HBI is honored to announce early financial support from the City of Boston and several area charitable foundations for transformation of the Fowler ClarkEpstein Farm in Mattapan into an urban farming training and education center. Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced a contribution from the City...
On Monday evening Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh joined Historic Boston Inc., The Trust for Public Land, the Urban Farming Institute of Boston, North Bennet Street School, city officials and the Mattapan community to announce the $3.2 million historic restoration of the 18th-century Fowler Clark...
The historic Fowler Clark Epstein Farm has caught the attention of Boston and today is featured in the Boston Globe. To read the full story click here. ...
Sometimes a bit of serendipity helps in historic preservation work. While in the early stages of researching the historic significance of the Upham's Corner Comfort Station in Dorchester, an article in the Boston Globe came out about resurrecting the plan for redeveloping ColumbiaRoad in Dorchester,...
HBI board member Henry Moss will receive the Boston Preservation Alliance's Codman Award for Lifetime Achievement in Historic Preservation at the organization's annual awards ceremony in October. The Hayden Building The award acknowledges Henry's many years of professional and volunteer work in Boston's preservation community through...
Historic Boston welcomed its new president Kathleen MacNeil at the September meeting of its Board of Directors. Kathy has served on the HBI Board of Directors for five years and was most recently its Vice President. Kathy is currently a principal at MDA Partners LLC,...
Historic Boston honored Matt Kiefer's twenty-five years of board service and leadership at a celebration at the Union Club in Boston on September 9th. Matt Kiefer has served on HBI's Board of Directors for 25 years and has been president for 12. During Matt's presidency,...
Allston Hall Over the last nine months, HBI's board of directors and staff have been updating the organization's strategic plan with two core objectives: 1) to identify historic properties in Boston's neighborhoods for redevelopment; and 2) to determine the impact goals HBI preservation projects and activities...
Please join Mayor Martin J. Walsh, the Urban Farming Institute of Boston, The Trust for Public Land, North Bennet Street School, Historic Boston Inc. and the Mattapan Community at a special celebration on Monday, September 28, 2015 5:00 PM-7:00 PM at the historic Fowler Clark...
Photo: HBI 201412 Photo: HBI 201412 Boston architect Susan Pranger has been blogging with HBI over the last month with focus on climate change and its effects on the maintenance and materials of historic buildings. The buildings at HBI's prospective project at 1786 Fowler Clark Farm in...