Boston – Ground was broken recently on the historic Hayden Building, designed by the famed architect H.H. Richardson (Trinity Church). Historic Boston Inc. is not only transforming the five-floor building into four apartments with retail space on the ground floor, but also using the official start of work to kick off its Trilogy Fund campaign – to raise $1 million that will allow completion of three historic renovation and reuse projects in 2012: Alvah Kittredge House (1836) in Roxbury and Vertullo Building (1860s) in Hyde Park.
HBI bought the Hayden Building and an adjacent one-story structure in 1993. The roof had been lost to fire, the structure was compromised, and layers of building alterations masked the historic building’s underlying beauty.
HBI stabilized the building and restored its Richardsonian features, reactivating the first floor for retail use. HBI’s prudent and patient investments will fully activate the Hayden Building and generate revenue that will support the organization’s preservation work citywide.