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Learn about the oldest house in downtown Boston, where Paul Revere lived as a Patriot and Founding Father during the American Revolution. Explore its history, architecture, furniture, and the new visitor and education center across the courtyard.
Old North Church is an Episcopal mission church in Boston, built in 1723 and a National Historic Landmark. It is famous for its lanterns that signaled Paul Revere and other riders of British military movements before the American Revolutionary War.
Paul Revere was a silversmith, military officer and industrialist who rode to warn the colonists of the British invasion in 1775. He was a prominent figure in the American Revolution and a member of the Sons of Liberty, the Masonic lodge and the First Church of Boston.
Learn about the history and architecture of the Custom House in Boston, Massachusetts, a neoclassical building on State Street that was built in 1849 and is now a landmark. The Custom House was the site of the Boston Massacre in 1770 and a center of maritime trade in the 19th century.
Learn about the eight sites that showcase Boston's role in the American Revolution and other parts of history. The park includes the Freedom Trail, USS Constitution, Bunker Hill Monument, and more.
The Masonic cornerstone ceremony took place on July 4, 1795, with Paul Revere, then Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, presiding. [7] Before the current State House was completed in 1798, Massachusetts's government house was the Old State House on what is now Washington Street.
Learn about the history and significance of the Old State House, the oldest public building in Boston and a landmark on the Freedom Trail. The building was the seat of colonial and state government, witnessed the Boston Massacre and the Declaration of Independence, and survived fires and earthquakes.
William Clark, merchant, had a 3-story brick house with 26 lavish rooms, and nearby, facing the garden court, was John Foster's house, later occupied by Governor Hutchinson." [3] John Pitcairn and John Downes also lived in the square. [4] As was typical of the North End generally, in the 20th century predominantly Italian immigrants lived in ...