HBI is grateful to Feldman Land Surveyors for providing pro-bono laser scans of the 1785 Fowler Clark Farm in Mattapan. Stephen Wilkes of Feldman wrote this article to share how it?s done and why it?s so valuable to the preservation of historic buildings.Constructed towards the...
HBI's rehabilitation of the Alvah Kittredge House is featured in the new November/December edition of Design New England in an article written by Maria Karagianis. It features beautiful photographs of the new residential units by photographer Greg Premru, and highlights the extraordinary...
Historic Boston Incorporated grieves the loss of former Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who passed away on Thursday. We extend our deepest sympathy to his wife, Angela, and their family.Mayor Menino was a champion of HBI?s work and provided the public leadership that made so many...
Writer Matthew J. Kiefer is President of HBI and a partner at law firm of Goulston and Storrs. You sometimes find treasure in unlikely places. An electric substation is not the first place you?d ordinarily look to help redefine a neighborhood, but the Roslindale Substation...
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....
