The Paul Revere House was the colonial Boston home of patriot Paul Revere during the American Revolution and is now a nonprofit museum maintained by the Paul Revere Memorial Association. Located at 19 North Square in the North End area, the Paul Revere House has operated as a museum since 1908 and has been a National Historic Landmark since 1961. Built in 1680, the house is one of the oldest in city centre Boston and retains many aspects of a bygone era.
In December 2016, the Paul Revere Memorial Association added a 3,500-square-foot visitor and education centre to the house museum, connected via an elevated, wheelchair-accessible walkway. The centre was originally part of Revere’s backyard and named Lathrop Place. The Association restored every part with as much historical accuracy as possible in order to heighten the revolutionary experience of the Paul Revere House.
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What are the highlights of the Paul Revere House in Boston?
Revere’s Midnight Ride is the Paul Revere House museum’s most popular exhibit, with the visitor and education centre providing extra exhibit space that showcases Revere’s work as a silversmith and his industrial work after the American Revolution. Revere’s own accounts of the event are available to read, as is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s renowned poem about the patriot's famed midnight ride.
In the visitor and education centre, a library and classrooms allow for further educational and research opportunities. Outreach programmes at schools, field trips, scout trips, summer camp trips, adult lectures, and tours for diverse audiences are only a few of the experiences offered at the Paul Revere House. It’s recommended for groups over 10 to reserve a time at least 2 weeks in advance.
Where to eat and drink in the Paul Revere House in Boston?
At the museum, you are free to take your food out to the courtyard and around the gardens as well, which are full of Colonial Era plants used for foods, medicines, and fragrances. However, inside the museum, food, drink, and smoking are prohibited.
Near the Paul Revere House, you'll find the Paul Revere Mall, Isabella, Limoncello, Mamma Maria, and Boston Sail Loft. The large complex of Paul Revere Mall hosts a variety of cultural favourites. The restaurant Isabella provides affordable Italian cuisine, while the trattoria Limoncello offers a friendly atmosphere with Italian classics, wines, and murals. Both restaurants are a 1-minute walk away from the museum at the heart of North End and offer both dine-in and takeaway options. Enveloped in a romantic townhouse, Mamma Maria serves similar Italian-American food, and Boston Sail Loft dishes out American seafood at reasonable prices for the portion sizes.
What else is good to know about the Paul Revere House in Boston?
Directly across from the Paul Revere House is the Pierce-Hichborn House, an early Georgian house built around 1771 that's also a house museum run by the Paul Revere Memorial Association. Both house museums are suitable for guests of all ages, charge an admission fee, and host seasonal events that are generally included with the price of admission. Photography and videoing are not permitted inside the museums except for scheduled commercial cases. Stroller parking is available outside the museums, and changing tables are in each of the museums’ bathrooms.
After you visit Paul Revere House, you might want to check out other nearby points of interest from the Revolutionary War period, such as the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, which is a family-friendly, resolutely historical, and uniquely educational experience. Bunker Hill Monument and its museum are additional testaments to the era, standing as impressive structures and sights to behold.
The Paul Revere House in Boston
Location: 19 N Square, Boston, MA 02113, USA
Open: Daily from 10 am to 4.15 pm
Phone: +1 617-523-2338