The Owen Nawn Factory at 2080 Washington Street is a reminder of Roxbury's industrial past. A two-story brick manufacturing structure, it was built circa 1880 and is named for its owner, Owen Nawn, a Roxbury contractor who was also responsible for building some of the...
The Golden Building, 1890s, Dorchester, MA This highly visible Fields Corners commercial structure located at 1510-1514 Dorchester Avenue was built in the mid-1890s. It was significantly altered over the years, most notably through haphazard changes to its storefronts and the application of metal siding to its...
The Hayden Building, 1875, Boston, MA The Hayden Building is the only remaining commercial building designed by renowned 19th century American architect Henry Hobson Richardson in Boston. It was purchased by HBI in 1993 when the building was threatened with condemnation after a fire devastated the...
Eustis Street Fire House, 1859, Roxbury, MA The oldest remaining fire house structure in Boston, the 1859 Eustis Street Fire House became HBI's headquarters in 2011. This building was used first for a hand-pulled fire apparatus; later, after Roxbury merged with the City of Boston, a...
Anna Clapp Harris Smith House, 1636 & 1805, Dorchester, MA Built in 1804, the house at 65 Pleasant Street is reputed to have been constructed on a 1636 foundation of the Jones family house. It was home to a line of the prolific Clapp family and...
Vertullo Building, 1868, Hyde Park, MA Built in 1868 and expanded circa 1890, the Vertullo Building at 74-84 Fairmount Avenue is likely the oldest and only surviving wooden commercial building in the Cleary and Logan Squares commercial district. It is a good example of the Second...
Roslindale Substation, 1911, Roslindale, MA When built in 1911, the Roslindale Substation functioned as part of the Boston Elevated Railway Company's then revolutionary alternating electric current power system. Designed by architect Robert Peabody of Peabody and Stearns with Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, the Substation is...
Alvah Kittredge House, 1834, Roxbury, MA Built for Roxbury alderman and Eliot Church deacon Alvah Kittredge (1798-1876), the Kittredge House is one of a handful of high style Greek Revival period wood frame houses remaining in Boston. Originally positioned in the center of a large rural...
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 a large...