It?s been about four months since we checked in at the Kittredge House, and there has been a lot of progress made. Now that drywall is up, and the kitchen cabinets are in, the spaces are really starting to feel like apartments. Some of the...
HBI is thrilled to announce that the Hayden Building will receive one of this year?s Massachusetts Historical Commission Preservation Awards HBI?s restoration of the Hayden Building, H. H. Richardson?s last standing commercial building in Boston, resulted in four new apartments and a retail space in...
Spring has brought rapid progress on the rehabilitation of the Alvah Kittredge House, which is on schedule for completion in June. If you might be interested in living in one of these beautiful, unique apartments, here?s what you need to know....
Chris Brown of b Architecture Studio is the architect that is working on the rehabilitation of the storefronts on the Vertullo Building. As a part of his research for the project, he and his team had to undertake a significant investigation of 19th century signage...
We are reposting an article from the April 6thBoston Sunday Globe Magazine in which HBI is noted. The story follows on recent news of efforts in Congress to revise the federal tax code and proposals to eliminate tax incentives, including the federal rehabilitation tax credit. ...
Asian & Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation (APIAHIP) and Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center are hosting a workshop called ?East at Main? in Chinatown on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, 5:30-7:00 PM at the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, 38 Ash St., in Boston. The workshop aims...
Just as HBI celebrates completion of the $1 million Trilogy Fund capital campaign, it is pleased to announce a new grant of $25,000 for phase two improvements to Hyde Park?sVertullo Building.Built in 1868 and a rare surviving building from the year that the Town of...
HBI surpassed its $1 million campaign goal and completed the Trilogy Fund for Historic Boston, the organization?s first capital campaign for the rehabilitation of three historic buildings in three Boston neighborhoods. Chaired by developer and philanthropist Ronald M. Druker and former Mayor Thomas Menino, the...
Are you interested in opening a small business in Hyde Park? HBI will soon complete the restoration and upgrades of the Vertullo Building?s Victorian storefronts which means the Hyde Park building at 74-84 Fairmount Avenue there will be three spaces available for new small businesses. To...
If you look at the ?before construction? photo of the Alvah Kittredge House below, you?ll notice a prominent chimney at the right, but no matching chimney on the left.But in fact, in keeping with the symmetry of Greek Revival architecture, there were originally four chimneys...
