This open house event will provide an opportunity for Highland Park residents to meet the Study Committee, learn more about the progress on the proposed Architectural Conservation District, and to understand what District designation would mean for neighborhood residents and property owners. The Study Committee wants to hear from neighborhood residents. Please come to the Open House to ask questions or share your thoughts!

Location: The grounds of the First Church in Roxbury, John Eliot Square.

10 Putnam Street, Roxbury, MA 02119

Please note: This is an in-person, outdoor event.

This open house is scheduled for Saturday, September 18, 10:00 am - 12 noon.

In the event of inclement weather, the rain date will be Sunday, September 19, 2:00-4:00 pm.

We'd love for you to join us for a virtual community meeting with a question and answer session afterward.

Interpretation and translation services are available to you at no cost. Please contact the project manager if you cannot attend this meeting, have any questions or comments, or if you need interpretation services, translated materials, or disability accommodations.

Mayor Kim Janey, the Boston Landmarks Commission commemorates the designation of Shirley-Eustis Place in Roxbury as a historical landmark. With the Shirley-Eustis Houses well-known historical significance of former Governors Shirley and Eustis comes a hidden history that is often untold, unrecorded, and unrecognized. Ongoing research and oral history in Roxbury suggests that the lands were built, kept, and managed by enslaved people. Mayor Janey’s support and commemoration of the designation expands the history that is often centered in Boston.

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We'd love for you to join us for a virtual community meeting with a question and answer session afterward.

Interpretation and translation services are available to you at no cost. Please contact the project manager if you cannot attend this meeting, have any questions or comments, or if you need interpretation services, translated materials, or disability accommodations.