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In last week's blog, Alice Gilmore of Building Conservation Associates (BCA) described the process of testing historic paint to determine the original colors of the Alvah Kittredge House. As promised, BCA has determined the original color of the house, which Alice unveils below.The results are...

Alice Gilmore and Brian Powell of Building Conservation Associates (BCA) recently volunteered to solve an important mystery for HBI:  what were the original paint colors of the 1836 Alvah Kittredge House?   The question came up when actor and philhellene Bronson Pinchot came to Roxbury in...

This fall Discover Roxbury hosted a talk by apple authority John Bunker, founder of Fedco, a Maine seed, tree, and garden supply company with a focus on organic growing.  The topic of the evening was America?s oldest apple variety, the Roxbury Russet, which was developed...

After many months of planning, we are pleased to announce that the Vertullo Buildingstorefront rehabilitation has at last begun.  Try as we might to have all of the pieces into place so that we could begin the work in the warm weather,  it didn?t work...

I?d like to say hello to all the readers of the HBI blog.  My name is Elizabeth Bronshteyn. I?m a resident of Brighton and  I am a new intern at the HBI. I am working on ways to quantify the social and economic impacts of...

The Kittredge House is now 25% complete, and the apartments are getting framed out, which is an exciting step in the construction process.  The renovated Kittredge House will have five apartments. There will be two on the first floor, two on the second floor, and...

HBI is pleased to announce that the Eastern Bank Charitable Fund presented Historic Boston Inc. with a generous $20,000 grant toward rehabilitation of the historic Alvah Kittredge House in Roxbury for five mixed income housing units. Committed to contributing meaningfully to the health and vitality of...

Bronson Pinchot pays a visit to Kittredge HouseBoston.comNovember 25, 2013Fan conventions like the one held over the weekend at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel & Conference Center make Bronson Pinchot feel a little sad. The actor best remembered for playing Balki on ?Perfect Strangers? (or perhaps...

HBI recently learned that the Eustis Street Fire House has earned a LEED Silver Certification from the United States Green Building Council. LEED is a rating system that  quantifies the efficiency and environmental impact of a building. For New Construction/Major Renovations, a project has to...