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21 Feb How to Create a Preservation Restriction: A Primer
Historic Boston manages several Preservation Easements on properties around the city, and we have found that there is a great deal of confusion concerning what an easement is and how it is created and maintained. Brian Pfeiffer, of Preservation Advisory Services, consultant to HBI on easement...
14 Feb The Second Empire Strikes Back: HBI?s Vertullo Building Project Rehabs a Prime Example of Hyde Park?s Predominant Early Building Style
Former long-time HBI staffer Jeffrey Gonyeau helped acquire the Vertullo Building and plan for its rehabilitation when he ran the Historic Neighborhood Centers Program for HBI. Jeff is now an independent historic preservation and fundraising consultant in Boston. He has agreed to share some of...
14 Feb State Prepares $2 Million Investment in the Roxbury Heritage State Park?s Dillaway Thomas House
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts will direct $2 million in improvements to the Roxbury Heritage State Park?s historic Dillaway Thomas House in Roxbury?s John Eliot Square. One of Governor Patrick?s Signature Park Projects, the Dillaway Thomas House and its surrounding open space will be upgraded with...
07 Feb Video: A look inside the historic Kittredge House in Roxbury
By Patrick D. Rosso, Boston.com StaffRestoration efforts at the historic Kittredge House in Roxbury are progressing, as crews work to bring the Linwood Street home back to its original glory.The three-story structure was constructed in 1836 by Alvah Kittredge, a Roxbury alderman, famed furniture maker,...
03 Feb Vertullo Building Well Under Way
Work is underway at the Vertullo Building, and the new storefronts are taking shape. Currently, the new framework for the front windows is in place in several of the units. You can see how much more light these new windows will allow into the spaces....
31 Jan Construction at the Kittredge House: Tour Number 2
The garden level apartment, taking shape at the Kittredge House A lot has happened at the Kittredge House since our last update. Today I stopped by to see some of the changes. One of the most notable additions is the work that has been done on the...
24 Jan The IRS responds to Boardwalk at long last, but is it enough to jumpstart the historic tax credit market?
Former HBI Legal Fellow, and now Associate at Kopelman and Paige, PC, Matthew Welch, has returned to update us on the state of the Boardwalk case. June 2013 was the last time HBI?s blog covered the Boardwalk case, in which the IRS denied the allocation of...
22 Jan The Results Are In: The Color of the Kittredge House Is…
In last week's blog, Alice Gilmore of Building Conservation Associates (BCA) described the process of testing historic paint to determine the original colors of the Alvah Kittredge House. As promised, BCA has determined the original color of the house, which Alice unveils below.The results are...
10 Jan Parthenons Done in Molasses Candy; What Color Was the Kittredge House?
Alice Gilmore and Brian Powell of Building Conservation Associates (BCA) recently volunteered to solve an important mystery for HBI: what were the original paint colors of the 1836 Alvah Kittredge House? The question came up when actor and philhellene Bronson Pinchot came to Roxbury in...