With the removal of some fencing and construction detail, our fellow commuters to downtown may have noticed the ongoing renovation of 26 Court Street is finally nearing completion! Historically called the Boston City Hall Annex, the gargantuan Neoclassical Revival building was constructed in 1912 and designed...
This month, we think it's timely to spotlight the beautiful holiday card our longtime friend and frequent collaborator, Joanne Kaliontzis, designed for us in 2024! Joanne utilized an 1857 illustration of a William J. Pierce engraving of the Old Corner Bookstore that was illustrated by A. Hill for...
The Roxbury Action Program (RAP) has been working to restore and rehabilitate the 1910 St. James African Orthodox Church since acquiring the historic building from HBI in the summer of 2023. Prior to the sale, HBI had worked with the city to save the church...
This giving season, our colleagues and collaborators at Feldman Geospatial gifted Historic Boston Inc. with the chance to share our story in a brand new way! We want to extend our sincere gratitude to Michael Feldman and Stephen Wilkes of Feldman Geospatial for making this happen,...
Here, HBI's Passion for Preservation series shares your preservation story with our readers. "Ayiti's First Soup Joumou" was submitted by Dumas Lafontant of Boston. This preservation pertains to improving historical legacy in fine arts. Basically, I commissioned a painting that depicts the founders of Ayiti (Haiti)...
To celebrate the start of our window and facade repair project on the 1718 Old Corner Bookstore (OCB) Complex, this month’s artifact is a 2024 3D model of the OCB made by our friends at Mass Design Group! Mass Design has been fundamental in bringing this...
We are thrilled to announce that this spring, family-owned local favorite Chacarero will be coming to the Old Corner Complex! 31 years ago, Chilean native Juan Hurtado was selling “chacareros,” a traditional Chilean sandwich, from a pushcart outside the old Filene’s Basement on Washington Street. From...
From now until mid-January, the Boston Athenaeum (October 23-January 24) and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (October 23- January 19) will be showcasing the works of Boston artist Allan Rohan Crite (1910-2007). A lifelong resident of Boston’s South End, Crite’s paintings were known for their glorification...
Visitors to Downtown Crossing may have noticed scaffolding now surrounds the Old Corner Bookstore as we prepare for the façade maintenance and window replacement that will be happening over the next few months. But later this week, passersby will be treated to a much more...
October's office artifact is, of course, our 1st Edition True Stories from History and Biography by Nathaniel Hawthorne published out of the Old Corner Bookstore under Ticknor, Reed, and Fields in 1851! Here, Hawthorne sought to introduce young readers to some of New England’s most significant...