This week we are linking you over to the blog "The Handmade House", written by Stacey Cordeiro, the owner of the Anna Clapp Harris Smith House in Dorchester. Stacey bought the house after HBI and the North Bennet Street School worked to stabilize it. Her...
Below is an exerpt from ?In memoriam, Nathaniel Jeremiah Bradlee: born June 1, 1829, died Dec. 17, 1888? which was written in 1888, the year of Mr. Bradlee's death. It includes a lovely description of the Kittredge House as it was when Bradlee lived there. Besides...
Historic Boston is excited to announce that our recent rehabilitation of H.H. Richardson's Hayden Building has achieved LEED Platinum certification in the LEED for Homes category. Developed and implemented by the U.S. Green Building Council, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a standard...
With the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of H. H. Richardson?s Hayden Building now complete, Chris Johns, Partner at CUBE design+ research, would like to share more on how their research informed elements of project design and inspired CUBE?s art and interpretive installations throughout the building?s public...
We are excited to present our guest blogger for this week, Mary Cirbus. Mary is graduate student at Boston University in the Preservation Studies Department, and she has played a large role in the planning of this years Massachusetts Historic Preservation Conference, which this year will...
To celebrate the Roslindale Substation?s listing on theNational Register, Historic Boston, Roslindale Village Main Street and Peregrine LLC will host an Open House and Community-Wide Photograph at the Roslindale Substation on Saturday, October 19th ?rain or shine. The Substation will be open from 10 a.m. until...
This guest blog post was written by former long-time HBI staffer Jeffrey Gonyeau who, since last March, has been working on the All Saints restoration project providing fundraising services and other project support. Please feel free to contact him at jeffrey.gonyeau@gmail.com if you have any questions about...
On Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 Millennium Partners broke ground on their next big project in Boston. The project, called Millennium Tower, is located at Downtown Crossing and will be part restoration and part new construction, as it fuses the old and much loved Filene?s Building...
As Boston's mayoral candidates sprint towards the primary, they are constantly finding themselves in neighborhoods whose very character is defined by historic buildings and landscapes. A recent survey by the Boston Preservation Alliance shows that the candidates universally acknowledge the positive role of historic buildings...
Boston's Historic South EndIn part one of this story, the IRS was not successful before the First Circuit Court of Appeals in disproving the validity of the preservation easement created by a South End couple. While the appeals court acknowledged that the couple arguably failed...
