Historic Boston Inc. joins with Boston’s preservation community to welcome newly inaugurated Mayor Michelle Wu. As candidate for mayor, Wu suggested her administration will advance resources, regulation and policy measures that support preservation and community planning for historic neighborhoods. In a lengthy interview with the Boston...
Near Dorchester Bay, on the campus of UMass Boston, the 1883 Calf Pasture Pumping Station sits unused and neglected. However, the prospects for the historic building – one of the country’s first organized sewage management systems – is looking up. UMass Building Authority is preparing...
When Historic Boston (HBI) moved its headquarters back to our original office space at the Old Corner Bookstore a little over a year ago, we took advantage of the opportunity to reacquaint ourselves with the site, which had been HBI’s headquarters from its founding in...
The restaurant fit out for the new restaurant Comfort Kitchen is about to begin at the historic Upham’s Corner Comfort Station, and if reviews of the restaurant’s current pop-up at Jamaica Plain’s Little Dipper are a hint of what’s to come, Dorchester’s in for a...
The Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry (UUUM) is offering a series of webinars about its historic Meetinghouse – the 1804 First Church Roxbury. The series, Treasures of the Meetinghouse, offered in collaboration with Roxbury Historical Society, will explore the site’s archaeology, the church building's historic Hook...
Historic Boston was pleased to learn that developer Travis Lee plans to purchase and redevelop the O’Hearn Storage Building and the 18th century Isaac Newcomb Field house in Fields Corner for affordable housing. The site’s buildings – the O’Hearn Storage Building, the Dorchester Music Hall and...
Earlier this year, with assistance from the East Boston Community Development Corporation (EBCDC), the East Boston Museum and Historical Society entered into a purchase and sale agreement with the owner of the historic Donald McKay House at 80 White Street in East Boston. The Museum is...
Historic Boston is sad to learn of the passing of architect Robert Verrier in August. A member of HBI’s Council of Advisors for the last decade, Bob was a pioneer in the rehabilitation of historic buildings for new uses, and was a booster for HBI...
Boston’s Architectural Heritage Foundation (AHF) dedicated the renewed Charles River Speedway in Allston on September 9th with a festive display of the variety of spaces, businesses and activities the complex will host. The historic property, located at 525 Western Avenue, was built in 1899 to support...
Historic Boston bid farewell to Gabrielle Chapman, HBI’s Office Manager and Social Media Coordinator, in September as she departed for a new position at MIT in Cambridge. Gabrielle joined Historic Boston in 2018 as she completed a graduate degree in Public History at Northeastern University. She...