Structure · Built 1880
Talbot Textile Mill Worker Housing at 4-6 Wilson St
Talbot Textile Mill Worker Housing at 4-6 Wilson St
| Address | 4-6 Wilson St |
| MACRIS ID | BIL.107 |
| Built | 1880 |
| Owners | Judith Stearns Jones (1883 - 1894) |
The double house at 4-6 Wilson Street in North Billerica stands on Lot 3 of the Talbot Mills division plan of 1926-36, on the easterly side of Wilson Street just south of Elm Street. The land was part of the farm behind the Mears Tavern that the canal proprietors sold to Nathan Mears in 1819. After his death the guardians of his children sold the tavern stand and land to Joel Dix in 1832, and Dix sold a third of the tavern lot east of the passage way to Daniel Wilson in 1834. Both estates were settled in the early 1860s, when the administrators sold the land to Anthony Jones, Lyman Haynes and Dudley Foster. By 1870 Jones and Foster held it between them, and in 1883 Foster sold his half of the land "east of Wilson Street" to Judith Jones, who held the other half under her husband's will.
The house does not appear on the 1875 map and is shown on the 1887 engraving of the mill village; the 1974 inventory dates it about 1885 and connects these houses with Mrs. Jones. Judith Jones left the property to her daughter Nellie M. Bemis, and in January 1907 Frederick C. and Nellie M. Bemis sold the whole tract to The Talbot Mills. For the next three decades it was company housing for the woolen mill across the street.
When the company sold its houses in the 1930s, the land was surveyed as Plan "A" (Plan Book 60 Plan 25). Lot 3 measured 69.05 feet on Wilson Street and 11,570 square feet, bounded by Lot 2 at the corner of Elm Street, Lot 1, other mill land and Lot 4. On November 7, 1939 The Talbot Mills sold Lots 3 and 4 (the neighboring double house at 8-10 Wilson Street) and Lot 17 across the street to Helene R. Drozdowski of Maynard, keeping a right of way "forever kept open" through the lots and its common sewer. In 1944 she deeded the three lots to Raymond A. and Alice A. Drozdowski, who mortgaged the property in 1949 and on November 15, 1960 sold Lot 3 "with the buildings thereon" to a couple from Chelmsford.
The house then passed through a series of private owners, in 1961, 1966, 1971 (for $16,000), 1976 and 1978 (for $39,000); in 1974 it was a two-family house sided in asbestos shingle. In November 1986 it was sold for $150,000 to CRT Development, a limited partnership based on Faulkner Street, which in 1998 sold it, with the corner lot on Elm Street, to Cambridge Tool & Mfg. Co., the manufacturer then using the old mill buildings. In 2002 the company divided the lot (Plan Book 209 Plan 2), keeping the rear, and sold the house on a 7,588 square foot lot for $170,000 to Vambill Realty Trust. The trust converted the three-story building into the two-unit 4-6 Wilson Street Condominium in 2004 and sold both units that year. In 2024 the Town accepted Wilson Street as a public way.
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- MACRIS BIL.107
- Billerica assessor, 4 Wilson St (parcel 9-128-1-1): 4-6 Wilson Street Condominium, PL 60-25 Lot 3 Plan A, subdivided 2002 (Plan 209-2 Lot 3A), master deed 17270-109
- Billerica assessor, 6 Wilson St (parcel 9-128-1-2): unit 6 of the 4-6 Wilson Street Condominium
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| Date | Type | Grantor | Grantee | Summary | Recorded |
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| September 23, 1820 | Deed | Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, by John L. Sullivan, agent | Nathan Mears of Billerica, yeoman | 1819: the canal proprietors sell Nathan Mears the 27-acre farm behind his tavern lot | 235/64 (South) |
For $813.18, "a certain tract of land ... containing by measure twenty seven acres and seventeen poles being a part of the Richardson farm," from the southeasterly corner at Concord River "north of the ford way," easterly by "the road leading to the Canal mills" to "land of the Proprietors laid out in small lots," then by the Proprietors' land and several short courses to the river "according to the annexed plat," and by the river to the beginning. Signed August 10, 1819; recorded September 23, 1820. Billerica town book 12, pages 172-173. This became the Mears homestead farm around the tavern lot.
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| June 24, 1828 | Administration | Estate of Nathan Mears of Billerica, yeoman | His minor children Edwin, Charles, Nathan, Lucy Ann and Elbert Mears; Marshall Preston, administrator | 1828 estate of Nathan Mears; the homestead was cut into lots in 1832 | Probate #14955 |
Nathan Mears died in June 1828 leaving "no widow, nor heirs of twenty one years of age"; at his children's request (and his own before his death) Marshall Preston of Billerica was appointed administrator at Framingham June 24, 1828, bond $30,000. The inventory lists the homestead of about 27 acres with three dwelling houses, the saw mill, "The Woolen Factory, occupied by Francis Faulkner & son", the forge, the old homestead of Thomas Mears, the Patten lot, and "The Zac. Shed Lot, 7 acres" at $210, with no buildings. Real estate $15,245.
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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: guardians sell two fifths of the tavern stand and Mears land to Joel Dix | 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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| January 12, 1836 | Guardian's Deed | John Baldwin of Billerica, Esquire, guardian of Lucy Ann, Nathan and Elbert Mears, minor children of Nathan Mears | Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman | 1832: the other three fifths to Joel Dix | 349/240 (South) |
At the same vendue of March 20, 1832, for $3,276.17, the other three undivided fifth parts of the same 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," bounded as in Stearns's deed. With that deed it gave Joel Dix the whole tavern stand. Acknowledged April 2, 1832; recorded January 12, 1836. Billerica town book 15, pages 226-230.
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| May 24, 1834 | Quitclaim | Joel Dix of Billerica, yeoman; Priscilla Dix, his wife, releasing dower | Daniel Wilson of Billerica, yeoman | 1834: Dix sells Daniel Wilson a third of the tavern lot east of the passage way | 331/519 (South) |
For $668, "one undivided third part of one acre and sixty four and a half rods of land more or less with the buildings thereon standing formerly known as the Mears Tavern stand situate in said Billerica at the Canal Mills so called," from the corner "in the front yard between said Tavern house and said Dix's dwelling house," by Dix's homestead lot and the garden lot to the passage way, by Isaiah Bussey's house lot and "the widow Anna Wood's house lot" to the highway: "lot numbered one on the plan taken by S. Livingston of the homestead of N. Mears deceased March 3d 1832." Signed March 26, 1834; recorded May 24, 1834. Billerica town book 13, pages 559-561.
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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 | estate of Joel Dix (guardianship 1859, administration 1862) | 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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| 1861 | Administration | Estate of Daniel Wilson of Billerica, who died November 29, 1861 intestate | Gardner Parker of Billerica, administrator; widow Mary Wilson and eight children | 1861 estate of Daniel Wilson | Probate #44864 |
Gardner Parker, husband of Wilson's daughter Adeline, petitioned December 11, 1861 that Daniel Wilson had died November 29, 1861 intestate, leaving his widow Mary and children Mary J. Wilkins, Adeline M. Parker, Horace N. Wilson, Daniel A. Wilson (at Rattlesnake Bar, California), Israel N. Wilson (a captain then serving in Virginia), Frances A. Faulkner and Charles H. Wilson; he was appointed administrator at Cambridge December 24, 1861. The license of April 7, 1863 led to the sale of Wilson's third of the Mears Tavern stand.
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| March 25, 1863 | Administrator's Deed | Edwin A. Alger of Lowell, administrator of Joel Dix late of Billerica | Anthony Jones, Lyman Haynes and Dudley Foster, all of Billerica | 1863: Dix administrator sells two thirds of the tavern lot to Jones, Haynes and Foster | 34/167 |
Licensed by the Probate Court April 1, 1862, and sold at public auction March 21, 1863, for $1,600: "two undivided third parts of one acre and sixty four and a half rods of land more or less, with the buildings thereon standing, formerly known as the Mears Tavern stand, situate in said Billerica at the Canal Mills," bounded from the front yard "between said Tavern house and said Dix dwelling house" by the late Joel Dix's homestead lot, the garden lot, the passage way, Isaiah Bussey's house lot and "the widow Anna Wood's house lot" to the highway: "lot numbered one on the plan taken by S. Livingston of the homestead of N. Mears, deceased, March 3d A.D. 1832," meaning the two thirds "which vested in Joel Dix at the time of his decease." Recorded March 25, 1863.
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| August 13, 1863 | Administrator's Deed | Gardner Parker of Billerica, administrator of Daniel Wilson late of Billerica | Dudley Foster, Lyman Haynes and Anthony Jones, all of Billerica | 1863: Wilson administrator sells the other third to the same three | 35/342 |
Licensed April 7, 1863 and sold at public auction July 13, 1863: all Wilson's interest "in and to one undivided third part of one acre and sixty four & one half rods of land more or less, with the buildings thereon standing, formerly known as the Mears Tavern stand, situate in said Billerica at the Canal Mills," bounded from the front yard "between said Tavern House and the dwelling house now or formerly of Joel Dix," "being lot number one on plan taken by S. Livingston of the homestead of N. Mears deceased March 3 1832 and being the same premises conveyed to said Daniel Wilson by Joel Dix by deed dated March 26, 1834 ... Book 331 Page 519." With the Dix administrator's deed of March 1863 this gave the three buyers the whole tavern. Signed July 13, 1863; recorded August 13, 1863.
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| August 13, 1863 | Release of Dower | Mary Wilson of Billerica, widow of Daniel Wilson | Dudley Foster, Lyman Haynes and Anthony Jones | 1863 release of dower by the widow Mary Wilson | 35/344 |
For a small sum the widow released "all my right, title and interest in and to the premises described in the within deed, and all right, title and claim of or to dower in the same," the third of the Mears Tavern stand sold by her husband's administrator. Signed July 13, 1863; recorded August 13, 1863.
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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: the Dix homestead (east of the passage way) 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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| 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: Haynes heirs sell their third of the 4 acres 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 quitclaim of the last Haynes heir | 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: Dudley Foster sells his half of the land east of Wilson St 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 12, 1904 | Mortgage | Frederick C. Bemis and Nellie M. Bemis (in her own right), of Billerica | Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank | 1904 mortgage by Nellie M. Bemis, reciting her mother Judith Jones's will (proved July 3, 1894) | 363/40 |
Mortgage for $7,000 on the Mears Tavern block and Dix House at North Billerica and on "another certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated near the centre of said Billerica on the road leading to Bedford," bounded by W. B. Stearns, land formerly of David Parker and the heirs of William P. P. Pollard, "being the same premises conveyed to said Judith Jones by said Dudley Foster by deed dated August 5, 1884." "The title of said Nellie M. Bemis to both of the above described parcels is derived under the will of said Judith Jones which was duly proved and allowed by said Probate Court on the third day of July A.D. 1894." Discharged Book 399 Page 597.
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| 1906 | Mortgage | Frederick C. Bemis and Nellie M. Bemis (in her own right), of Billerica | Henry A. Jones of Pelham, New Hampshire | 1906 mortgage of the "Mears Tavern Block" lot, reciting the Jones title | 386/409 |
Mortgage for $5,200 on 25 lots in Billerica. "The Third Lot, with the buildings thereon situated near that part of said Billerica known as Billerica Centre, on the road leading to Bedford," bounded by W. B. Stearns, land formerly of David Parker and land formerly of William P. P. Pollard, "being the same premises conveyed to said Judith Jones by said Dudley Foster by deed dated August 5, 1884," subject to the Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank mortgage of 1904. Signed Jan. 16, 1906; partial release Book 398 Page 435, discharged Book 405 Page 315.
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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: Frederick C. and Nellie M. Bemis sell the land east of Wilson St to The 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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| November 7, 1939 | Quitclaim | The Talbot Mills, a body corporate at Billerica, by Thomas T. Clark, treasurer | Helene R. Drozdowski of Maynard | 1939: The Talbot Mills sells Lot 3 (this double house) with Lots 4 and 17 to Helene R. Drozdowski of Maynard | 935/564 |
For consideration paid ($5.50 in revenue stamps, a price of about $5,000), three lots of the mill village. First, Lot 3 on Plan "A" (now 4-6 Wilson St). Second, "The land in said Billerica with the buildings thereon situated on the easterly side of Wilson Street": westerly by Wilson Street 56 feet, northerly by Lot 3 182.29 feet, easterly by other land of the grantor 57.02 feet, southerly by Lot 5 190.02 feet, 10,519 square feet, "being Lot 4" on Plan "A" of the "Plan of a Portion of Property belonging to The Talbot Mills, North Billerica, Mass. showing division into lots," surveyed 1926-27-36 by J. C. and W. T. Monahan (Plan Book 60 Plan 25). Lots 3 and 4 are each "a part of the premises conveyed to said Talbot Mills by Frederick C. Bemis and Nellie M. Bemis by deed dated January 23, 1907" (Book 399 Page 598), with the easement that the right of way from Elm Street "through Lots 1, 3, 4 and 5" shall be "forever kept open", and the company reserves its common sewer. Third, Lot 17 on Plan "A" on the southeasterly side of Wilson Street, 20,759 square feet (from the 1884 deeds, Book 169 Pages 468 and 472). Signed and acknowledged at Billerica November 7, 1939 (Richard H. Lanigan, notary) and recorded the same day at 11:20 AM; deed pages 564-567.
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| March 26, 1945 | Quitclaim | Helen V. Engelhardt, formerly Helen V. Drozdowski and sometimes known as Helene R. Drozdowski, of Maynard (Paul Engelhardt, her husband, releasing curtesy) | Raymond A. Drozdowski and Alice A. Drozdowski of Maynard, husband and wife, tenants by the entirety | 1944/45: Helen V. Engelhardt (Drozdowski) to Raymond A. and Alice A. Drozdowski; Lot 3 sold 1960 | 1021/41 |
Dated and acknowledged February 11, 1944 (Charles M. Lerer, notary) but recorded March 26, 1945 at 8:30 AM; consideration "less than $100" (a family transfer). Three parcels "with the buildings thereon": First, Lot 3 on Plan "A" (69.05, 107.24, 72.02, 50 and 182.29 feet, 11,570 square feet); Second, the land on the easterly side of Wilson Street, 56 feet on the street, northerly by Lot 3 182.29 feet, easterly by The Talbot Mills 57.02 feet, southerly by Lot 5 190.02 feet, 10,519 square feet, "being Lot 4 on Plan 'A'" (Plan Book 60 Plan 25), "Being the second parcel conveyed to the grantor by deed of The Talbot Mills" dated November 7, 1939 (Book 935 Page 564); Third, Lot 17 on Plan "A". The Drozdowskis held Lot 4 for sixteen years. On January 10, 1961 (recorded January 26, 1961, Book 1503 Page 446, "Being a portion of the property conveyed by Helen V. Engelhardt ... Book 1021, Page 41") they deeded it to younger members of the family; the same day they sold Lot 5 next door, which they had bought from Harold J. Lerer in 1945 (Book 1035 Page 85).
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| October 31, 1961 | Assignment and Discharge of Mortgage | Ludwiga Kasyanowicz (assignment); Helen V. Engelhardt, assignee and holder (discharge) | Helen V. Engelhardt (assignment); Raymond A. Drozdowski and Alice A. Drozdowski (discharge) | 1949 Drozdowski mortgage (Book 1131 Page 277), assigned 1949 to Helen V. Engelhardt and discharged 1955; recorded 1961 | 1534/388 |
Two instruments recorded together on October 31, 1961, clearing title to Lot 3 for its resale. Ludwiga Kasyanowicz, "holder of a mortgage from Raymond A. Drozdowski and Alice A. Drozdowski" to her "dated December 23, 1949" and recorded in Book 1131 Page 277, assigned the mortgage, note and claim to Helen V. Engelhardt (signed and acknowledged in Essex County, New Jersey, December 24, 1949; recorded 9:56 AM, #1676). Helen V. Engelhardt, "Assignee and present holder", then acknowledged satisfaction of the same mortgage (signed and acknowledged August 17, 1955 before Allen N. Swain, notary; recorded 9:57 AM, #1677, ending at the top of page 389). The discharge was recorded a minute before the deed of Lot 3 on page 389.
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| November 15, 1960 | Quitclaim | Raymond A. Drozdowski and Alice A. Drozdowski of Maynard, husband and wife | Private buyers of Chelmsford, husband and wife, tenants by the entirety | 1960: the Drozdowskis sell Lot 3 to private buyers; private owners 1961-1986 | 1496/513 |
For consideration paid (federal stamps $3.85, a price of about $3,500), with quitclaim covenants, "the land in Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, with the buildings thereon, situated on the easterly side of Wilson Street": westerly by Wilson Street 69.05 feet, northerly by Lot 2 107.24 feet, northeasterly by Lot 1 72.02 feet, easterly by land now or formerly of The Talbot Mills 50 feet, southerly by Lot 4 182.29 feet, 11,570 square feet, "being Lot 3 on Plan 'A'" of the Talbot Mills division plan (Plan Book 60 Plan 25), subject to the easements and sewer agreement of the Talbot Mills deed to Helen V. Drozdowski (Book 935 Page 564). "Being a part of the premises conveyed to us by Helen V. Engelhardt by her deed dated February 11, 1944" (Book 1021 Page 41). Signed and acknowledged November 15, 1960 (Marion D. Gould, notary); recorded the same day at 11:21 AM (#779). The buyers resold on October 30, 1961 to private owners of Billerica, who gave an FHA mortgage to the Broadway Savings Bank of Lawrence (Book 1534 Pages 389-390, reciting this deed). Later private transfers of Lot 3: 1966 (Book 1754 Page 48), 1971 for $16,000 (Book 1947 Page 533), 1976 (Book 2180 Page 729) and 1978 for $39,000 (Book 2336 Page 155); the 1974 inventory found a two-family house sided in asbestos shingle.
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| November 4, 1986 | Quitclaim | Private owners of Billerica (two couples, each holding an undivided half) | CRT Development, a Massachusetts limited partnership of Billerica | 1986: sold for $150,000 to CRT Development, a limited partnership | 3768/90 |
For $150,000 (excise $342), with quitclaim covenants, "the land in North Billerica, together with the buildings thereon, presently known and numbered 4-6 Wilson Street, and being shown as Lot 3" on Plan "A" (Plan Book 60 Plan 25): westerly by Wilson Street 69.05 feet, northerly by Lot 2 107.24 feet, northeasterly by Lot 1 72.02 feet, easterly by land now or formerly of Talbot Mills 50 feet, southerly by Lot 4 182.29 feet, 11,570 square feet, subject to existing easements of record. Title from the deed of November 10, 1978 (Book 2336 Page 155). Signed November 3, 1986; recorded November 4, 1986 (#68456). CRT Development, with offices at 67 Faulkner Street, also acquired Lot 2 at the corner of Elm Street and Lot 67 of Plan "B".
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| February 19, 1998 | Quitclaim Deed | CRT Development, a Massachusetts limited partnership, by Dieter B. Morlock, general partner | Cambridge Tool & Mfg. Co., Inc. (of Leggett & Platt, Carthage, Missouri) | 1998: CRT Development sells 4-6 Wilson St (with Lot 2 and Lot 67) to Cambridge Tool & Mfg. Co. | 9068/30 |
For $137,500, three parcels "with the buildings and improvements thereon": Lot 3 on Plan 60/25 (4-6 Wilson Street), Lot 2 on Plan 60/25, "the land in Billerica with the buildings thereon situated on the Southerly side of Elm Street and the Easterly side of Wilson Street," 6,950 square feet (the Mears Tavern), and Lot 67 on Plan 60/28 across Elm Street. Signed February 11, 1998; recorded February 19, 1998, with a municipal lien certificate for 12 Old Elm Street.
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| July 19, 2002 | Corporation Deed | Cambridge Tool & Mfg. Co., Inc. of North Billerica, by its president | Anthony C. Sillari and Mario A. Mitrano, Trustees of Vambill Realty Trust (declaration July 18, 2002, Book 13334 Page 224) | 2002: Cambridge Tool & Mfg. Co. sells the house lot (Lot 3-A, 7,588 sq ft) to Vambill Realty Trust | 13334/232 |
For $170,000, with quitclaim covenants, "A certain parcel of land together with the buildings thereon situate in North Billerica ... presently known and numbered 4-6 Wilson Street and being shown as Lot 3-A" on a "Plan of Land in Billerica, Mass. for Cambridge Tool & Mfg. Co. Inc." by Robert M. Gill & Associates, June 5, 2002 (Plan Book 209 Plan 2): westerly by Wilson Street 69.05 feet, northerly by land of Cambridge Tool & Mfg. Co. 107.24 feet, easterly by Lot 3-B 67.75 feet, southerly by land of the owners of 8-10 Wilson Street 115.31 feet, 7,588 square feet. The rear of the old lot (Lot 3-B) stayed with the company. "Being a portion of the premises conveyed to the Grantor by deed of CRT Development dated February 11, 1998" (Book 9068 Page 30). Signed July 18, 2002; recorded July 19, 2002 at 12:37 PM.
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| May 6, 2004 | Master Deed | Anthony C. Sillari and Mario A. Mitrano, Trustees of Vambill Realty Trust, of Somerville | 4-6 Wilson Street Condominium | 2004: master deed of the 4-6 Wilson Street Condominium (two units, sold 2004 to private owners) | 17270/109 |
Master Deed of the 4-6 Wilson Street Condominium (14 pages) under General Laws Chapter 183A, by the trustees of Vambill Realty Trust "being the owners of the land at 4-6 Wilson Street". The building is described as a "three (3) story building" with "two (2) residential units", "constructed of primarily of wood stud wall partitions, wood joists, plaster, vinyl siding with an asphalt shingle roof", on a concrete and stone foundation. Recorded May 6, 2004 at 12:28 PM. The trust sold the two units to private owners in May and November 2004 for $300,000 each (Book 17298 Page 12 and Book 18086 Page 57); unit 6 was resold in 2007, 2015, 2020 and 2024 (Book 38514 Page 94, $494,900). The assessor lists both units as townhouse-style condominiums "built about 1870".
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| August 2, 2024 | Taking | Town of Billerica, by its Select Board | Town of Billerica (public way easements) | 2024: the Town takes Wilson Street as a public way | 38664/219 |
Under G.L. c. 79 and the vote of the May 16, 2024 Town Meeting (Article 30) accepting Bancroft, Clinton, Dillworth, Exeter Place, North Rexhame, Rexhame, Shannon, Tirone Path and Wilson Street as public ways, the Select Board took "a permanent easement for all purposes for which public ways are used" over the accepted ways, with a drainage easement between Lots 14 and 15 of the Talbot Mills plan (Plan Book 60, Plan 25). No damages were awarded. Wilson Street, the old passage way along the west side of the tavern lot, thus became a public way. Recorded August 2, 2024 (38 pages).
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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.