Abigail Norman is the Director of the Eliot School in Jamaica Plain. In her first guest blog with HBI, Abigail traces the history of the Eliot School, which was founded in 1676 and recently celebrated its 340th anniversary. Tucked between Jamaica Pond and JP's business district...
HBI's Council of Advisor Peter Smith is a partner at Oxbow Partners, a real estate development company based in Massachusetts. Peter joins us this week to discuss his most recent project the Norfolk House Residences in Dedham. The Norfolk House Residences is an exemplary historic...
Guest blogger Peter Vanderwarker shares first impressions and photographs from his recent visit to the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC. Peter is a Boston based photographer who specializes in architectural photography. He also serves on HBI's Council of...
Image featured above depicts rendering of the demonstration kitchen on the first floor of the barn at the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm. Rendering commissioned by Perkins+Will. Rehabilitation of the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm has begun with envelope and structural repairs to the 1860s carriage barn. While...
Historic Boston is pleased to announce that its planned rehabilitation of the Upham's Corner Comfort Station for Sip & Spoke Bike Kitchen was recently awarded an allocation of Massachusetts Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits. State tax credits are a critical source of capital for HBI's rehabilitation...
Historic Boston celebrates the recent accomplishments of two members of its Council of Advisors. Advisor and former HBI board member Jay Wickersham has been elected president of the Boston Society of Architects (BSA). The BSA, established in 1867, is a nonprofit, professional-service organization with more than...
[gallery columns="1" ids="1840,1839,1837,1836,1779"] Roslindale resident and beer aficionado Brian Reeves opened his new retail store, Craft Beer Cellar on Saturday and hundreds of Roslindale friends and neighbors helped in the celebration. Even before Mayor Martin Walsh arrived to cut the ribbon on the new business, a long...
HBI kicked off 2017 with its annual holiday open house on January 5th at the Eustis Street Firehouse. Friends, colleagues and neighbors gathered for an evening of good cheer and enjoyed food and drink from local the local Dudley Square businesses Tropical Foods, Haley House...
With the start of construction at the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in Mattapan earlier this month, Historic Boston is looking forward to an exciting 2017. But, first we'd like to take a moment to reflect on 2016 and a year of many successes. Here are...
Historic Boston is beginning to explore the history and evolution of two related buildings at 149 Roxbury Street in Roxbury's John Eliot Square. Ionic Hall, Roxbury's oldest brick building, dates to 1800, and in form, exemplifies Federal Period style, a period of architecture inspired by...