Faulkner Kindergarten
Faulkner Kindergarten
| Address | 2 Faulkner St |
| MACRIS ID | BIL.78 |
| Built | 1825 |
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The Faulkner Kindergarten, at 2 Faulkner Street in North Billerica (numbered 25 Faulkner Street since 2023), is the early Greek Revival house of James R. Faulkner, with an Ionic portico and corner quoins, standing just east of the Faulkner Mills. It has housed a kindergarten since 1932.
The land was the westerly part of the homestead farm of Thomas Rogers, whose executor sold 24 acres "near the Fulling mill" to Timothy Sprague, clothier, in 1785. Sprague sold the fulling mill and the land in 1799 to the Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, who ran it with their grist and saw mills as the Canal Mills. Francis Faulkner leased the fulling mill from 1811 and bought it from the Canal Proprietors on May 4, 1825, with a lot of about 21 acres north of the road. That September he deeded a house lot near the canal mills to his son James Robbins Faulkner, who married that November and had joined the business, for $100; the deed already speaks of "said James R. Faulkner's dwelling house" and its wood house "annexed with the brick Factory". In 1872 his brother Charles added a 50-foot strip behind the lot.
James R. Faulkner lived here until his death in 1877. When his executor sold the mill to the Faulkner Manufacturing Company in 1880, the house was kept by the family as Lot 4, "Estate of J. R. Faulkner", on R. A. Hall's plan. It passed under his will to his five daughters. Anne R. Faulkner of Santa Barbara, California, took the shares of her sisters Abby and Emily under their wills and bought out Mary E. F. Gould (1901) and Catharine R. Preston (1902), and in 1903 the mill company released the right of way that Francis Faulkner had reserved in front of the house.
By a deed of trust dated March 17, 1903, "the gift of Abby L. Faulkner, Emily F. Faulkner and the grantor Anne R. Faulkner ... as a Memorial of their Parents," Anne gave the house to trustees for "The James R. Faulkner and Catharine R. Faulkner Kindergarten for North Billerica", with children of the mill employees to be taken first. The family kindergarten had begun in 1897. Anne died by the summer of 1914, and when the mill was sold to Daniel W. Farnsworth that year the trustees, James F. Preston, Mary E. F. Gould and Harriet B. Rogers, recorded the trust, took title to the "Homestead" lot of about 41,500 square feet on the Smith and Brooks plan, and exchanged a small lot on Faulkner Street for the north end of the lot. After renovation the kindergarten moved into the house in January 1932, and in March 1933 the trustees conveyed it to the kindergarten corporation.
The corporation and its trust, managed for many years by members of the Preston family, held the house for nearly ninety years. After a lapsed exemption filing the town took it for fiscal 2015 taxes in 2016, and it was redeemed in 2017. In September 2022 the old corporation, then based in Kentucky, deeded the house to Faulkner Kindergarten, Inc., which still runs it as a preschool and kindergarten, on condition that for ten years it remain a non-profit kindergarten or early childhood center.
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- MACRIS BIL.78
- Billerica assessor, 25 (formerly 2) Faulkner St, parcel 10-29-0: school, 0.75 acre, owner Faulkner Kindergarten Inc. (2022)
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| 1784 | Will | Estate of Thomas Rogers of Billerica, yeoman | Widow Martha Rogers for life; then Timothy Crosby, Abigail wife of Shemuel Griffin, and Cato | 1784: will of Thomas Rogers; his homestead farm sold for debts in 1785 | Probate #19490 |
Will dated March 3, 1784: to "Martha my beloved wife the full use ... of all my Lands Buildings & Estate" for life; "my Negro boy Cato shall be a free man"; after the widow's death "my homestead farm laying in Billerica" and the rest of the estate to Timothy Crosby, Abigail wife of Shemuel Griffin, and Cato equally; the executors may sell "my Meadow of about four acres called Broad meadow" for debts. Proved June 2, 1784 (Shemuel Griffin executor). Inventory Sept. 8, 1784: "the Homestead and building thereon" 272 pounds 4s, a piece of land in Broad Meadow 36 pounds. The homestead was the land west of the corner lot Rogers had sold Isaac Kidder in January.
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| August 20, 1792 | Executor's Deed | Shemuel Griffin of Andover, executor of the will of Thomas Rogers of Billerica | Timothy Sprague of Billerica, clothier | 1785: 24 acres of the Rogers farm "near the Fulling mill" to Timothy Sprague, clothier | 108/210 (South) |
Billerica town book 8, pages 325-327. Under an order of the Court of Common Pleas (March 1785) to sell for debts and legacies, for 58 pounds 10s, "twenty four Acres more or less of the Homestead Farm of said Thomas Rogers deceased lying by the Road that leads from Tewksbury to Chelmsford and is the Westerly part of said Farm", from the rail fence "near the house of the abovesaid Timothy Sprague" north to Isaac Kidder, west to Concord River and down the river "near the Fulling mill" to the road, "leaving to the abovesaid Timothy Sprague the full of his former purchase of Joseph Ruggles". Dated April 26, 1785, recorded 1792. The 24 acres that became Faulkner's "about twenty one acres" in 1825 and the mill lot of today.
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| April 17, 1799 | Deed | Timothy Sprague of Billerica, clothier (wife Azubah releasing dower) | The Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal | 1799: Sprague sells the fulling mill and the 24 acres to the Middlesex Canal Proprietors | 132/218 (South) |
Billerica town book 9, pages 439-441. For $2,200, "two lotts of land": about 24 acres "bounded easterly by land of Thomas Richardson Northerly by land of John Rogers westerly and southerly by Concord river and the road", except a small triangle near the bridge sold earlier to Richardson, "together with the barn fulling mill, mills, dye house, all the presses, dye kittels and potts, shears and all the clothiers fullers and dyers apparatus and machines (excepting Mr. Barrett's right in a pair of shears)", with all his rights in "the waters dams sleuceways water courses"; and about 4 acres "with a dwelling house thereon" on "the road leading from Andover to Chelmsford by the Canal mills", by William Rogers, the mill pond and the "old ditch". The fulling mill the canal later leased to Francis Faulkner and sold to him in 1825 with "about twenty one acres".
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| May 5, 1825 | Deed | The Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by Benjamin Guild, President | Francis Faulkner of Billerica, clothier | 1825: Canal Proprietors to Francis Faulkner, the fulling mill and the 21-acre lot north of the road | 260/48 (South) |
Billerica town book 12, pages 407-412. For $2,500, "three certain lots or parcels of land ... on the Northerly side of Concord River and near the Canal Mills so called": 2 acres 27 rods by William Rogers on "the road leading from the Canal Mills by said Rogers house to Billerica meeting house"; "about twenty one acres" from "the creek or water course to the fulling mill" along "the little Bason so called" and down the river to John Rogers and Thomas Richardson; and the fulling mill lot, "with the privilege of keeping and maintaining the building of said Mill over said creek", the creek itself reserved. With "the privilege of using the water which passes through one half of the creek leading from the mill pond to the Fulling mill ... for the purpose of working said mill and Factory", but never when the pond is 3/4 inch below the top of the dam, on pain of "one dollar for every half hour said gates remain open". The canal reserved its water, a way across, and the right to repurchase within a year.
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| October 26, 1825 | Deed | Francis Faulkner of Billerica, Esquire (wife Ann releasing dower) | His son James R. Faulkner (James Robbins Faulkner) of Billerica, gentleman | 1825: Francis Faulkner to his son James R., the house lot with "said James R. Faulkner's dwelling house" | 262/441 (South) |
Billerica town book 12, pages 438-439. For $100, "a lot of land situate in Billerica near the canal mills (so called)" around James R. Faulkner's dwelling house and wood house, 30 ft from William Richardson's land, running "to the road thirty three feet from the end of the wood house annexed with the brick Factory of said Francis Faulkner"; Francis reserved a way in front of the house "but not within thirty feet of said dwelling house". Dated Sept 24, 1825: the brick factory was already standing. This is the J. R. Faulkner homestead later given in trust for the Faulkner Kindergarten (1903), from which the mill office lot (lot 5) was cut in 1914.
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| October 26, 1825 | Mortgage | James R. Faulkner (James Robbins Faulkner) of Billerica, gentleman | Ann Faulkner of Billerica, wife of Francis Faulkner | 1825: James R. Faulkner mortgages the house lot to his mother, $1,155 | 262/442 (South) |
Billerica town book 12, pages 440-441. Mortgage of "a lot of land situated in Billerica near the canal Mills (so called) it being the same land this day purchased of said Francis Faulkner ... together with the dwelling house on said land", to secure $1,155 in one year. Dated Sept 24, 1825.
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| February 14, 1854 | Quitclaim Deed | The other heirs at law of Francis Faulkner (Dwight F., George, Winthrop, Luther W., Lois R., Lydia H. and William E. Faulkner, Calvin and Ann F. Rogers, and the Keene heirs) | James R. Faulkner of Billerica, manufacturer (two thirds), and Charles Faulkner of Boston, merchant (one third) | 1854: Francis Faulkner heirs release the mill land behind the house to James R. and Charles | 668/424 (South) |
Billerica town book 21, pages 191-193. For $600, land "at the canal mills so called" bounded by land of James R. and Charles Faulkner and of William E. Faulkner, by Herman Rogers, by Concord River on two sides, and by "land of said James R. Faulkner where he now lives, consisting of plain land and containing about fifteen acres": the rest of the 21 acres of the 1825 canal purchase, behind the mill. Dated Jan 2, 1854. With it James R. and Charles Faulkner held the whole mill property, two thirds and one third, the shares of the later 1857 and 1880 deeds.
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| November 27, 1873 | Quitclaim | Charles Faulkner of Boston (Annie S. Faulkner releasing dower and homestead) | His brother James R. Faulkner of Billerica | 1872: Charles Faulkner adds a 50-foot strip behind the house lot | 90/239 |
For $50, "all my right title and interest" in a strip "Beginning at the Northwest corner of said James R. Faulkner's house lot", running north 50 feet, west 158 feet, south 50 feet to the house lot and east on the house lot 158 feet. Dated May 27, 1872; acknowledged in Suffolk October 31, 1873; recorded November 27, 1873. Charles held an interest in the mill land behind the house under the 1854 deed of their father's heirs; the 1914 deed of the homestead names this as the second of the two deeds by which James R. Faulkner held it.
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| December 2, 1880 | Executor's Deed | Charles Faulkner of Boston, executor of and trustee under the will of James R. Faulkner | The Faulkner Manufacturing Company | 1880: James R. Faulkner estate sells the mill; the homestead is kept as Lot 4 | 143/23 |
For $50,000, "two undivided third parts of all that lot of land with the buildings thereon": lot 1 of 29.55 acres from "the stone pier of the bridge across Concord River" across "the little basin, so-called", along the river about 1,540 ft to Jones and Foster, by the Boston and Lowell Rail Road and the schoolhouse lot back to the road to Billerica Centre, with the water rights, flowage, the 1857 Talbot rights (Book 9 Page 378) and "all the machinery, tools and fixtures in the buildings"; lot 2 "with the building thereon ... on the east end of the dam south of the County road", bounded 10 ft from the canal wall; and two thirds of five more lots, including land "on what was formerly the Middlesex Canal" (Sage plan 1838, Book 18 Page 374; Calvin Rogers to James R. and Charles Faulkner, 1859, Book 20 Page 390) and an acre by the old William Rogers house on "the road ... to the Canal Mills".
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| December 17, 1901 | Quitclaim | Mary E. F. Gould, wife of William P. Gould of Santa Barbara, California (he releasing) | Her sister Anne R. Faulkner of Santa Barbara | 1901: Mary E. F. Gould releases her share to her sister Anne R. Faulkner | 338/353 |
For one dollar and other consideration, "all my undivided part and share which I have in that certain tract of land with buildings thereon situate in Billerica ... which my grandfather Francis Faulkner conveyed to my father James R. Faulkner by deed dated Sept 24 1825 and recorded with Middlesex Deeds Book 262 Page 441", "bounded easterly by the road leading to Billerica Centre and on all other sides by land of the Faulkner Manufacturing Company". Dated November 1, 1901; recorded December 17, 1901. One of the five daughters' shares in their father's homestead.
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| February 19, 1902 | Quitclaim | Catharine R. Preston of Boston, widow | Her sister Anne R. Faulkner of Santa Barbara, California | 1902: Catharine R. Preston releases her share to Anne R. Faulkner | 340/70 |
For one dollar and other consideration, her "undivided part and share" in the same tract "which my grandfather Francis Faulkner conveyed to my father James R. Faulkner", Book 262, Page 441, bounded easterly by the road to Billerica Centre and on all other sides by the Faulkner Manufacturing Company; dower and homestead released. Dated February 10, 1902; recorded February 19, 1902.
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| April 30, 1903 | Release | The Faulkner Manufacturing Company, by George M. Preston, President (Whitmore Preston, Clerk) | Anne R. Faulkner, daughter of James R. Faulkner | 1903: Faulkner Manufacturing Company releases the 1825 right of way | 354/167 |
For one dollar and other consideration, releases "any and all right of way or passage in, upon or over the premises heretofore granted by Francis Faulkner to said James R. Faulkner by deed dated 24th September 1825 ... Book 262, Page 441", the company "being the owner by mesne conveyances" of the land for which Francis had reserved the way, "she now claiming title to the premises". Dated February 27, 1903, with the directors' vote of the same day; recorded April 30, 1903. Cleared the passage in front of the house that Francis Faulkner reserved in 1825, three weeks before Anne's deed of trust.
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| September 17, 1914 | Trust Deed | Anne R. Faulkner, daughter of James R. Faulkner | James Faulkner Preston, Mary E. F. Gould and Harriet B. Rogers, Trustees of the James R. Faulkner and Catharine R. Faulkner Kindergarten for North Billerica | 1903 (rec. 1914): Anne R. Faulkner deeds the homestead in trust for the kindergarten | 526/146 |
Quitclaim in trust of the James R. Faulkner homestead, "bounded easterly by the Road leading to Billerica Centre so-called, and northerly, westerly and southerly by land now of the Faulkner Manufacturing Company", being "the same premises which were conveyed by Francis Faulkner, my grandfather, to said James R. Faulkner, my father, by deed dated September 24, 1825 ... libro 262, page 441; and including the former dwelling house or homestead". Gift of Abby L., Emily F. and Anne R. Faulkner as a memorial of their parents, for a kindergarten for the children of the Faulkner Manufacturing Company's employees and the working people of North Billerica. Dated March 17, 1903, recorded 1914. Lot 5 of the mill plant was later cut from this homestead.
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| June 9, 1910 | Quitclaim | Anne R. Faulkner of Santa Barbara, California, single woman | Mary M. Poor of Andover, single woman | 1910: Anne R. Faulkner to Mary M. Poor (straw) | 451/181 |
For one dollar and other consideration, "a parcel of land with buildings thereon situate in Billerica ... being the same which my grandfather Francis Faulkner conveyed to my father James R. Faulkner by deed dated September 24, 1825", see also the deeds of Catharine R. Preston (Book 340, Page 70) and Mary E. F. Gould (Book 338, Page 353), bounded easterly by the road to Billerica Centre and on all other sides by the Faulkner Manufacturing Company, "in North Billerica". Dated May 31, 1910 (acknowledged at Santa Barbara); recorded June 9, 1910. A straw deed: Mary Poor reconveyed the same day of record.
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| June 9, 1910 | Quitclaim | Mary M. Poor of Andover, single woman | Anne R. Faulkner and Mary E. F. Gould of Santa Barbara and James F. Preston of Lowell, joint tenants | 1910: back to Anne R. Faulkner, Mary E. F. Gould and James F. Preston as joint tenants | 451/182 |
For one dollar and other consideration, "that parcel of land with buildings thereon situated at North Billerica ... being the former homestead of James R. Faulkner, deceased", bounded easterly by the road to Billerica Centre and on all other sides by the Faulkner Manufacturing Company. "The title of said Anne R. Faulkner was derived under the wills of her sisters Emily and Abby, deed from Mary E. F. Gould ... book 338 page 353, deed from Catherine R. Preston ... book 340 page 70, as to four fifths of the same and by devise or descent from James R. Faulkner as to the remaining fifth." Dated June 7, 1910; recorded June 9, 1910. The assessor still cites this deed ("451 182") for the parcel.
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| July 15, 1914 | Quitclaim Deed | The Faulkner Manufacturing Company, by George M. Preston, President and Treasurer | Daniel W. Farnsworth of Montclair, New Jersey | 1914: mill sold to Daniel W. Farnsworth; the homestead bounds him on the west | 525/238 |
"Three certain parcels of land with the buildings thereon" at North Billerica, lots 1, 2 and 3 on the "Plan of the Manufacturing Plant of the Faulkner Manufacturing Company" (Smith and Brooks, June 18, 1914, Plan Book 31 Plan 91): the mill lot of about 125,513 sq ft on Faulkner Street and the Concord River, the triangle west of "the canal, formerly known as the creek", and the lot east of it, with the water rights of the 1857 Talbot deed (Book 9 Page 378), a 20 ft private way to Carleton Street, and "all the machinery, tools, and equipment ... and all its trade-marks and trade names". Title: "a portion of the same conveyed to the Faulkner Manufacturing Company by Charles Faulkner as Executor and Trustee and in his own right by two deeds, both dated November 22, 1880", Book 143 Pages 22 and 23. Signed July 9, 1914, after directors' votes authorizing an agreement with Farnsworth.
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| September 17, 1914 | Deed | Mary E. F. Gould of Santa Barbara, widow, and James F. Preston of Lowell (Jane M. Preston releasing), surviving joint tenants | Charles L. Hildreth of Westford | 1914: surviving joint tenants to Charles L. Hildreth (straw), lot 4 of 1880 | 526/152 |
For consideration paid, "the land and buildings thereon ... being the former homestead of the late James R. Faulkner, deceased, shown as lot No. 4" on the 1880 plan of the Faulkner Manufacturing Company property (Plan Book 3, Plan 122): "Southerly by the road leading to Billerica Centre, known as Faulkner street one hundred sixty-six and 36/100 feet", easterly by the Company 227.20 feet, northerly 157.72 feet, westerly by land conveyed to Daniel W. Farnsworth July 9, 1914, 234.50 feet; the premises "conveyed by Mary M. Poor to Anne R. Faulkner, lately deceased, and ourselves as joint tenants" (Book 451, Page 182) and "all the same premises conveyed to said James R. Faulkner in two deeds", Book 262, Page 441 (1825) and Book 90, Page 239 (1872). Dated August 24, 1914; recorded September 17, 1914. A straw conveyance to put the homestead into the kindergarten trust.
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| September 17, 1914 | Deed | Charles L. Hildreth of Westford (Elizabeth C. Hildreth releasing) | James F. Preston, Harriet B. Rogers and Mary E. F. Gould, Trustees of The James R. Faulkner and Catharine R. Faulkner Kindergarten for North Billerica | 1914: Hildreth to the kindergarten trustees | 526/153 |
For one dollar and other consideration, the same lot 4, "the former homestead of the late James R. Faulkner", same bounds, to the grantees "as trustees in joint tenancy and in trust for 'The James R. Faulkner and Catharine R. Faulkner Kindergarten for North Billerica'" upon the terms of Anne R. Faulkner's deed of March 17, 1903, "conveyed to me by said grantees by their deed of even date ... for further assurance". Dated August 24, 1914; recorded September 17, 1914.
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| September 17, 1914 | Deed | The Faulkner Manufacturing Company, by George M. Preston, President and Treasurer | James F. Preston, Harriet B. Rogers and Mary E. F. Gould, Trustees of the Kindergarten | 1914: Company deeds the north end of the Homestead lot to the trustees in exchange | 526/155 |
For one dollar and other consideration, land "southerly by land of the grantees about one hundred fifty-seven and 72/100 feet being 'Lot 4 Estate of J. R. Faulkner'" on the 1880 plan, easterly by the Corporation about 35 feet, northerly in a broken line by land conveyed to Charles H. Williams June 30, 1914 (Book 523, Page 301) 165.84 feet, and westerly by Daniel W. Farnsworth about 22.5 feet, "being the most northerly portion of the 'Homestead'" on the Smith & Brooks plan of June 18, 1914 (Plan Book 31, Plan 91), in trust for the Kindergarten. Dated August 24, 1914, with the stockholders' vote of September 15; recorded September 17, 1914. Given in exchange for the small lot on Faulkner Street (lot 5) that the trustees deeded to the Company the same day (Book 526, Page 159).
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| September 17, 1914 | Deed | James F. Preston, Mary E. F. Gould and Harriet B. Rogers, Trustees under the instrument of Anne R. Faulkner (1903) | The Faulkner Manufacturing Company | 1914: trustees deed lot 5 on Faulkner Street to the Company in exchange | 526/159 |
Lot 5 on Plan 31/91, "a certain lot of land with the buildings thereon, situated on the northerly side of Faulkner street", 1,950 sq ft beside the "Homestead", "conveyed to said Faulkner Manufacturing Company in exchange for a certain parcel of land situated in the rear of said Homestead" conveyed to the trustees the same day. "A portion of the same conveyed to us by said deed from Anne R. Faulkner, dated March 17, 1903." Restricted for 30 years (no structure over three stories or 40 ft, no garage, blacksmith shop, machine shop, foundry or manufacturing, no liquor or explosives) for the benefit of the Homestead. Dated Aug 24, 1914.
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| January 25, 1915 | Affidavit | James F. Preston, Mary E. F. Gould and Harriet B. Rogers, Trustees under the deed of Anne R. Faulkner | (record of title) | 1914-15: trustees' affidavit after Anne R. Faulkner's death | 533/98 |
The trustees "severally depose and say that said Anne R. Faulkner did not during her life make any written request of all or any of us to reconvey and retransfer to her or to her appointee all or any part of the property, real and personal, then held by us as trustees under said deed, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph VI". Sworn December 17 and 24, 1914 and January 5, 1915; recorded January 25, 1915. With Book 526, Page 152 it shows that Anne R. Faulkner had died by August 1914, so the homestead passed to the kindergarten trust under her 1903 deed, not by a bequest of 1927.
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| March 28, 1933 | Trustees' Deed | James F. Preston and Jane M. Preston of Portland, Maine, present Trustees under the deed of trust of Anne R. Faulkner | The James R. Faulkner and Catharine R. Faulkner Kindergarten for North Billerica, Inc. | 1933: trustees to the kindergarten corporation | 823/257 |
"For a valuable consideration", "the land and the buildings thereon, including the former dwelling house or homestead of James R. Faulkner", bounded easterly by the road to Billerica Center and northerly, westerly and southerly by land now or late of the Faulkner Manufacturing Company, the same premises as Book 262, Page 441 and Anne R. Faulkner's deed of trust, granted under Article VIII of the trust and subject to its terms. Dated March 27, 1933; recorded March 28, 1933. The kindergarten corporation held the house from 1933 to 2022.
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| May 13, 1996 | Easement | James R. Faulkner and Catherine R. Faulkner Kindergarten for North Billerica Trust, by its trustee's attorney | Massachusetts Electric Company and New England Telephone and Telegraph Company | 1996: pole-line easement | 8022/138 |
Perpetual easement for a pole line on the northerly side of Faulkner Street, from pole P. 69/6 northerly to a new pole 69/7-1, over "Map 10, Lot 29" on the assessors' maps; "For Grantors title see deed recorded ... Book 526, Page 146". Recorded May 13, 1996.
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| March 25, 2016 | Tax Taking | Faulkner Kindergarten (assessed owner) | Town of Billerica, by John F. Clark, Collector of Taxes | 2016: Town tax taking for fiscal 2015 | 29899/266 |
Instrument of taking for unpaid fiscal 2015 taxes of $5,502.28 (total $6,175.13), "LAND & BUILDING", 32,670 square feet on Faulkner Street, parcel 0010-000029, "Registry: 451 1/82"; executed March 4, 2016. The assessor had found no exemption filing for the year; the kindergarten later refiled as an exempt charity.
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| December 26, 2017 | Redemption | Town of Billerica, by its Treasurer | Faulkner Kindergarten | 2017: tax title redeemed | 31755/47 |
Instrument of redemption of tax title 201522 (the taking at Book 29899, Page 266), the redeemer being Faulkner Kindergarten; 32,670 square feet on Faulkner Street, parcel 0010-000029. Recorded December 26, 2017.
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| September 12, 2022 | Quitclaim | James R. Faulkner and Catherine R. Faulkner Kindergarten of North Billerica, Inc. (of Olive Hill, Kentucky) | Faulkner Kindergarten, Inc., a Massachusetts charitable organization of 2 Faulkner Street | 2022: to Faulkner Kindergarten, Inc. | 37368/234 |
For one dollar, "The land and the buildings thereon, including the former dwelling house or homestead of James R. Faulkner", easterly by the road to Billerica Center, otherwise by land now or late of the Faulkner Manufacturing Company, under Article VIII of Anne R. Faulkner's 1903 deed of trust; "shown as the 'Homestead' lot containing 41,510 square feet" on Plan Book 31, Plan 91; "Being the same premises conveyed to the Grantor by deed dated March 27, 1933 ... Book 823, Page 257". The grantee covenants that for ten years the premises will be owned and operated by a non-profit running a kindergarten or early childhood center, and otherwise conveyed to another 501(c)(3) in early childhood education or to the Town of Billerica. Signed September 6, 2022 in Wayne County, Ohio; recorded September 12, 2022. The assessor's card now gives the address as 25 Faulkner Street.
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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.