It is All Hallow?s Eve this week and in honor of the true meaning of the occasion, guest blogger Kelly Thomas, Director of the Boston Parks and Recreation Department?s Historic Burying Grounds Initiative, updates us on the extraordinary preservation projects her program has been undertaking...
HBI honors the life of our Advisor, Mayor Thomas Menino, and extends heartfelt condolences to his family. We are grieving, but deeply grateful for his unwavering support and service to our city....
Clear your calendar and join the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry for a special afternoon at the historic First Church of Roxbury in John Eliot Square (10 Putnam Street). The program presents planning underway for an extensive rehabilitation to preserve the 1804 structure, Boston's oldest frame...
Guest blogger Brian Goodman is Innovation and Systems Manager with the City of Boston?s Office of Business Development. The old joke says that a true local will define a space by what was once there, rather than what exists there now. You've probably heard it...
When Historic Boston acquired the Vertullo Building and envisioned the improvements that would make it stand out in the neighborhood, we knew that the place needed some gussying up. Clapboards would replace the worn out shingles, shutters would return to enhance the...
Since HBI?s dedication of the Alvah Kittredge House in August, we?ve been regularly asked ?Who was Alvah Kittredge?? Fort Hill resident and Roxbury Historic Society member Jason Turgeon recently sent us links to several on-line books published by Eliot Congregational Church?s prolific 19th century pastor-writer A.C....
The City of Boston has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the redevelopment of the 611 Columbia Road Comfort Station in Upham?s Corner. Located adjacent to the Dorchester North Burying Ground which is a Designated Boston Landmark and listed on the National Register of...
Historic Boston is excited to report that the second phase of the Vertullo Building rehabilitation is now well under way. Contractor Michael Mawn (MJ Mawn Inc) and architect Chris Brown (b Architecture Studio) did a terrific job transforming the building?s tired storefronts...
The Young Advisors of the Boston Preservation Alliance present Libations for Preservation, a cocktail competition of historic proportions. This fun, social event will pit bartenders from the best neighborhood bars in Boston against each other to craft reinventions of historic cocktails. Your...
Matthew Kiefer, President of HBI's Board of Directors and a partner at Goulston and Storrs, offers a retrospective look at the Alvah Kittredge House's path to preservation and the HBI model that re-activated the historic building, completed in August. (Photos by Craig Bailey and Greg...
