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21 Jul Live at the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm!
Hear from the Urban Farming Institute and Historic Boston Incorporated about the future of the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm and urban farming in Boston!
17 Jun HBI’s Council of Advisors Dig In at the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm
HBI’s Council of Advisors gathered for its annual meeting on June 15th, this year at Mattapan’s Fowler Clark Epstein Farm. Thirty-eight Advisors and Board members traveled to Mattapan by coach from downtown Boston and enjoyed a behind-the-scenes look at the 18th century farm and 19th...
18 May Streetcar Suburbia and the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm
Today the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm stands on a half acre of land, seemingly small for a farm plot, but a rarity in an urban setting such as Mattapan. Sandwiched between tightly packed triple-deckers and apartment complexes, it is a wonder that the farm that...
06 Apr Finding Henry Clark’s Mark at the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm
Each time we visit the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm, we discover something that we never noticed before. Sometimes we find photos, magazines or other remnants from previous occupants. And because the property was last owned by Jorge Epstein, an architectural salvage dealer who brought home...
25 Feb Researching the Agricultural History of the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm
Rita Walsh, Senior Preservation Planner, with VHB is assisting HBI with state and federal historic tax credit applications to support the rehabilitation of the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm property for its new uses. She is also preparing a nomination of the property to the National...
05 Feb Tracing History through Spoken Word: Brandeis Students Begin Oral History Project on the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm
With buildings dating to the early 1800s, the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm (FCE Farm) itself is testimony to the agrarian history of Mattapan. The more recent history of Mattapan as an urban neighborhood is no less intriguing. In the 1960s, the neighborhood surrounding the farm...
30 Nov Perkins + Will to Lead the Design Team in Redeveloping the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm
It is with great pleasure that HBI announces the addition of Perkins + Will (P+W) to the design team for the renovation and redevelopment of the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm to become the home and headquarters for the Urban Farming Institute (UFI). P+W approached HBI...
18 Nov Fowler Clark Epstein Farm
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Fowler Clark Epstein Farm, 1786, Mattapan, MA Built between 1786 and 1806, the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm remains among the earliest intact, vernacular examples of an agricultural property in the Commonwealth’s cities. The original farmhouse is located on land that was once part of...
