This month, we give you our set of trading cards, generously gifted to us by our friends at the Roslindale Substation! Built in 1911, the Roslindale Substation was part of the Boston Elevated Railway Company’s then revolutionary alternating electric current power system, and was one of...
Our very own Lisa Lewis has been selected by the Massachusetts History Alliance as a winner of the Star Award, given to those recognized for “outstanding contributions to the research and interpretation of the history of their communities.” We are honored to have Lisa on our...
May is National Preservation Month which means there is no better time than now to spotlight our latest Partner in Preservation: Spencer Preservation Group! Here, Doug Manley, Principal of Architecture, shares what preservation means to the Spencer Preservation Group and why they've partnered with HBI...
West of the Dillaway-Thomas House in Roxbury, the campus of St. John St. James quietly rejoices in the recent restoration of one of the two historic buildings that complete the site. Designed by renowned architect Ralph Adams Cram, the 1901 Gothic Revival St. Luke’s Chapel...
We are excited to be nearing completion on the facade improvements and new window installations at the Old Corner Bookstore complex, with scaffolding on School Street coming down this week! While we are sad to say goodbye to the spectacular interpretive scrim designed by our friends...
To celebrate the season's Opening Day, our office artifact for April is a 2011 pamphlet for an HBI fundraiser at Fenway! Special thanks to the sponsors that made it possible: Boston Red Sox Eastern Bank Goulston & Storrs ...
Here, Leah, Outreach Director of Hub Town Tours, shares why they’ve partnered with HBI to preserve Boston’s historic places and spaces. Hub Town Tours has been deepening public understanding of Boston’s history since 2016, becoming one of the most popular tour companies in the city....
In 1634, Anne Hutchinson followed her spiritual leader, the Reverend John Cotton, to Boston, Massachusetts to live among their fellow Puritans and religious dissidents of the Church of England. Hutchinson and her family settled and built a home on the site of what is today...
Our office artifact of the month is a 1989 clipping from the Beacon Hill News, spotlighting HBI's work on the 1872 Zakrzewska Medical Building in Roxbury! The building is now at the heart of the Dimock Community Health Center, but was once the New England Hospital...
In a promising development for the Port Norfolk neighborhood of Dorchester, Historic Boston Inc. (HBI) and the non-profit organization Speak for the Trees are exploring the potential reuse of the long-vacant A.T. Stearns Counting House. This historic building, constructed in 1855, could soon serve as...