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twin rows of linden trees give
the space, much used by local
people, a distinctly European
feel. South of the Mall is busy
Hanover Street, which is lined
with Italian eateries.

o Paul Revere
House
Map E2. 19 N Square. Tel (617) 523-
2338.  Haymarket, Aquarium.
Open mid-Apr–Oct: 9:30am–5:15pm
daily; Nov–mid-Apr: 9:30am–4:15pm
daily. Closed Jan–Mar: Mon. & 7
∑ paulreverehouse.org
Slate tombstones of Boston’s early settlers, Copp’s Hill Burying Ground
Boston’s oldest surviving
y Copp’s Hill is Boston’s oldest surviving clapboard frame house is
Burying Ground religious edifice. It is built of historically significant, for it was
here in 1775 that Paul Revere
brick in the Georgian style,
Map E2. Entrances at Charter & Hull similar to that of St. Andrew’s- began his legendary horseback
Sts. Tel (617) 635-4505.  N Station. by-the-Wardrobe in Blackfriars, ride to warn his compatriots in
Open 9am–5pm daily. London, designed by Sir Lexington (see p155) of the
Christopher Wren. The church impending arrival of British
Existing since 1659, this is was made famous on April 18, troops. This historic event was
Boston’s second-oldest cemetery, 1775, when sexton Robert later immortalized by Henry
after the one by King’s Chapel Newman, aiding Paul Revere, Wadsworth Longfellow
(see p146). Among those buried hung a pair of lanterns in the (see p154) in his epic poem
here are Robert Newman, the belfry. These were to warn the which begins, “Listen, my
sexton who hung Paul Revere’s patriots in Charlestown of the children, and you shall hear of
signal lanterns in the belfry of westward departure of British the midnight ride of Paul Revere.”
the Old North Church, influential troops, on their way to engage A versatile gold- and
Colonial period Puritan ministers, the revolutionaries. silversmith, and maker of church
as well as hundreds of black An imposing marble bust of bells and cannons, Revere lived
slaves and freedmen. George Washington, dating here from 1770 to 1800. Small
During the British occupation from 1815, adorns the church leaded casement windows, an
of Boston, King George lll’s troops interior, which has unusual overhanging upper story, and
were said to have used the slate high-sided box pews. These nail-studded front door make
headstones for target practice, and were designed to enclose the house a fine example of
pockmarks from their musket balls footwarmers, which were filled 18th-century Early American
are still visible. Copp’s Hill Terrace, with hot coals or bricks during architecture. Two rooms in the
directly across Charter Street, is the wintry weather. The tower house contain artifacts and
site where, in 1919, a 2.3-million- contains the first set of church furniture from the Revere family.
gallon tank of molasses exploded, bells made in North America, In the courtyard is a large
drowning 21 people in a huge, cast in 1745. One of the first bronze bell cast by Revere, who
syrupy tidal wave. bellringers was a teenage is known to have made nearly
Paul Revere. 200 church bells.
u Old North i Paul Revere Mall
Church
Map E2. Hanover St.  Haymarket,
Map E2. 193 Salem St. Tel (617) 858- Aquarium. 7
8231.  Haymarket, Aquarium,
N Station. Open Mar–May & Nov–Dec: This brick-paved plaza, between
9am–5pm daily; Jan–Feb: 10am–4pm Hanover and Unity Streets,
daily; Jun–Oct: 9am–6pm daily. 5 provides a precious stretch of
9am, 11am Sun (also 5pm Jul–Aug).
7 & donation. 8 Mar–Dec: open space in the crowded
“Behind the Scenes Tour” (fee neighborhood of the North End,
charged). ∑ oldnorth.com once populated by people of
Italian descent. Laid out in 1933,
Officially named Christ its focal point is an equestrian
Episcopal Church, the Old North statue of Paul Revere (1735– Paul Revere House, where the patriot
Church, which dates from 1723, 1818). Benches, a fountain, and began his midnight ride
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp184–6 and pp187–9

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