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Booths Real Estate - Rsmyth - 08-29-2012 01:39 PM JWB purchased a lot at 113 Commonwealth Ave. in Boston's Back Bay for $8,000 in his mother's name. This is a picture of the house that now occupies the land. RE: Booths Real Estate - LincolnMan - 08-30-2012 08:42 AM What year was the purchase made? That sum of money was huge then. Did he pay the total price at once? RE: Booths Real Estate - Gene C - 08-30-2012 09:52 AM That's a lot for a lot RE: Booths Real Estate - J. Beckert - 08-30-2012 11:42 AM I believe the land was purchased in 1864. He paid for it in installments over a year or so. That does seem like a lot of money for a small lot, but I think that was the most desirable area of Boston then.