Structure · Built 1923 · Demolished 1970

Livingston Cider Mill Garage

Livingston Cider Mill Garage

Address	Cider Mill Wy
Built	1923
Demolished	1970
Other Lot Structures	Livingston Cider Mill (1891 - 1970) Livingston Cider Mill Office and Garage (1923 - 1970)

A one-story garage at the Livingston Cider Mill, shown on the Sanborn map of December 1923.

Deed References

Date	Type	Grantor	Grantee	Summary	Recorded
September 29, 1897	Warranty Deed	Sarah J. Damon of Malden, wife of Charles E. Damon (Charles E. Damon releasing curtesy)	Everett W. Livingston of Billerica	1892 (rec. 1897): the mill lot comes to Everett W. Livingston	291/16
	Signed and acknowledged July 5, 1892 before Willard Welch JP; recorded Sept. 29, 1897 at 4 PM. "In consideration of one dollar," "a certain tract of land with the buildings thereon" in Billerica, the same bounds ("south fourteen rods 6 ft. by town land"), "containing about one and a quarter (1 1/4) acres of land with a right of way from Andover Street through said Geo. W. Searles land to said premises." The next instrument, recorded the same day, mortgages the lot "with the buildings thereon" to John E. Rowell of Billerica for $250 at six per cent (discharged July 23, 1902). Title from: July 2, 1892 Warranty Deed: George W. Searles of Billerica (Lucinda W. Searles, his wife, releasing dower and homestead) to Sarah J. Damon of Malden (234/453) Title passed to: May 21, 1925 Quitclaim: Henry D. Livingston and William E. Livingston, both of Billerica, and Jennie M. Perry of Billerica, heirs of Everett W. Livingston (Maude W. Livingston and George H. Perry releasing) to Gladys V. Ingram of Lowell (722/496) (inheritance from Everett W. Livingston)
May 21, 1925	Quitclaim	Gladys V. Ingram of Lowell, unmarried	Henry D. Livingston and Maude W. Livingston, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety	1925: Henry D. and Maude W. Livingston	722/497
	Signed and acknowledged May 11, 1925 before Frederic S. Harvey JP, recorded May 21, 1925 at 11:59 AM. For consideration paid, with quitclaim covenants, the same land "with the buildings thereon," "being the same premises conveyed to me by Henry D. Livingston and others by their deed of even date," subject to the $550 Buck mortgage. The Livingstons mortgaged the mill to the Billerica Trust Company in 1933 and 1937. Title from: May 21, 1925 Quitclaim: Henry D. Livingston and William E. Livingston, both of Billerica, and Jennie M. Perry of Billerica, heirs of Everett W. Livingston (Maude W. Livingston and George H. Perry releasing) to Gladys V. Ingram of Lowell (722/496) Title passed to: April 21, 1941 Quitclaim: Maude W. Livingston of Nashua, New Hampshire, "being unmarried" (widow of Henry D. Livingston) to Percy D. Livingston of New Gloucester, Maine (959/103) (survivorship of Maude W. Livingston)
November 28, 1944	Quitclaim	Percy D. Livingston and Margaret C. Livingston, husband and wife, of New Gloucester, Maine	Thomas S. Taylor and Grace M. Taylor, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety	1944: Thomas S. and Grace M. Taylor	1015/560
	Signed Nov. 27, 1944, recorded Nov. 28, 1944 at 12:03 PM (pages 560-561). For consideration paid ($6.60 stamps), with quitclaim covenants, "the land in said Billerica, with the buildings thereon," the same bounds, about one and a half acres with the right of way from Andover Street, "Being the same premises described in a deed from me to myself and Margaret C. Livingston, dated July 19, 1941." The Taylors mortgaged it the same day to the Billerica Trust Company for $3,000 and ran The Livingston Co. cider and vinegar mill there until the early 1950s. Title from: 1941 Quitclaim: Percy D. Livingston of New Gloucester, Maine to Percy D. Livingston and Margaret C. Livingston, husband and wife, joint tenants (963/535) Title passed to: August 22, 1969 Quitclaim: The owners since 1959, a Billerica husband and wife (private) to Romolo E. Capobianco, Inc., usual place of business 29 Andover Road (1896/796) (through private owners 1953 and 1959)
August 22, 1969	Quitclaim	The owners since 1959, a Billerica husband and wife (private)	Romolo E. Capobianco, Inc., usual place of business 29 Andover Road	1969: Romolo E. Capobianco, Inc.	1896/796
	Recorded Aug. 22, 1969 at 2:09 PM. For consideration paid, with quitclaim covenants, "the land in Billerica ... together with the buildings thereon, situated Southerly of but not adjoining Andover Road," the same bounds ("SOUTHERLY 14 rods, 6 feet by Town land"), "about one and one-quarter (1 1/4) acres with a Right of Way from said Andover Road through said George W. Searles land." The Taylors had sold the lot on June 30, 1953 to a couple from Everett, who after a foreclosure notice by their mortgagee sold it in October 1959 to the grantor; both earlier transfers were to private owners and are summarized here. The company had bought the adjoining Messer land in 1968 and made both into Pollard Estates (Plan Book 112, Plan 14), the mill lot falling in Lot 2. Title from: November 28, 1944 Quitclaim: Percy D. Livingston and Margaret C. Livingston, husband and wife, of New Gloucester, Maine to Thomas S. Taylor and Grace M. Taylor, husband and wife, of Billerica, tenants by the entirety (1015/560) (through private owners 1953 and 1959) Title passed to: December 11, 1990 Tax Taking: Collector of Taxes of the Town of Billerica (taxes assessed to Romolo E. Capobianco) to Town of Billerica (5402/66) (Pollard Estates Lot 2)
December 13, 2013	Tax Title Foreclosure Judgment	Romolo Capobianco (Land Court, tax lien case 00 TL 122596)	Town of Billerica	2013: Town of Billerica	27884/35
	Land Court judgment in the tax lien case Town of Billerica v. Romolo Capobianco, entered Nov. 8, 2013 and recorded Dec. 13, 2013: "all rights of redemption are forever foreclosed and barred" under the 1990 taking. The town has held Pollard Estates Lot 2 (assessor 51-74-0, 4.72 acres) since; it bought Lot 3 in 2021. Title from: December 11, 1990 Tax Taking: Collector of Taxes of the Town of Billerica (taxes assessed to Romolo E. Capobianco) to Town of Billerica (5402/66)

Recorded is Book/Page at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds unless noted.