On the Block Antique homes in Harvard and Roxbury These antique homes are part of well-preserved local historic districts.

The battle over whether or not to demolish a historic school in Roxbury has finally reached the end.

A two-alarm fire broke out at a Roxbury building Saturday morning, the Boston fire department said.

ROXBURY — Seventeen people interested in the town’s history gathered Thursday to hear about plans to organize a historical society. “You’ve all got something to offer,” Howard Whitten ...

Below, find a guide to eight reader-recommended restaurants and bars that you can stop by in Roxbury. We’ve also created a map that includes each recommendation.

Roxbury was founded in 1796, zoned in 1932 and declared a historic district in 1966. Small group tours will begin at the Senior Center, which was the 19th century Town Hall, at 7 South St.

A Tufts University project seeks to make “history more visible” — from slavery to Black Lives Matter — with a map of historic African-American sites in Boston and beyond.

Historic Boston has taken on its latest project: the $3.8 million rehabilitation of the dilapidated Alvah Kittredge House in Roxbury.

A New Bedford man has been arrested in connection with looking into an occupied bathroom window in Roxbury early Wednesday morning, police said.

Local real estate nonprofit Historic Boston Inc. will receive $200,000 to turn the historic Alvah Kittredge House in Roxbury into market and affordable homes. The Boston Redevelopment Authority boa… ...