Paul Revere House
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Built around 1680, the Paul Revere House is the oldest remaining structure in downtown Boston and the only home on the freedom Trail. Paul Revere purchased this former merchant’s dwelling in 1770, when he was 35 years old. He and his family lived here when Revere made his famous messenger ride on the night of April 18-19, 1775. |
For most of the 19th century the home served as a rooming house and a tenement for some of the thousands of Irish, Jewish and Italian immigrants who lived in the neighborhood. Restored in the early 20th century and opened to the public in April 1908, the Paul Revere House today serves as a museum and historic site where visitors can learn about Paul Revere’s life and times, and experience what home life was like in 17th and 18th century Boston.
“…I, Paul Revere… was sent for by Dr. Joseph Warren… to go to Lexington and inform Mr. Samuell Adams and the Honorable John Hancock, Esquire that there was a number of soldiers… marching to the bottom of the common… they were going to Lexington… to take them…or to go to Concord to destroy the Colony stores.”
From Paul Revere’s deposition to the Provincial Congress about the night of April 18, 1775.
The Paul Revere House
19 North Square
617-523-2338
Apr. 15 - Oct. 31: 9:30 - 5 :15;
Nov. 1 - Apr. 14: 9:30 - 4:15
Closed Mondays, Jan. - Mar., Thanksgiving, Dec. 25, Jan. 1
www.paulreverehouse.org