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     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....

 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...

Fowler Clark Farm to be Repositioned for Housing and Urban Farming HBI has arrived at an agreement with the estate of the late Ida Gertrude Epstein to acquire the 1786 Fowler Clark Farm, a designated Boston landmark in Mattapan. HBI plans to undertake the restoration...

HBI and Peregrine Group LLC were one of four finalists for redevelopment of the Charles River Speedway administration and stable buildings in Allston.  While we were not successful, we are very pleased to report that our friends at the Architectural Heritage Foundation (AHF),...