Rehabilitation work begins on 19th-century Boston farm

BOSTON (AP) - Rehabilitation work has begun on the 1860s-era barn at the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in Boston.

Historic Boston Inc., a nonprofit organization that repurposes historic properties, recently began the first phase of what is expected to be eight months of work. The project will bring the property back for use as the home of the nonprofit Urban Farming Institute of Boston.

The farm is located on a 30,000-square-foot site in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood.

Once the rehabilitation work is completed, the property will be used as a training hub and demonstration farming center.

The farm site is recognized as a Boston landmark and is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

The project will be funded partially through state historic tax credit and federal historic tax credit proceeds.