The Paul Revere House
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Why go
- Paul Revere’s 900-pound bronze bell in the brick-paved courtyard.
- The rear kitchen and fireplace, added around 1790, in the first room visitors enter.
Opening hours
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Don't miss
- Original doorThe surviving door is painted to imitate wood grain.Inside the house.
- Oyster-shell plasterworkOriginal plasterwork was made with ground oyster shells and cement.Inside the house.
- Diamond-pane windowsPaired casement windows have diamond-shaped panes.On the main facade.
- Overhanging second storyExposed beams sit beneath the projecting upper floor.On the street-facing facade.
- Large fireplacesThe rooms have large fireplaces and wooden ceiling beams.Inside the house.
What's inside
- A rear upstairs bedroom is open to visitors.
- A visitor and education center occupies two adjacent houses at Lathrop Place. An elevated walkway connects it to the house.
- The museum complex includes the nearby Pierce–Hichborn House.
Interesting facts6
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It is the oldest surviving residence in Downtown Boston.
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It is the only wooden dwelling from its era left in the neighborhood.
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The house has a brick and fieldstone foundation and clapboard siding.
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One of the two brick chimneys is a replica.
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The house has no interior hallways.
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Rear casement windows were installed because neighboring buildings stood close to the house.
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History
Its first owner was Robert Howard, a merchant and slave trader. Paul Revere owned it from 1770 to 1800 and began his midnight ride from the house in 1775. After Revere sold it, the house became a tenement with ground-floor businesses. Reynolds Jr. Joseph Everett Chandler directed its restoration, and it opened as a museum in 1908.
- 1676A fire destroyed the parsonage that stood on the site.
- c. 1680The house was built. Its first owner was merchant Robert Howard.
- 1770–1800Paul Revere owned the house. He moved in with his first wife, five children and mother.
- 1775Revere began his midnight ride from the house. His family left Boston during the British siege.
- 19th c.The house became a tenement, with businesses on the ground floor.
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- 1902Revere’s descendant John P. Reynolds Jr. bought the house to prevent its demolition.
- 1908The house opened to the public after a restoration directed by Joseph Everett Chandler.
How to get there
- On footThe house is on the Freedom Trail between Faneuil Hall and Old North Church.
Accessibility
- Second-floor wheelchair access
Sources: Paul Revere House - Wikipedia · Paul Revere House - Wikipedia · Maison de Paul Revere - Wikipedia · checked 29 Oct 2026
- Website
- paulreverehouse.org/
- Phone
- +1 617-523-2338
Questions and answers
Where is The Paul Revere House in Boston?
The house is at 19 North Square in Boston’s North End, on the Freedom Trail between Faneuil Hall and Old North Church.
Is The Paul Revere House wheelchair accessible?
The second floor is accessible to wheelchair users.
What can you see at The Paul Revere House?
The rooms contain Revere family furniture, fireplaces and original plasterwork. A bronze bell made by Paul Revere stands in the courtyard.
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