Person · 1735

Paul Revere

North End silversmith, engraver and revolutionary courier (1735–1818), immortalized by Longfellow’s 1860 poem about his midnight ride.

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Why it matters

One of the oldest things still standing in the region — dated to 1735, and tied to 6 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: one good detour.

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 eventBoston 400 — The Quadricentennial (2030)

Pulse

How it feels right now

Current energylively

Best nowone good detour

Best timegolden hour

historicserendipitous

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 densitystrong

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 walkBoston 1775 Walk

The lanterns, the ride, the muster — the places where April 1775 actually unfolded, walked in sequence.

70 min · 5 stops · 2.0 mi →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 stopPaul Revere HouseClose enough to feel spontaneous, different enough to change the texture of the visit.1 min walk 02Pull this threadMidnight Ride of Paul Revere (1775)A real relationship that changes how this object reads.Historical event 03Hidden in plain sightPierce–Hichborn HouseA quieter stop nearby that rewards a second look.Building / Landmark 04Same story, different centuryJohn HancockA time jump that keeps the civic argument going.Person 05The connection you would miss on a mapGranary Burying Groundburied here.Building / Landmark

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.John Hancock →

Civic memory

What this meant before

17351735Paul Revere enters the civic record here.1775Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (1775)On the night of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere rode from the North End through Charlestown to Lexington to warn that British regulars were marching.1680Paul Revere HouseDowntown Boston’s oldest building (c.1807Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe most famous poet of 19th-century America (1807–1882), who wrote "Paul Revere’s Ride" from his Brattle Street house — Washington’s former headquarters.

Established: 1735
Graph connections: 6

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

In the graph 6 relationships — first-class data, not links

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Historically related

Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (1775)

Associated with

Henry Wadsworth Longfellowwrote the poem Paul Revere Househis home, 1770–1800 Granary Burying Groundburied here

Warren Taverna regular

Located in

Boston

Nearby what sits within a few minutes’ walk

Building / Landmark · 1 min walk

Paul Revere House

Museum / Cultural · 1 min walk

Pierce/Hichborn House Museum

Building / Landmark · 1 min walk

Pierce–Hichborn House

Historical context

Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (1775)1775

An unexpected connection

Paul Revere is linked, through the graph, to Warren Tavern — restaurant / café, 20 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

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

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○Source qualityBest source is unclassified

○Independent corroboration1 source

✓Human-reviewedEditorially verified

○Institutional backingNo primary source yet

✓Record completeness80% of canonical fields present

Sources, by tier

Paul Revere Memorial Association Unclassified

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

Relationship density58

6 connections

Record coverage66

metadata completeness

Graph authority66

centrality + reach + trust

Schema.org JSON-LD — what answer engines read

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