In responding to the Request for Proposals by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to redevelop the historic Dudley House at 167 Centre Street, Historic Boston has compiled a history of the site and its many uses of the building. One of the building’s most memorable functions...
For our research into the history of 50 Cedar Street, HBI asked architect and historian, Lance Kasparian for his help in identifying the origins and significance of the church’s opalescent stained glass windows. With the help of Thomas Cairns MD, Archivist of the Evangelical Free Church...
HBI was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of architect Donald Stull on November 28, 2020. HBI's President Emeritus and board member, Paul McDonough, prepared this tribute to Stull, who served on HBI’s board of directors in the 1990s. 2020 will be remembered as a...
The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) today announced the expansion of the Boston Civic Design Commission (BCDC) with the appointment of two additional members by Mayor Martin J. Walsh. Jonathan Evans of MASS Design Group and Mimi Garza Love of Utile will fill newly created positions,...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh declared January 5th “Paul McDonough Day” in Boston, and Boston Planning and Development Director, Brian Golden presented McDonough with a mayoral proclamation to honor Paul’s many years of service on the Boston Civic Design Commission (BCDC). After more than 30 years serving...
Derek Lumpkins, an HBI board member and the principle/founder of Re|Fresh Strategies , shares the story of Boston's Civil Rights Era and the relationship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Corretta Scott. Through his career, Derek has pursued ways to engage our communities differently and...
When space became available in the Roslindale Substation, Turtle Swamp Brewing’s co-owners, John Lincecum and Nick Walther opened their second tap room location in the heart of Adams Square. As residents of Jamaica Plain, Nick and John saw the substation space as an opportunity to...
St. Luke's chapel was designed by architect Ralph Adams Cram, a famed architect who popularized the Gothic style in American churches and collegiate campus architecture. Under the direction of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, HBI has worked as consultants to Spencer, Sullivan, & Vogt to...
For nine years, HBI’s offices overlooked the 1630 Eliot Burying Ground and the abandoned 1880s Owen Nawn Factory in Nubian Square. As a preservation organization, HBI has been pushing to see the historic building preserved and rehabilitated for new uses ever since the building first...