We are thrilled to announce that Historic Boston Incorporated has appointed Dr. Rebecca F. Kemper as its next Executive Director. Dr. Kemper has over a decade of nonprofit leadership experience and holds a doctorate from Ohio State University’s Knowlton School. She is a dedicated community...
The City of Boston’s Archaeology Program has been hosting a pop up at the Old Corner Bookstore complex for the past month. The temporary exhibit demonstrates how the lab processes “field fresh” artifacts from a Charlestown dig that is part of the city-wide initiative, Boston...
Stephen Wilkes was appointed as a Director of Historic Boston Inc. at our last Quarterly Board Meeting. Stephen is the Chief Innovation Officer and Vice President at Feldman Geospatial, a land survey firm that HBI regularly calls on to help assess the feasibility of developing...
Historic Boston is proud to announce that the Old Corner Bookstore will serve as a canvas for a temporary, but significant UnMonument art installation later this year. On May 14th, the Mayor’s Office of Arts & Culture announced the selected artists and temporary public art...
On May 13th the Boston Landmarks Commission voted to designate the Old Corner Bookstore and adjacent Cunningham House a Landmark. The designation now awaits final approval from the Boston City Council and Mayor Michelle Wu. While we often reference historic and cultural heritage sites as “landmarks”...
In 2024, Historic Boston Inc (HBI) announced that we would be working in collaboration with Fort Point Associates on a feasibility study to rehabilitate the Charlestown Pumping Station on Alford Street, which is located on the Everett/Boston line. Much progress has been made on the...
On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere set off on his famed “midnight ride.” The next day the Battle of Lexington and Concord unfolded and the “shot heard round the world” ignited the Revolutionary War. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Paul Revere’s Ride,” originally published out of the...
Historic Boston is pleased to announce that we have sold the Hayden Building, passing the stewardship of this iconic H.H. Richardson building to a family that has admired this pillar of Chinatown for several years. Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in 1875, the Hayden Building proudly...
Dr. Karilyn Crockett is a Professor of Urban History, Public Policy and Planning in MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning. She has provided invaluable perspectives to HBI, serving on our Board of Directors since 2019. In Cedar Grove Cemetery, two stone slabs with the inscription...
Find the space you’ve been looking for with this highly visible ground-floor commercial space along the historic Freedom Trail in Boston’s Downtown Crossing. 5-9 School Street was constructed approximately 110 years after the famed gambrel-roofed Old Corner Bookstore at 3 School Street in 1828. It served...