Building / Landmark · 1711

Pierce–Hichborn House

Historic house in Massachusetts, United States.

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Photograph · Wikimedia Commons

Why it matters

One of the oldest things still standing in the region — dated to 1711, and tied to 1 other entities across four centuries of the city’s record.

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Living object

Now, then, future

Every object is temporal: what it feels like now, what it used to mean, and what it can become next.

Now

lively. Best now: the older layer.

Then

1659: The North End’s 1659 burying ground — colonial Boston’s free Black community of "New Guinea" lies here with the Mather dynasty, and British cannon fired on Bunker Hill from its crest.

Future

2026: America’s 250th — July 4, 2026.

Current modegolden hour

Historical echoCopp’s Hill Burying Ground

Connected eventGreat Molasses Flood (1919)

Pulse

How it feels right now

Current energylively

Best nowthe older layer

Best timegolden hour

historicserendipitousNorth End

Rain scoregood

Indoor escapes within a few blocks.

Laptop friendlinesslow

Coffee, libraries, bookstores, and campus edges.

Student presencehigh

How strongly the nearby graph reads as campus life.

Tourist pressurelow

Fame, landmark pull, and visitor-facing assets.

Historic densityextreme

Older records and historical edges around this object.

Serendipityhigh

Different kinds of things hiding within a short walk.

Turn this into a walk

Routes with a point of view

Already a walkBest of North End

The most significant places in North End, ordered into a walkable loop by the graph.

58 min · 6 stops · 22 min walk →Make it walkableShow me the best 45 minutes from here

Turn the surrounding graph into a short, walkable next move.

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What should I see next?

Chosen moves from here

01The right next stopPierce/Hichborn House MuseumClose enough to feel spontaneous, different enough to change the texture of the visit.1 min walk 02Hidden in plain sightPalace TheatreA quieter stop nearby that rewards a second look.Museum / Cultural 03Same story, different centuryOld State HouseA time jump that keeps the civic argument going.Building / Landmark 04The connection you would miss on a mapNorth EndA civic relationship that is easier to understand once you see the graph.Neighborhood

The editor's hand

Human recommendations

The Civic Graph Editorial DeskEditorial standardLook for the older layer before you move on. This object is connected to more than its facade suggests.Old State House →

Civic memory

What this meant before

17111711Pierce–Hichborn House enters the civic record here.1659Copp’s Hill Burying GroundThe North End’s 1659 burying ground — colonial Boston’s free Black community of "New Guinea" lies here with the Mather dynasty, and British cannon fired on Bunker Hill from its crest.1680Paul Revere HouseDowntown Boston’s oldest building (c.1722John PitcairnBritish Marine officer during the American Revolutionary War.

Established: 1711
Graph connections: 1

Plan your visit

Get there

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In popular culture◷Johnny Tremain (1943) — Esther Forbes

In the graph 1 relationships — first-class data, not links

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Located in

North End

Nearby what sits within a few minutes’ walk

Museum / Cultural · 1 min walk

Pierce/Hichborn House Museum

Park / Public space · 1 min walk

Rachel Revere Park

Person · 1 min walk

Paul Revere

An unexpected connection

Pierce–Hichborn House is linked, through the graph, to North End — neighborhood, 2 min walk away. The kind of thread you only find by following the connections.

Keep exploring graph-powered — every path below is a real relationship, not a guess

NearbyA few minutes’ walk away

Pierce/Hichborn House MuseumMuseum / Cultural Rachel Revere ParkPark / Public space Paul ReverePerson Paul Revere HouseBuilding / Landmark North SquareBuilding / Landmark

Also in North EndShares a neighborhood

Old North ChurchBuilding / Landmark Regina PizzeriaRestaurant / Café Union Oyster HouseRestaurant / Café Great Molasses Flood (1919)Historical event Copp’s Hill Burying GroundBuilding / Landmark

More landmarksOther landmarks in the graph

Granary Burying GroundBuilding / Landmark Fenway ParkBuilding / Landmark Faneuil HallBuilding / Landmark Old State HouseBuilding / Landmark Old South Meeting HouseBuilding / Landmark

From the Revolutionary eraOf the same period

Boston LightBuilding / Landmark Benjamin FranklinPerson First American Newspaper (1704)Historical event Old Corner BookstoreBuilding / Landmark The Inoculation Experiment (1721)Historical event

Visitors also exploreReached through the same connections

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How this is scored →

○Source qualityBest source is open reference

○Independent corroboration1 source

✓Human-reviewedEditorially verified

○Institutional backingNo primary source yet

○Record completeness60% of canonical fields present

Sources, by tier

Wikidata Q7191769 Open reference

The same entity, elsewhere

WikidataQ7191769

Graph scores — our north star is relationship density, not page count

Relationship density13

1 connection

Record coverage56

metadata completeness

Graph authority23

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Schema.org JSON-LD — what answer engines read

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