Announcing our 2025 Preservation
A nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that protects and improves the quality of Boston’s architectural heritage. Through advocacy and education, we bring people and organizations together to influence the future of Boston’s historic buildings, landscapes, and communities.
protecting places. promoting vibrancy. preserving character.
What we’re doing
2023
award winner
Upham's Corner Comfort Station
Dorchester
Revival Styles
Boston Landmark
MGH Clinical and Campus Services Building
West End
New Construction
Under Review By City
Actively Engaged
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) proposes expansion of its West End campus across two blocks on Cambridge Street.
17-23 West Street
Downtown/Financial District
New Construction
Under Review By City
Actively Engaged
17-23 West Street in the historic Ladder Blocks of Downtown Boston is currently an empty parcel used for surface parking.
Buckminster Hotel
Fenway/Kenmore
Revival Styles
Under Review By City
Actively Engaged
Hotel Buckminster represents the development of Kenmore Square at the turn of the 20th century, and today remains the oldest historic building at the western end of the square.
What we’ve done
2012
award winner
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Renovation and Expansion
Fenway/Kenmore
Revival Styles, New Construction
Completed
Isabella Stewart Gardner was an American philanthropist and patron of the arts. In 1903, Mrs.
2016
award winner
Carriage House
Dorchester
Revival Styles
Completed
In 1894 when this charming carriage house was constructed, ancillary buildings like it were as…