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Last week, Historic Boston completed the sale of the  1786 Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in Mattapan to the Urban Farming Institute. The sale includes UFI’s donation of a preservation easement on the restored property to Historic Boston Inc.(HBI), which will protect the Boston Landmarks’ historic...

As the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party approaches on December 16th,  Historic Boston wondered what the residents of the Old Corner Bookstore would have seen from their windows on that fateful night in 1773 when a massive crowd of Bostonians protest the English...

As 2023 comes to a close, we are reflecting on the year of accomplishment at Historic Boston. To recap, here are the most exciting developments for HBI in 2023: Comfort Kitchen opened in the newly restored  Upham’s Corner Comfort Station in January and celebrated with a...

As HBI sets its sights on rebranding and re-activating a new interpretive experience at the Old Corner Bookstore, we thought you might like to hear some of the intriguing misconceptions of this Freedom Trail landmark and Boston’s oldest commercial building in Boston. Without further adieu,...

It’s a merrier and brighter season around the Old Corner Bookstore this year. The building’s newest tenant, Old Corner Christmas, is open for its very first holiday season, and the shop is drawing locals and visitors shopping for holiday gifts and decorations! You might think there’s...

The Historic Boston team is on a mission to prepare the Old Corner Bookstore complex (OCB) for its next century. That means that climate resilience and energy efficiency must be the cornerstone for planning repairs and upgrades. In addition to preparing for extreme heat and...

Have you ever wondered what your neighborhood looked like 10, 20, 50, or even 100 years ago?  Here at HBI, we often find ourselves employing a number of useful tools when we’re researching a historic site. We encourage you to take another look at “Rooting Out...