The content of the Fort Sumter House Master Deed (and related documents) is divided into separate .PDF files. To view specific portions of the Master Deed, review the description for each file below and click the appropriate link.
- Master Deed Part 1 includes the Master Deed and Exhibits A – G: https://fortsumterhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Master-Deed-Part-1.pdf
- Master Deed Part 2 includes the Exhibits H and I (the ByLaws and Rules & Regulations): https://fortsumterhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Master-Deed-Part-2.pdf
- Master Deed Part 3 includes the Amendments #1 through #11 to the Master Deed, and Amendments #1 and #2 to the ByLaws, and an Addition of a Rule and Regulation (related to pets dated in 1996): https://fortsumterhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Master-Deed-Amendments.pdf
- Master Deed Part 4 includes the latest revision of EXHIBIT E (original is in Master Deed Part 1). EXHIBIT E has been revised in various amendments (5, 10, 11, and 12) to adjust the square footage and percentage ownership resulting from changes in residential/commercial space: https://fortsumterhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Master-Deed-EXHIBIT-E-2012.pdf
- Master Deed Part 5 includes Amendment 12 that adjusts the square footage and percentage ownership for Apartments 609 and 610. These two apartments had been combined as one apartment in 1982. The space was divided in 2013 into two apartments and the new square footage/percentage for each unit is now reflected in EXHIBIT E (see Master Deed Part 4): https://fortsumterhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Master-Deed-Part-5-Amendment-12.pdf
- Master Deed Part 6 includes the Restrictive Covenants that are specifically mentioned in Exhibit F (paragraphs 10 and 11) and Exhibit G (paragraphs 9 and 10) of the Master Deed: https://fortsumterhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Master-Deed-Part-6-Restrictive-Cov.pdf
- Master Deed Part 7 includes the Certificate of Incorporation for the Fort Sumter House Association, Inc. dated July 23, 1975: https://fortsumterhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/CertificateIncorporation001.pdf
- Master Deed Part 8 includes the Amendment 13 to the Master Deed and the Third (3rd) Amendment to the ByLaws to clarify the Association and the Owners’ respective responsibilities to insure the property (December, 2013); it also includes the addition of Rule #35 to the Rules and Regulations (Exhibit I) that authorizes the Board to impose fines (February, 2014): https://fortsumterhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-Master-Deed-Part-8001.pdf
- Master Deed Part 9 includes Amendment 14 to the Master Deed and allows the designation of a portion of the corridor on the forth floor as a limited common element reserved for the use of Apartments 409 and 410 and to permit the erection of a partition in said corridor (October 21, 2014): https://fortsumterhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Master-Deed-Part-9.pdf
- Master Deed Part 10 includes Amendment 15 to the Master Deed which increases the FSHA Transfer Fee from two (2) months regime fee to three (3) months regime fee upon the sale or transfer of an apartment (January 13, 2015) : https://fortsumterhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Master-Deed-Part-10.pdf
- Master Deed Part 11 includes Amendment 16 to the Master Deed and allows the designation of a portion of the corridor on the seventh floor as a limited common element reserved for the use of Apartments 707 and to permit the erection of a partition in said corridor (October 30, 2016): https://fortsumterhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Master-Deed-Part-11001.pdf
- Master Deed Part 12 includes Amendment 17 to the Master Deed and allows the designation of a portion of the corridor on the fifth floor as a limited common element reserved for the use of Apartments 504 and 507, and to permit the erection of a partition in said corridor (March 14, 2017): https://fortsumterhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Master-Deed-Part-12-001.pdf
- Master Deed Part 13 includes Amendment 18 to the Master Deed and allows the designation of a portion of the corridor on the 2nd floor as a limited common element reserved for the use of Apartments 204 and 207, and to permit the erection of a partition in said corridor: https://fortsumterhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/master-deed-part-13.pdf
- Master Deed Part 14 includes Amendment 19 to the Master Deed and allows the designation of a portion of the corridor on the 6th floor as a limited common element reserved for the use of Apartments 609 and 610, and to permit the erection of a partition in said corridor: https://fortsumterhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Master-Deed-Part-14.pdf
- Master Deed Part 15 includes Amendment 20 to the Master Deed which rescinds and cancels the 19th Amendment and allows the designation of a portion of the corridor on the 6th floor as a limited common element reserved for the use of Apartments 609 and 610, and to permit the erection of a partition in said corridor: https://fortsumterhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Master-Deed-Part-15.pdf