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
Boston City Hall Conservation Management Plan
Boston City Hall is a building people tend to either love or hate, and often love to hate.
2023
award winner
Atlascope Boston
Historians are excellent at discovering information about the past.
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.
What we’ve done
2015
award winner
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, Mattapan Teen Center
Mattapan
Completed
The Mattapan Branch Library building was built in response to the rapid growth of the Mattapan…
2016
award winner
The Verb Hotel
Fenway/Kenmore
Mid-century Modernism
Completed
As the Fenway neighborhood in Boston changes and evolves, certain places within it reflect its…