Have you ever wondered what your neighborhood looked like 10, 20, 50, or even 100 years ago? Here at HBI, we often find ourselves employing a number of useful tools when we’re researching a historic site. We encourage you to take another look at “Rooting Out...
It has come to the attention of Historic Boston Inc. that the family of our organization’s founder, John Codman, had a personal connection to the enslavement of Black Bostonians in the 18th century. We stumbled across this information by chance, as the newest member of...
Historic Boston is honored to have received two awards for the preservation of the historic Upham’s Corner Comfort Station in Dorchester. On October 11th, Preservation Massachusetts presented HBI with the Paul & Niki Tsongas Award at a ceremony at the Massachusetts State House. The event...
Historic Boston Incorporated (HBI) is thrilled to announce the election of Christopher Scoville, Senior Vice President of Commercial Lending at Eastern Bank, to its Board of Directors in August. With his extensive background in finance and a longstanding commitment to historic preservation, Chris brings a...
Historic Boston’s mission statement says that we redevelop at-risk historic buildings in order to help Boston’s neighborhoods thrive. In introducing the organization to others, we often explain that we don’t create house museums, but rather we find new uses for historic buildings. Our projects are...
Historic Boston is excited to announce the launch of the Feasibility Study for the Alford Street Pumping Station in Charlestown this month. Situated on the banks of the Mystic River, the Alford Street Pumping Station holds a unique place in Boston's history. For those unfamiliar...
HBI is revisiting the history of the Port Norfolk area in Dorchester as we consider the preservation of the last extant building from the historic A.T. Stearns Lumber Company. Currently owned by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), the building at 98 Taylor Street...
The Boston Globe released an exciting story today on the Shirley Eustis House Association’s (SEHA) acquisition of 42-44 Shirley Street, a building associated with the enslavement of the people who served colonial Governor William Shirley and his family in the 18th century. Encased within the...
On August 24th, the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) hosted a virtual public meeting to summarize its final final draft of PLAN: Boston, an ambitious new framework for the “growth, enhancement, and preservation” in Downtown Boston. The BPDA’s work on a downtown plan that...
HBI's Director of Real Estate Development, Tony Lopes, researched the Old Corner Bookstore's most iconic tenant of the 20th c. Introduction In the heart of Boston's Downtown Crossing, nestled at the corner of Washington and School Streets, stands a time-honored structure that has witnessed the ebb and...