Boston Landmarks
The Grand Restoration of Boston’s First Church of Christ, Scientist
This article is from the fall 2024 issue of Boston Home. Sign up here to receive a subscription. In the Back Bay, the Romanesque First […]
Historic Interpretation
When it was built in 1902, the Ayer Mansion at 395 Commonwealth Avenue broke with Back Bay tradition. Rather than using the red brick favored […]
The Freedom Trail Would Prefer You Not Make Pervy Jokes about Their Cream Pie Ad
A new ad for the Freedom Trail is attracting an awful lot of attention this week—and not, it’s safe to assume, the kind the family-friendly […]
How the Famous Hood Milk Bottle Arrived in Fort Point
Any list of the city’s most iconic landmarks would have to include the Hood Milk Bottle. A beacon for the Boston Children’s Museum, which stands […]
Boston’s Statue of Abraham Lincoln Standing Over a Kneeling Enslaved Man Will Be Removed
Seven score and one year ago (that is, in 1879), a statue depicting Abraham Lincoln standing over an enslaved man was installed in downtown Boston’s […]
Discover the History behind Horticultural Hall
We’ve seen plenty of trend pieces about millennials’ love for plants. But today’s tenders of massive monsteras have nothing on the green-thumbed enthusiasts of centuries […]
The History Behind South Station, New England’s Largest Train Depot
South Station is New England’s largest train station, but today’s riders may not realize that it used to be much bigger. In fact, when its […]
Eccentric Inventor John Hays Hammond Jr. Built the Castle of His Dreams in Gloucester
The coast of Cape Ann is dotted with impressive estates, but none quite like that of John Hays Hammond Jr., who took the adage “A […]
The History of the Hatch Shell: 79 Years of Summer Sounds
Every summer, Bostonians tote blankets and beach chairs to the Edward A. Hatch Memorial Shell, the open-air venue on the Esplanade that hosts free concerts, […]
The 80-Year-Old Gropius House in Lincoln Is a Modernist Marvel
This year marks the centennial of the Bauhaus, the design school founded by modernist pioneer Walter Gropius in Weimar, Germany, in 1919. But the building […]
The Cyclorama: Then and Now
The Cyclorama has had a circuitous history—but it starts and ends with art.
The History and Future of Dorchester’s Strand Theatre
Dorchester’s Strand Theatre turns 100—and readies for its next act.
The History Behind Boston’s Treasured Emerald Necklace
Here’s how the father of landscape architecture strung a ribbon of lush parks through the heart of the city.
Landmark: The Innovation and Design Building
How one of the city’s largest buildings became home to some of Boston’s biggest ideas.
Landmark: Boston’s Old City Hall
Becoming an office building may be the best thing that ever happened to it.