15 Chipman Street

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No. 20479 15 Chipman Street, image from Google Street View, July, 2020.

Date of construction:  by March, 1873

Based on deed from Poor to Palmer in March, 1873.

Mansard roof

Owners from maps and atlases:

1874  no name

1884  G. H. Poor trs

1889  G. H. Poor Tr

1894  Mary E. Donovan

1898  Ellen Donovan

1904  Ellen Donovan

1910  Ellen Donovan

1918  Ellen Donovan

1933  Wm & M. E.Donovan   5,000 sf   2nd lot in with 5,000

Deed

March 31, 1875 from Julius A. Palmer Tr mtgee to George H. Poor 1262.173   lot 21

mtgee sale or assignment  whereas Charles W. Sweetland and Ellen M. Sweetland mortgaged on Setp 1, 1873 1175.124

consideration $4,000

mortgage September 6, 1873 from Charles W.Sweetland and Ellen M. Sweetland to Julius A. Palmer  1175.124

consideration $4,000

September 6, 1873 from Julius A. Palmer Tr to Ellen M. Sweetland, wife  of Charles W. 1175.123

consideration $6,000    lot of land with dwelling house  lot 21 on Plan of Lands of Francis Childs drean by Winchester Veazie   refers to restrictions in deed from Francis Childs to Palmer

March 8, 1873 from Geo H. Poor to Julius A. Palmer  1148.148

consideration $3,500  lot of land with a dwelling house

December 2, 1871 from Francis Childs to Julius A. Palmer Trustee 1082.137

consideration $500  restrictions: that the said grantee, his heirs or assigns shall never erect on the granted premises any buildings or parts thereof, which shall be used or occupied for any other purposes than for swelling houses and private stables and buildings usually appurtenant to dwelling houses; and that no building or prt of any , shall be erected with fifteen feet of Chipman Street, and no fence over six feet high shall be erected on said remises, and that no dwelling house shall be erected there to cost less than twenty five hundred dollars, unless either or all of said restrictions are modified or released ty bhe written consent of the grantor or his executor administrators

June 30, 1870 from William Sprague, Ann I. Sprague, George B. Ager and Josephine A. Ager  to Francis Childs of Charlestown   1006.168   15 acres one quarter and 30 1/2 rods, sometimes called Robinson’s Plains (stretching south from Norfolk Street to land  formerly of Harvard College)

consideration $22,697.72

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August 9, 2020