Features articles on the popular paint-by-number hobby of the mid-twentieth century, research on the story of Zipporah Potter Atkins, who in 1670 became the first black woman on record to buy a house and land in Boston, delving into history at Sarah Orne Jewett House to inspire maker culture, a look at the foods served in restaurants during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the cultural landscape of Nickels-Sortwell House, and Historic New England's Fiscal Year 2017 Annual Report.