MEDIA RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE USE Monday, Sept. 9, 2019 Photos are available upon request. HISTORIC BOSTON, TIMOTHY SMITH NETWORK PLAN ROXBURY TECH ED Training, Work Space for Youth and Families at Landmark Church BOSTON – Historic Boston Inc. and the Timothy Smith Network, a nonprofit organization that provides technology educational...
The church built at the corner of Cedar St. and Hawthorne St. has been home to two major congregations since its construction in 1910: The Norwegian Evangelical Congregational Church (1910-1955) and The African Orthodox Church (1955-2010). Initially serving a Norwegian population, who had come to...
On August 24, Historic Boston and the Boston Preservation Alliance teamed up to conduct their second walking tour: Beer + Mortar: Another Round. The historic walking tour snaked its way through Roxbury, highlighting historic architecture and art along a 2-mile route. A group of twenty people...
Blog post by NBSS Staff North Bennet Street School (NBSS) recently took on a vacant retail space in Boston's Downtown Crossing for a temporary showcase of traditional trades. Offered to NBSS by Historic Boston Inc (HBI)—which owns the Freedom Trail-adjacent site—the small storefront space features demonstrations...
MEDIA RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE USE Monday, Aug. 26, 2019 Photos are available upon request. HISTORIC BOSTON ENGAGES RESTAURATEURS FOR COMFORT STATION _*Columbia Road Renovation to Include Food by Dorchester’s Rai and Perry_* BOSTON – Now nearing completion of a $1.4 million restoration and rehabilitation of the 1912 Upham’s Corner...
Now nearing completion of a $1.4 million restoration and rehabilitation of the 1912 Upham’s Corner Comfort Station in Dorchester, HBI is pleased to announce a partnership Biplaw Rai and Nyacko Perry, who plan to open Comfort Kitchen, a daytime café and pop-up dinner experience featuring...
Built between 1786 and 1806, the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm remains among the earliest intact, vernacular examples of an agricultural property in the Commonwealth’s cities. The original farmhouse is located on land that was once part of a large Dorchester estate encompassing over 330 acres....
MEDIA RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE USE Monday, Aug. 12, 2019 Photos are available upon request. __ HISTORIC BOSTON INC. NAMES TWO NEW DIRECTORS TO BOARD Suffolk Construction’s Brooke Woodson, MYTOWN Founder Karilyn Crockett BOSTON – Historic Boston Inc. has named two new members to its 16-member Board of Directors, Karilyn Crockett, MIT...
HBI’s preservation planning for the former St. James African Orthodox Church continues with project architect Hacin + Associates. While the scope of the project at 50 Cedar Street anticipates a first phase of construction for between 9 and 12 home ownership units on the church parking...
Historic Boston Inc. has named two new members to its 16-member Board of Directors, Karilyn Crockett, MIT Lecturer, author and founder of the youth-focused educational nonprofit MYTOWN; and Brooke Woodson, Director of Trade Partner Diversity at Suffolk Construction. The two newly named members join 14 current...