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...
The former rest station, a stucco 940-square-foot facility with full basement, underwent a $1.9 million historic rehabilitation with improvements that created Comfort Kitchen, a full-service café with dinner operations. Architects for the development were Utile, Inc. Architecture + Planning, and Supernormal. Contractor was MJ Mawn,...
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...