Historic Preservation

TBA Architects, Inc. has over three decades of experience in historic restoration and preservation, spanning policy design, space planning, programming, and organizational analysis to historic rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of all building types. Services include budget planning, research for the successful nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, coordination with local and state historical commissions and federal agencies, tax credit documentation, and complete architectural and engineering services.

Our design work for the municipalities of Somerville, Holbrook, Gardner, Waltham and Newton includes restoration of wood, stone, and masonry structures under the aegis of the Massachusetts Historic Commission's Preservation Projects Fund. TBA has assisted the nonprofit North Bennet Street School in maximizing the use and safe operation of its eight-building urban campus in Boston's Historic North End. Completed projects have earned TBA the Newton Preservation Award for the Newton Corner Library and the Massachusetts Historic Commission's Preservation Award for the restoration of Washington Mills in Lawrence, MA.

As designers, TBA's focus is on restoration or sensitive modification of building envelopes while accommodating contemporary reuses of the interiors and also providing sensitive retrofit of systems to provide universal access while respecting the building and contextual fabric.

Project Examples

Union Hotel →
Newton Corner Library
North Bennet Street School
Holbrook Town Hall →
Gardner City Hall
Auburn St. Housing Historic Home →
Peter Oliver Jr. House →
Washington Mills