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...
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...
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,...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
This fall Discover Roxbury hosted a talk by apple authority John Bunker, founder of Fedco, a Maine seed, tree, and garden supply company with a focus on organic growing. The topic of the evening was America?s oldest apple variety, the Roxbury Russet, which was developed...
This coming year on Friday, February 7, 2014, APTNE will be holding our Annual Meeting and Symposium at New Old South Church in Boston's Back Bay. The symposium will focus on the topic of Innovative Adaptive Reuse of Historic Structures. The symposium will begin with...
