28 Feb 2024 Office space for lease in the Old Corner Bookstore!
Contact HBI's Director of Real Estate, Tony Lopes at: 617-604-6897 or tony@historicboston.org Unit 302 Flyer with Floor Plan Ver 2.2824...
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28 Feb 2024 St. Luke’s Chapel verges on completion
The restoration of St. Luke's Chapel, a historic gem nestled within the campus of St. John St. James Episcopal Church in Roxbury, is a testament to the commitment of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts and the parish of St. John St. James to preserving history...
27 Feb 2024 The Tileston House: A legacy of craftsmen waits to be preserved in Lower Mills
City of Boston Archaeologist Joe Bagley’s book Boston’s Oldest Buildings and Where to Find Them lists the Charles Tileston House in Mattapan as one of the 50 oldest houses in Boston, and the oldest house in the Lower Mills neighborhood. Passersby might not take note...
21 Feb 2024 CPA grants $500,000 for the replacement of windows at the Old Corner Bookstore
The City of Boston’s Community Preservation Committee recommended downtown Boston’s Old Corner Bookstore for $500,000 in Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding to support the building’s rehabilitation at its most recent meeting. The 1718 Old Corner Bookstore is downtown Boston’s oldest commercial building and is a site...
15 Feb 2024 Chinatown Community Land Trust awarded $10,000 to create the Immigrant History Trail
The National Trust for Preservation recently awarded the Chinatown Community Land Trust (CCLT) a $10,000 grant for the creation of the Immigrant History Trail in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood. The project aims to tell the stories of the neighborhood’s working-class, immigrant history. CCLT was among 34...
02 Feb 2024 Never Lose He(art)
When HBI was asked earlier this month to host one of 19 pieces of public art planned for Downtown Boston as part of the Winteractive Festival hosted by the Downtown Business Improvement District (BID), we enthusiastically supported the idea. The installation, The Fisherman, by American...
31 Jan 2024 A spotlight on Henry Moss
This month HBI’s Erika Tauer kicks off a series of stories that turn the spotlight onto the talented people who make up Historic Boston’s organization. HBI board member Henry Moss has headed Bruner/Cott Architect’s Historic Preservation team since 1986 and practiced architecture in London for 16...
17 Jan 2024 HBI sells the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm to the Urban Farming Institute
Last week, Historic Boston completed the sale of the 1786 Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in Mattapan to the Urban Farming Institute. The sale includes UFI’s donation of a preservation easement on the restored property to Historic Boston Inc.(HBI), which will protect the Boston Landmarks’ historic...
18 Dec 2023 HBI is finalizing the sale of the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in Mattapan to the Urban Farming Institute (UFI)
As the year comes to a close, HBI is in the final stage of selling the 1786 Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in Mattapan to the nonprofit Urban Farming Institute (UFI) with the aim of completing the transaction by December 31st. The sale will include the...
13 Dec 2023 An Old Corner window into the Boston Tea Party
As the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party approaches on December 16th, Historic Boston wondered what the residents of the Old Corner Bookstore would have seen from their windows on that fateful night in 1773 when a massive crowd of Bostonians protest the English...