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The annual Boston Preservation Alliance, Preservation Achievement Awards were held this past Wednesday at the beautifully restored Paramount Center in downtown Boston. This year HBI was proud to be among the winners. HBI projects were recognized in two categories. The Eustis Street Fire House won in...

Chris Johns on the scaffold Pam Bailey with HBI Board President Matthew Kiefer HBI is in the midst of rehabilitating the H.H. Richardson?s landmark Hayden Building into four residential apartments and one ground floor retail space.   Our architect is CUBE design + research and our contractor is...

If you enjoyed Summerfeast, you are going to love Common Thread's next event, tomorrow, Saturday, September 22, 2012 from 3-6Drumming "Down Dudley"Join  in for drumming, arts, activities, refreshments, entertainment and more at the Dudley Library Plaza!To learn more click here....

Historic Boston Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received three grants for restoration planning and projects at the Malcolm X-Ella Little Collins House in Roxbury.  Two grants, totaling $79,000, are contributions from the 1772 Foundation of Connecticut and a third grant of $8,250 is...

An example of a cherub design. This stone from the Eliot Burial Ground  dates to 1712HBI?s Office Manager Gillian Lang follows a fascination with the next door Eliot Burying Ground and discovers more about early Roxbury society through the imagery carved on centuries-old slate gravemarkers...

Historic Boston Inc. is conducting physical assessments of Boston?s two oldest frame church buildings: the 1804 First Church Roxbury in Roxbury?s Highland Park and the 1806 Second Congregational Church in Dorchester?s Codman Square.  While these two sites have deep historical connections to their neighborhoods and...