News

HBI Partners with North Bennet Street School
Historic Boston Incorporated and North Bennet Street School have formed a partnership to restore early historic buildings in Boston and provide hands on training to preservation carpentry students.

New Uses Envisioned for Emerald Necklace Landmark
Unused for more than 30 years, the Agassiz Road Shelter could once again become an important community ammenity.

Historic Hyde Park Theatre Street Presence To Be Revived
Efforts to rehabilitate the once bustling Everett Square Theatre into a multi-use performance, movie, and event venue will get a boost from interim steps to restore at least part of the site for more immediate use.

Historic Boston Breaks Ground on New Headquarters

Historic Boston Incorporated recently won a bid to renovate the Eustis Street Fire House, one of the city’s most endangered landmarks, and will turn the Roxbury structure into its new headquarters. HBI will restore the exterior of the red brick building and reconstruct a two-story wood-framed addition. Once it is complete, HBI will move into the space from its current home in the Old Corner Bookstore.

HBI Leads Effort to Rehab Highly Visible Fields Corner Commercial Structure
“We hope that this work will serve as a model for owners of properties in similar condition and will spur them to make similar improvements.”

Letter from the Executive Director
It is fitting that we celebrate our 50th anniversary by moving to a new home in a new neighborhood. The Eustis Street Fire House’s rehabilitation builds on our organization’s history and embodies Historic Boston’s intended future in Boston’s neighborhoods.

HBI Newsletters

2010 Spring (PDF)

HBI Partners with North Bennet Street School
Historic Boston Breaks Ground on New Headquarters
New Uses Envisioned for Emerald Necklace Landmark
Historic Hyde Park Theatre Street Presence To Be Revived
HBI Leads Effort to Rehab Highly Visible Fields Corner Commercial Structure
Letter from the Executive Director
Mike Tilford Joins Historic Boston Incorporated
Susan Silberberg-Robinson Joins HBI Board of Directors
In Memoriam: Joan Goody
In Memoriam: Pauline “Polly” Harrell

2009 Spring (PDF)

HBI to Restore Roxbury Fire House for New Headquarters
Steeples Projects Underscore Social Value of Preservation
The Steeples Project Helps Eliot Congregational Church To Reach Its Goals
Fields Corner Update
Old Corner Bookstore, Hayden Building Under New Management

2008 Summer (PDF)

HBI Launches Historic Neighborhood Centers Program in Dorchester and Hyde Park
HBI and UMass Explore New Use for Historic Pumping Station
Millennium Partners Donates Preservation Easement for Historic Albany Building
The Steeples Project Bolsters Second Church of Christ, Scientist Preservation Efforts
HBI and Boston Preservation Alliance Win National Trust Grant

2007 Winter (PDF)

HBI to Focus Resources on Historic Neighborhood Centers
HBI Opens Executive Director Search
HBI Receives Grant to Research Calf Pasture Pumping Station
HBI Completes Roslindale Substation NR Application
Preserving a Successful Rehabilitation Project: HBI’s Easement Program and the Cedar Street Marble Rowhouses
HBI Awards Steeples Grants
HBI Gets New Look with 300 Year Old Image
History for Rent

2006 Winter (PDF)

Reviving Two Greek Revival Houses
Breaking News: Assessing Mattapan’s Fowler-Clark Farmhouse
Supporting Churches through the Steeples Project
Working to Preserve Boston’s Roman Catholic Churches
Egleston Square Collaboration
Deferred maintenance: A Common but Costly Mistake for Congregations
What Future for Which Churches?
What’s New at the Old Corner
HBI & Post-Katrina Preservation Efforts

2006 Summer (PDF)

Neighborhood Centers: The New Initiative of HBI’s Preservation Priorities Plan
Sharpening Our Oldest Tool: Improving HBI’s Preservation Revolving Fund
Building a Better Steeples Project

2003 Winter (PDF)

The Modern Theatre: A Phoenix Rising?
Boston and New England Edition of The Spiritual Traveler Published
Roslindale Substation Feasibility Study Completed
Steeples at a Glance
A Glass Half-Full: The Alvah Kittredge Park Row Houses

2003 Fall (PDF)

Steeples Project Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Update: The Modern Theatre... Rescued!
Next Steps: The Alvah Kittredge Park Row Houses
Baker Mill Powerhouse: Then and Now

2002 Winter (PDF)

History, Money, and Mission: The Spooner-Lambert Story
The Results are in!
Old Growth, New Growth
Stealth Repairs: The Old Corner Bookstore Restoration

2001 Fall (PDF)

A Transformation in Progress
Community Preservation: A Crossroads?
The Steeples Project: Continues Success
Community preservation Act: Thumbnail Sketch

2000 Fall (PDF)

Steeples Project Soars to Funding Milestone
Casebook Properties Reveal Opportunities and Obstacles for Historic Preservation
HBI Publishes Study on the Old Corner
1999/2000 Steeples Project Grant Awardees

1999 Fall (PDF)

HBI Publishes New Casebook
Steeples Project Spurs Investments
Revolving Fund Protects Ancient Buildings of Boston

1998 Fall (PDF)

Signs of Chance
HBI’s Steeples Project
Energy Program

1996 Summer (PDF)

The Hayden Building: A Cornerstone for Change
The Steeples Project Saves Symbols of Hope
A New-Old Face for the Old Corner Bookstore Buildings

1993 Spring (PDF)

New Life for H.H. Richardson’s Hayden Building
Roxbury Initiatives: From Fire Houses to Family Homes
The Art of Advocacy: Making a Difference
Amazing Grace: Preserving Historic Religious Properties

1990 Fall (PDF)

Vilna Shul Agreement Reached
Joint Efforts to Preserve Nation’s Oldest Light
New HBI Directory Lists Resources for Religious Properties
HBI Hosts Third National Conference on Religious Property Preservation
Worcester Square Restored
Roger Allan Moore, In Memoriam

1989 Summer (PDF)

Historic Boston Spearheads Effort to Save Interior of Only Boston Synagogue Listed in the National Register
Eustis Street Burying Ground Restoration Near Complete
Ferdinand’s Blue Store Under Study
Zakrzewska Building Interior Restoration Completed
Remembering John Codman
HBI Revolving Fund Lends Money to the Arlington Street Church
The Edward Everett Hale House
HBI Publishes Historic Structure Report on Blessed Sacrament Church

1988 Fall (PDF)

Historic Boston Mediates Preservation/Development Dispute Surrounding Immaculate Conception Church
Zakrzewska Building Restoration Underway
HBI Sponsors Orientation Seminar for Boston Landmarks Commission
Historic Boston Restoring Hale House with BRA Funds
HBI Funds Management Training for Cedar Street Condominium Trust
Survey Identifies One Hundred Historic Religious Properties in Boston

1986 Spring (PDF)

HBI’s Old Corner Bookstore Building: Preservation in Action
Dimock Center Rehab Leads Hbi Projects
HBI’s Preservation Casebook Lists Development Opportunities
Hurd House Sold to Local Doctor
Marble Front Row Houses Saved in Roxbury
Combat Zone Study Completed for HBI
Globe Corner Bookstore Expands
Buildings Eligible for HBI Assistance