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The Paul Revere House, built c.1680, was the colonial home of American Patriot and Founding Father Paul Revere during the time of the American Revolution. A National Historic Landmark since 1961, it is located at 19 North Square , Boston , Massachusetts , in the city's North End , and is now operated as a nonprofit museum by the Paul Revere ...
Paul Revere (/ r ɪ ˈ v ɪər /; December 21, 1734 O.S. (January 1, 1735 N.S.) [N 1] – May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith, military officer and industrialist who played a major role during the opening months of the American Revolutionary War in Massachusetts, engaging in a midnight ride in 1775 to alert nearby minutemen of the approach of British troops prior to the battles of ...
The Hutchinson family lived in the house until 1864. It became a tenement and store until the early 1940s. [3] Pierce–Hichborn House and Paul Revere House, North Square in the North End, April 18, 1956. Leon Abdalian Collection, Boston Public Library. In 1941, the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities bought the house at a ...
Take a 360-degree virtual tour of Virginia's Appomattox Court House buildings and grounds, where Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865, ending the Civil War.
Central City Opera House; Paul Revere House; Pierce-Hichborn House; Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm; Arlington Street Church; Shea's Performing Arts Center; Zachery-Tolbert house; Thomas S. Butler; Burholme, Philadelphia; Carskadon Mansion; John Greenleaf Whittier House; Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum; Edmund Fowle House; Lockport Powerhouse
Most of the sites are free or suggest donations, although the Old South Meeting House, the Old State House, and the Paul Revere House charge admission. The Freedom Trail is overseen by the City of Boston's Freedom Trail Commission [ 2 ] and is supported in part by grants from various non-profit organizations and foundations, private ...
1898: restored the Isaac Royall House. [8] 1900s: restored The Old Farm, an historic First Period house at 9 Maple Street in Wenham, Massachusetts. The restoration job was the subject of an article in a 1921 edition of House Beautiful. [9] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1] 1902: restored the Paul ...
The Cuckoo Tavern stood nearby, which in 1781 was the beginning of Jack Jouett's ride to warn the Colonists of the arrival of Banastre Tarleton's British cavalry (similar to Paul Revere's Ride). There was also a large house named Cuckoo built in 1819 for Henry Pendleton on the former property of William Overton Callis. A historical marker is at ...