 Boston’s oldest building, the Paul Revere House was the 17th Century home of Paul Revere and is now a museum to the life and times of this legendary figure of the American Revolution and prominent Bostonian.
‘Listen, my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere'
So goes Longfellow’s famous poem, recounting the night of April 18th 1775, when Boston silversmith Paul Revere set out from his ramshackle wooden house in the North End of Boston, to ride to Concord and warn the patriots there of the advancing British Red Coats.
However contrary to Longfellow’s poem, it wasn’t Revere who eventually raised the alarm, but a man by the name of Prescott after Revere was captured enroute. Still Revere’s credentials as a tradesman helped further his reputation. After the revolution, Revere was responsible for coating Massachusetts’ State House with copper and still today Paul Revere’s silver work is regarded as some of the finest American craftsmanship of the era.
Paul Revere’s former home on North Square was built in 1680 and Revere owned it from 1770 to 1800. At that time the house had seven rooms and a basement, which quite comfortably housed the family, which then consisted of Paul, his wife Sara, their five children and Paul’s mother Deborah.
It was since used as a tenement building for some of the thousands of Irish, Jewish and Italian immigrants who have populated the neighbourhood of Boston’s North End. In 1902 the building was bought up by Paul Revere’s great grandson and in 1908, the Paul Revere House was opened as a historic house museum, where visitors can find out more about Paul Revere and experience what home life was like in 17th and 18th century Boston.
Location:
19 North Square. Take the Orange of Green lines to Haymarket stop.
Opening Times:
April 15- Oct 31: Daily, 9.30am-5.15pm
Nov 1 – April 14: Daily, 9.30am-4.15pm
Closed Mondays Jan to March, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day
Admission Fees:
Adults: $3
Children: $1
Concessions: $2.50
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