week the canal company widened Mears's own lot.) Farmer did not keep it. By 1822 he and Lot Lincoln, a cooper, were of Boston, and on September 10, 1822 Farmer, Lincoln and William Richardson, a Billerica trader, released the lot "together with the dwelling house & other buildings thereon" back to the proprietors, Lincoln and Richardson evidently as Farmer's creditors.
On October 28, 1822 the canal company sold the same half acre to Joel Dix, yeoman, for $87. Dix lived here for the rest of his life, and his family was part of the small group of related households around the canal mills: one sister married John Mixer and another Jonathan Wilson. In 1832 Dix bought the Mears tavern stand next door at the auction of Nathan Mears's estate; the boundary began "in the front yard between said Tavern house & said Dix's dwelling house." He sold a third of the tavern to Daniel Wilson in 1834. Dix was placed under guardianship in 1859, when his inventory listed "About Four Acres of land, with the buildings thereon, situated in North Billerica and known as the Homestead" at $3,200, and he died on December 23, 1860, not in 1861 as MACRIS says.
His homestead passed to his heirs in nine shares. Four days after his death his son Joel Dix, formerly of Charlestown, sold his share in "about four acres of land whereon are situate the homestead dwelling house of my late Father Joel Dix Also the Tavern (so called) also other dwelling houses and buildings." Between 1864 and 1869 the other heirs, among them Almira Dix, Mary Dix's executor, Sybil Rand of Nashua, Albert H. Dix of Charlestown, Eliza Jane Blood of Sterling, Warren Richardson Jr. of Pennsylvania, and the guardians of the Garland and Olney children, sold their ninths of "the Homestead of the late Joel Dix" to Anthony Jones, Dudley Foster and Lyman Haynes, who had bought the tavern in 1863. One of these deeds traces the homestead about five rods on the common land at the road, about twenty rods along Concord River and about twenty-one rods on the private way that is now Wilson Street, wrapped around the east and south sides of the tavern lot.
Jones and Foster ran the tavern and the Dix house together as rental property. The 1869 deed of Lyman Haynes's third lists "Mears Tavern house & hall, Dix House and barn," and in 1883 Foster released his half to Anthony Jones's widow Judith, "comprising the 'Mears Tavern building' 'The Dix House' and what was formerly the two 'Red Houses' and a shoemaker's shop." Her daughter Nellie M. Bemis inherited it and in 1907 sold "the Mears Tavern and Dix House" to the Talbot Mills. When the mill company divided its village land (Plan Book 60, Plan 25), the Dix house became Lot 1, 64.84 feet on Elm Street, and in 1936 Talbot Mills sold it to Frank Finnegan, keeping a right of way through the lot open for the neighbors.
Finnegan sold the house in 1950, and it passed through private owners; the owner recorded on the 1974 MACRIS form had bought it in 1959 and sold it in 1981. The house burned in October 1996, and the lot stood empty when a realty trust bought it in 2005. In 2011 Cross Properties, LLC bought "8-10 Olde Elm Street, formerly known as 2 Olde Elm Street," built a two-family house there and made it the 8-10 Old Elm Street Condominium, whose units were sold to private owners.
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| 1815 | Deed | Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by John L. Sullivan, agent | Jonathan Farmer of Billerica, blacksmith | 1815: the canal company sells blacksmith Jonathan Farmer the lot "on which he has erected a dwelling house of two stories" | 240/336 (South) |
For $87, "a lot of land ... westerly by land of Nathan Mears, southerly by land of the proprietors of the Canal ... being the same lot on which he has erected a dwelling house of two stories": 80 feet on a line continuing the front of Mears's lot, then by right-angled courses of 50, 115 and 130 feet, and 165 feet back to the start by Nathan Mears's land, "the land in front of the said lot eighty feet to lie in common between the said Proprietors and said Farmer to the road." Signed August 1, 1815, acknowledged at Boston August 9, 1815, the same week as Mears's own widening deed. Billerica town book 13, pages 161-162. Farmer had already built the house on canal company land.
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| April 26, 1823 | Release | Jonathan Farmer, blacksmith, and Lot Lincoln, cooper, both of Boston, and William Richardson of Billerica, trader | Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal | 1822: Farmer and his creditors release the house and lot back to the canal company | 248/85 (South) |
For $10, a release of the lot from the northeast corner of Nathan Mears's land, 80 feet east, then 50, 50, 115 and 130 feet by the proprietors' other land, and 165 feet north on Mears's land, "together with the dwelling house & other buildings thereon standing, meaning hereby to convey all our right, title and interest in and to that piece or parcel of land which said proprietors by John L. Sullivan their agent conveyed to said Jonathan Farmer by deed dated the first day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifteen and recorded Book 240 Page 337." Signed September 10, 1822; acknowledged October 21-22, 1822; recorded April 26, 1823. Billerica town book 13, pages 213-215. Farmer had moved to Boston; Lincoln and Richardson evidently held claims on the house, and all three gave it back to the canal company.
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| December 10, 1824 | Deed | Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by James F. Baldwin, agent | Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman | 1822: the canal company sells Joel Dix the former Farmer house lot | 257/209 (South) |
For $87, the same price Jonathan Farmer had paid, "a certain piece of land situate and lying in said Billerica near the Canal mills containing half an acre more or less": from the corner of Nathan Mears's land 80 feet east, 237 feet south by the proprietors' and Mears's land, 80 feet west and 237 feet north by Mears, "The land in front of said Lot eighty feet to lie in common between the said proprietors and said Dix to the road as set forth in said Proprietors deed to Jonathan Farmer dated August first eighteen hundred and fifteen." The company would not answer for encumbrances after August 1, 1815. Signed October 28, 1822; acknowledged April 12, 1823; recorded December 10, 1824. Billerica town book 12, pages 383-384.
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| January 12, 1836 | Guardian's Deed | Nathaniel Stearns of Billerica, yeoman, guardian of Edwin and Charles Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears | Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman | 1832: the tavern lot sold to Joel Dix is bounded "in the front yard between said Tavern house & said Dix's dwelling house" | 349/237 (South) |
Licensed by the Supreme Judicial Court and sold at public vendue March 20, 1832, for $3,276.17, two undivided fifth parts of five tracts, first "a part of the homestead of said deceased, situate at the Canal Mills so called, containing three acres and fifty five & a half rods, with the Tavern house, one small house in the rear of said Tavern house, two barns and other out buildings thereon standing," from a corner "in the front yard between said Tavern house & said Dix's dwelling house," by Dix's land and the Garden lot to Concord River, by the river 20 rods to a board fence, and by the passage way on S. Livingston's plan of the homestead, Isaiah Bussey's house lot and "the side house lot" to the road: "lots numbered one & eleven on said plan." Also lot 9, the Patten lot, the Trull pasture and half the Sims place. Recorded January 12, 1836. Billerica town book 15, pages 223-226.
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| 1859 | Guardianship and Administration | Joel Dix of Billerica, "an insane person"; his estate after his death in December 1860 | Horace N. Wilson of Billerica, guardian; Edwin A. Alger of Lowell, administrator | Joel Dix's guardianship and estate: "the Homestead" of about 4 acres, 1859 | Probate #30707 |
On his daughter Mary Dix's petition Joel Dix was found "an insane person" and Horace N. Wilson was appointed his guardian at Groton May 24, 1859. The inventory of June 7, 1859 lists about four acres "known as the Homestead" with buildings ($3,200), the "Tavern Stand," 4 acres ($3,667), and meadow and wood lots. The guardian's license of February 7, 1860 to sell for maintenance covered only meadow and wood lots. After Dix's death the administrator was licensed April 1, 1862 to sell real estate, including the two thirds of the tavern stand.
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| December 27, 1860 | Quitclaim | Joel Dix of Billerica, formerly Joel Dix Jr. of Charlestown, son of Joel Dix | John Q. A. Griffin of Charlestown, Esquire | 1860: Joel Dix Jr. sells his share in "the homestead dwelling house of my late Father" | 26/413 |
For $800, "all my right, title, interest and estate in and to certain real estate situate in North Billerica," bounded north by "the main road leading from North Billerica to Lowell" and the Talbots, east by Concord River, south by the Talbots and west by Nason Wilson and Daniel Wilson: "about four acres of land whereon are situate the homestead dwelling house of my late Father Joel Dix Also the Tavern (so called) also other dwelling houses and buildings. Said Real Estate having been conveyed to my said Father by Lincoln, Mears, Mixer, Stearns and others." Signed, acknowledged and recorded December 27, 1860, four days after his father's death; it carried only the son's ninth share as heir.
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| January 12, 1864 | Quitclaim | Almira Dix of Billerica, single woman, an heir of Joel Dix | Lyman Haynes of Billerica | 1864: Almira Dix sells her ninth of her father's homestead | 37/63 |
For $200, "all my right title and interest in and to the homestead place of the late Joel Dix deceased, being an undivided ninth part of about three acres more or less, with the buildings thereon, situate in North Billerica," from the road at land of Haynes, A. Jones and D. Foster (the tavern lot), about fifteen rods south, west to a passage way, south on it to C. P. Talbot & Co., east to Concord River, north along the river at low water mark, and by Talbot's land back to the road. Signed, acknowledged before Dudley Foster and recorded January 12, 1864. The first of the Dix heirs' ninths to be sold.
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| May 4, 1864 | Executor's Deed | Dudley Foster of Billerica, executor of the will of Mary Dix, daughter of Joel Dix | Anthony Jones of Billerica | 1864: Mary Dix's share of "the homestead of Joel Dix" sold to Anthony Jones | 37/584 |
Licensed by the Probate Court at Lowell April 5, 1864 and sold at public auction April 30, 1864, for $200: "all the right title and interest that Mary Dix late of said Billerica, deceased, had at her decease as heir at law in and to ... the homestead of Joel Dix late of Billerica, deceased, situate in North Billerica, containing about three acres more or less," from the road at land of Lyman Haynes and others (the tavern lot), south about fifteen rods, west to a passage way, south on it, east to Concord River, north along the river at low water mark to C. P. Talbot & Co., and by Talbot's land back to the road. Recorded May 4, 1864 (index date). Joel Dix's homestead had descended to his heirs in shares; this was the first share Anthony Jones acquired.
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| September 15, 1865 | Release | John Q. A. Griffin of Medford; Sarah E. W. Griffin, his wife | Israel A. Colson of Billerica | 1865: Joel Dix Jr.'s ninth released to Israel A. Colson | 44/281 |
For $1, all Griffin's interest in the parcel "with the Buildings thereon situate in North Billerica" from the corner at the common land, east about five rods to C. P. Talbot et als, south about five rods to Concord River, along the river about twenty rods, west by Wilson and Gannon about twenty rods to a private way, north on it about twenty-one rods "to land of Haynes, Foster and others," east about nine rods and north about fifteen rods to the beginning, "being a portion of the premises conveyed to said Griffin by Joel Dix by his deed dated Dec. 27, 1860 ... Book 26 Page 413." Signed September 2, 1865; recorded September 15, 1865, with the release of Martha Dix, wife of Joel Dix [Jr.], of her dower and homestead rights (Book 44, Page 283).
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| September 25, 1865 | Deed | Sybil Rand of Nashua, N.H., in her own right, an heir of Joel Dix; George W. Rand, her husband | Israel A. Colson of Billerica | 1865: Sybil Rand, a Dix heir, sells her ninth of the homestead | 44/374 |
For $200, "one undivided ninth part of the following described piece or parcel of land situate in that part of said Billerica known as North Billerica together with the buildings thereon ... Being the homestead of the late Joel Dix of said Billerica," bounded from the road from Billerica Mills to Lowell at land of Lyman Haines and others, south about fifteen rods, west to a passageway, about twenty rods on it to Wilson and Gannon, to Concord River, and by C. P. Talbot & Co. and the common land back to the beginning. Signed and acknowledged at Nashua September 22, 1865; recorded September 25, 1865. Her ninth came to her by descent from Joel Dix.
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| March 19, 1866 | Quitclaim | Israel A. Colson of Billerica; Rachel Colson, his wife | Dudley Foster of Billerica | 1865: Joel Dix Jr.'s ninth passes from Colson to Dudley Foster | 47/333 |
For $200, "one undivided ninth part of a certain parcel of land with the Buildings thereon situate in North Billerica and known as the Homestead of the late Joel Dix deceased," from the corner at the common land, east about five rods to C. P. Talbot & Co., south to Concord River, about twenty rods along the river, west about twenty rods by Wilson and Gannon to a private way, north on it about twenty-one rods "to land of Haynes, Foster & Jones," east about nine rods and north about fifteen rods to the beginning, "Intending to convey all my right title & interest acquired by deed of J. Q. A. Griffin dated Sept. 2nd 1865 with Martha Dix release of Dower ... Book 44, page 281 & Page 283." Signed December 6, 1865; recorded March 19, 1866 (index date).
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| March 19, 1866 | Quitclaim | Israel A. Colson of Billerica; Rachel Colson, his wife | Lyman Haynes, Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica | 1865: a ninth of "the Homestead of the late Joel Dix" to Haynes, Jones and Foster | 47/335 |
For $200, "one undivided ninth part of the following described parcel of land with the Buildings thereon situate in North Billerica known as the Homestead of the late Joel Dix deceased," from the road from Billerica Mills to Lowell at land of Lyman Haynes and others, about fifteen rods south, west to a passageway, about twenty rods on it to Wilson and Gannon, to Concord River, and by C. P. Talbot & Co. and the common land back to the road: "Being premises conveyed to me by Sibyl Rand deed dated Sept. 22nd 1865 ... Book 44, Page 374." Signed December 6, 1865; recorded March 19, 1866.
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| April 28, 1866 | Guardian's Deed | Abram H. Chase of Stoneham, guardian of George Garland of Vermont, minor child of John P. and Lucy Ann Garland | Lyman Haynes, Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica | 1866: a minor heir's ninth of the Dix homestead sold by his guardian | 48/337 |
Licensed by the Probate Court at Cambridge in March 1866 and sold at public auction April 16, 1866, for $225: "an undivided ninth part of the following described parcel of land situate in that part of said Billerica known as North Billerica with the buildings thereon standing ... Being the Homestead of the late Joel Dix of said Billerica," bounded from the road from Billerica Mills to Lowell at land of L. Haynes and others, by the passageway to Wilson & Gannon, Concord River, C. P. Talbot & Co. and the common land. Recorded April 28, 1866 (index date). The minor's mother Lucy Ann Garland was evidently a Dix heir.
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| April 6, 1867 | Warranty Deed | Warren Richardson Jr. of Shirleysburg, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, an heir of Joel Dix | Lyman Haynes, Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica | 1867: Warren Richardson Jr. sells his ninth of the Dix homestead | 55/221 |
For $225, "one undivided ninth part of the following described tract of land with the buildings thereon situate in that part of Billerica known as North Billerica ... Being the homestead of the late Joel Dix deceased of said Billerica," from the road from Billerica Mills to Lowell "at land of said grantees" (the old tavern lot), about fifteen rods south, west to a passage way, about twenty rods on it to Wilson & Gannon, to Concord River, and by C. P. Talbot & Co. and the common land back to the road. Recorded April 6, 1867 (index date).
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| September 24, 1867 | Warranty Deed | Albert H. Dix of Charlestown, unmarried, an heir of Joel Dix | Lyman Haynes, Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica | 1867: Albert H. Dix sells his ninth of his father's homestead | 58/400 |
For $225, "one undivided ninth part of the following described tract of land with the buildings thereon known as the homestead of the late Joel Dix deceased, situate in North Billerica": from the corner at the common land east about five rods to C. P. Talbot et als, south about five rods to Concord River, along the river about twenty rods to Wilson and Gannon, west about twenty rods to a private way, north on the way about twenty-one rods to the grantees' land (the tavern lot), east about nine rods on it, and north about fifteen rods to the beginning. Signed September 19, 1867; recorded September 24, 1867. These courses show the Dix homestead wrapping around the east and south sides of the tavern lot.
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| June 6, 1868 | Warranty Deed | Eliza Jane Blood of Sterling, in her own right, an heir of Joel Dix; Ebenezer P. Blood, her husband | Lyman Haynes, Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica | 1868: Eliza Jane Blood sells her ninth of the Dix homestead | 62/533 |
For $225, "one undivided ninth part of the following described piece or parcel of land situate in that part of said Billerica known as North Billerica together with the buildings thereon ... Being the homestead of the late Joel Dix of said Billerica," from the road from Billerica Mills to Lowell "at land of said grantees," about fifteen rods south, west to a passage way, about twenty rods south on it to Wilson & Gannon, east to Concord River, and by the land of C. P. and Thomas Talbot and the common land back to the beginning. Signed May 20, 1868; acknowledged at Worcester June 1; recorded June 6, 1868 (index date).
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| June 1, 1869 | Guardian's Deed | Elijah Corliss of Billerica, guardian of Horace and Clara Olney, minor children of John Olney | Anthony Jones, Dudley Foster and Caroline Haynes, widow of Lyman Haynes, all of Billerica | 1869: the Olney minors' ninth of the Dix homestead sold by their guardian | 67/592 |
Licensed by the Probate Court at Cambridge April 6, 1869 and sold at public auction May 15, 1869, for $300: "all the right, title, interest and estate which vests in said Horace Olney and Clara Olney being an undivided ninth part of a certain lot of land with the buildings thereon situate in North Billerica ... and being the Homestead of the late Joel Dix deceased," from the road from North Billerica to Lowell at land of the late Lyman Haynes and others, by the passage way to land of Wilson and Gannon, to Concord River, along the river "in the middle of the stream" to C. P. Talbot & Co., and by Talbot's land and the common land back to the road. Recorded June 1, 1869 (index date). The last Dix heirs' share found in the indexes.
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| December 4, 1869 | Warranty Deed | Caroline Haynes, widow, and the children of Lyman Haynes (Tilly, Theodore L., Cyrus H., Charles R., William H. and John Haynes, and Carrie H. Jenkins), all of Springfield | Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, both of Billerica | 1869: "Dix House and barn" in the Haynes third sold to Jones and Foster | 71/90 |
For $3,300, "an undivided third part of a certain parcel of land situate in that part of said Billerica called North Billerica containing four acres more or less with a new store & dwelling house & barn, two red houses, Mears Tavern house & hall, Dix House and barn and other buildings thereon," from the road from North Billerica to Lowell at land of Wilson, by Wilson and C. P. Talbot & Co. to the passage way, by land formerly of Wilson & Gannon to Concord River, and by Talbot land and "the common land" back to the road, reserving the passage way. Also a third of the Rogers farm and of 52 acres bought of Calvin Rogers in 1858 (Book 17, Page 435). Signed November 22, 1869; recorded December 4, 1869. Lyman Haynes had died in 1869; this put his third of the tavern in Jones and Foster.
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| July 11, 1870 | Quitclaim | Adaline Haynes of Springfield, heir of Lyman Haynes | Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster, both of Billerica | 1870: the last Haynes heir confirms the 1869 deed of the Dix House third | 74/354 |
For $1, all her right in "the lands and tenements described in a certain deed of Caroline Haynes and others to said Jones and Foster dated November 22d 1869 and Recorded with Middlesex North District Deeds Book 71 Page 90," the Haynes third of the four acres with the Mears Tavern house and hall. Signed June 13, 1870; recorded July 11, 1870. The one Haynes heir who had not signed the 1869 deed.
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| August 4, 1883 | Quitclaim | Dudley Foster of Billerica, unmarried | Judith Jones of Billerica, widow of Anthony Jones | 1883: "The Dix House" in Foster's half released to Judith Jones | 161/543 |
For $4,500, "an undivided half of the following described premises, situated in that part of Billerica called North Billerica": from Wilson Street at land of Mrs. Auty east to Concord River, north on the river to C. P. Talbot & Co., by Talbot's land "to the Common land on Elm street," west on Elm Street to Wilson Street and south to the beginning, "with all the buildings thereon, comprising the 'Mears Tavern building' 'The Dix House' and what was formerly the two 'Red Houses' and a shoemaker's shop. Being the same premises belonging to Anthony Jones and Dudley Foster." Signed August 1, 1883 (witness F. C. Bemis); recorded August 4, 1883. One of several deeds of 1883-1891 dividing the Jones and Foster partnership lands; with Anthony Jones's half, which came to his widow, it made Judith Jones sole owner.
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| February 7, 1907 | Quitclaim | Frederick C. Bemis and Nellie M. Bemis, his wife, of Billerica | The Talbot Mills, a corporation at Billerica | 1907: "formerly known as the Mears Tavern and Dix House," sold to Talbot Mills | 399/598 |
For $1 and other consideration, "a certain lot of land with the buildings thereon (formerly known as the Mears Tavern and Dix House) situated in said Billerica in that part thereof known as North Billerica, containing sixty four thousand seven hundred and ninety three square feet," from the intersection of Elm and Wilson Streets south on Wilson Street, east by the Perry land 301.7 feet to Concord River, north on the river, and back by the grantee's wall and land "opposite the storehouse of said grantee" to the beginning, with the grantors' interest in the strip toward Elm Street "commonly known and described as the Common land." Shown on a "Plan of Bemis Property, North Billerica, Mass. Jan. 11, 1907." "The title of the said Nellie M. Bemis is derived under the will of her mother Judith Jones deceased." Signed in Kent County, Michigan, January 23, 1907; recorded February 1907 (date taken from the discharge recorded just before it). Henry A. Jones discharged Nellie Bemis's two mortgages (Book 386, Pages 409 and 424) the same week.
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| October 27, 1936 | Quitclaim Deed | The Talbot Mills, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer | Frank Finnegan of Billerica | 1936: Talbot Mills sells the Dix House as Lot 1 on Plan 60/25 | 890/261 |
"The land in said Billerica with the buildings thereon situated on the southerly side of Elm Street": 64.84 feet on Elm Street, 74.92 feet by Lot 2 (the Mears Tavern), 72.02 feet by Lot 3 and 111.50 feet by other land of the grantor, 6,370 square feet, "being Lot 1 on plan 'A'" of the Talbot Mills plan surveyed 1926-27-36 (Plan Book 60, Plan 25), "a part of the same premises conveyed to the grantor by Frederick C. Bemis and Nellie M. Bemis by deed dated January 23, 1907 ... Book 399, Page 598." The right of way on the plan from Elm Street through Lots 1, 3, 4 and 6 was to be kept open for the abutters, and the mill company reserved its common sewer. Signed September 30, 1936; recorded October 27, 1936. The Dix House lot.
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| January 7, 2011 | Quitclaim Deed | BDC Realty Trust (by its trustees) | Cross Properties, LLC of Billerica | 2011: the former Dix House lot, "formerly known as 2 Olde Elm Street," sold to Cross Properties | 24677/14 |
For $150,000, "The land in Billerica with any improvements constructed thereon, situated on the southerly side of Elm Street, commonly known and numbered 8-10 Olde Elm Street, formerly known as 2 Olde Elm Street," Lot 1 on Plan "A" of the Talbot Mills plan (Plan Book 60, Plan 25), 6,370 square feet. The trust had bought the vacant lot in 2005 (Book 18940, Page 151) after the Dix house burned in 1996. Earlier owners after Frank Finnegan sold in April 1950 (Book 1137, Page 439) were private: deeds of 1959 (Book 1429, Page 18) to the owner named on the 1974 MACRIS form, 1981 (Book 2497, Page 265), 1984 (Book 2785, Page 57), 1985 to P & L Realty Trust (Book 3039, Page 182) and 1990 (Book 5247, Pages 66-67). Recorded January 7, 2011.
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| June 22, 2011 | Master Deed | Cross Properties, LLC of 6 Celtic Avenue, Billerica | 8-10 Old Elm Street Condominium | 2011: a two-family condominium built on the Dix House site | 25048/238 |
Cross Properties, "being the sole owner of the land at Old Elm Street in Billerica," submitted it to G.L. c. 183A as the 8-10 Old Elm Street Condominium: "one two family style building with a total of two (2) Units," on a concrete basement foundation, wood frame with "hardi-board" cement siding and an asphalt shingle roof, each unit with its own deck. Recorded June 22, 2011, with the by-laws (Book 25048, Page 250). The units were sold to private owners in 2011 and 2014. This is the house built in 2011 on the site of the Captain Joel Dix House.
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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.