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6 Paul Revere from 1770 to 1800. Small
House leaded casement windows, an
overhanging upper story, and
19 North Sq. Map 2 E2. Tel (617) 523- nail-studded front door all
2338.  Haymarket, Aquarium. contribute to make it a fine
Open mid-Apr–Oct: 9:30am–5:15pm example of 17th-century Early
daily; Nov–mid-Apr: 9:30am–4:15pm American architecture. In the
daily (Pierce-Hichborn House call for
tour hours). Closed Jan–Mar: Mon. & courtyard along one side of
7 ^ 9 ∑ paulreverehouse.org the house is a large bronze
bell, cast by Paul Revere for a
The city’s oldest surviving church in 1804 – Revere made
clapboard frame house is nearly 200 church bells. Three
historically significant, for it rooms in the house contain
was here in 1775 that Paul period artifacts, including
Revere began his legendary original pieces of family fur-
horseback ride to warn his niture, items made in Revere’s
compatriots in Lexington of workshop, and colonial bank- The famous Paul Revere House built
the impending arrival of British notes. The house, which by the in the 17th century
troops (see p23). This mid-19th century
historic event was had be come a 7 Christopher
later immortalized in decrepit tenement
a boldly patriotic, fronted by stores, Columbus Park
epic poem by was saved from Atlantic Avenue, between Long
Henry Wadsworth demo lition by & Commercial Wharves.
Longfellow (see preserva tionists’ Map 2 E3.  Aquarium.
p110). It begins efforts led by a
“Listen, my chil dren, Colonial banknotes, great-grandson Extensive urban renewal along
and you shall hear of exhibited in the of Revere. the Inner Harbor resulted in the
the midnight ride Paul Revere House Next door, the completion of this handsome
of Paul Revere.” early 18th-century park in 1976. It covers 4.5 acres
Revere, a Huguenot descen- Pierce-Hichborn House is (2 ha) with wisteria clinging to
dent, was by trade a versatile the earliest brick town house a 340-ft (104-m) long arched
gold- and silversmith, copper remaining in New England. trellis, and is a superlative spot
engraver, and maker of church It features Georgian English for views of the waterfront and
bells, cannons, and false teeth. motifs such as shallow arches the Financial District. The com-
He and his second wife Rachel, over the doors and windows, memorative Rose Kennedy
mother of eight of his 16 and twin chimneys. It is open Garden was added to the
children, owned the house for guided tours only. park’s layout in 1987.

Boston Harbor as seen from Christopher Columbus Park

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