historic architecture

Home & Property

On the Market: A Historic House in Salem with Nine Fireplaces

142 Federal St., Salem Price: $1,335,000 Size: 4,068 square feet Bedrooms: 6 Bathrooms: 4 (full)Massachusetts is home to properties rich in history. After all, the […]

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Glorious Revival

Perched amid a row of midcentury-modern homes, this stately Greek Revival in Chestnut Hill stands apart. Built at the turn of the 20th century, “the […]

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Best Kept Secret

With only 12 square blocks, Bay Village is Boston’s smallest neighborhood—an under-the-radar enclave of narrow brick row houses. “No one knows where Bay Village is,” […]

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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 […]