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
Huntington Theatre
Back Bay
Revival Styles
The Huntington Theatre was built in 1925 as America’s first nonprofit playhouse.
2023
award winner
Illuminating the Unseen
North End
The buildings and places that survive from our shared history are a small, curated collection of the breadth of the human experience on this land.
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.
2023
award winner
Atlascope Boston
Historians are excellent at discovering information about the past.
What we’ve done
2014
award winner
Walgreens
Downtown/Financial District
Mid-century Modernism
Completed
In 1972, the architectural firm of Kallman, McKinnell, & Knowles (the same firm responsible…
2016
award winner
Lovejoy Wharf
North End
Completed
The Hoffman Building was constructed in 1906 by W.F.