Building / Landmark · 1680 · Boston

Paul Revere House

Downtown Boston’s oldest building (c. 1680) and Paul Revere’s home from 1770 — he left from here on the night of April 18, 1775.

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Why it matters

One of the oldest things still standing in the region — dated to 1680, and tied to 4 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

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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 02Pull this threadPaul Reverehis home, 1770–1800.Person 03Hidden in plain sightPierce–Hichborn HouseA quieter stop nearby that rewards a second look.Building / Landmark 04Same story, different centuryWesterly Burial GroundA time jump that keeps the civic argument going.Building / Landmark 05Follow “Revolutionary Boston”Founding of Boston (1630)The Revolution didn’t happen in a museum — it happened on these streets, in this order. Follow the events as they unfolded, from the city’s founding to the shot heard round the world.Historical event

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.Westerly Burial Ground →

Civic memory

What this meant before

16801680Paul Revere House enters the civic record here.1735Paul RevereNorth End silversmith, engraver and revolutionary courier (1735–1818), immortalized by Longfellow’s 1860 poem about his midnight ride.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.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.

Established: 1680
Address: 19 North Square, Boston
Online: Official site ↗
Graph connections: 4

Plan your visit

Websitepaulreverehouse.org ↗

Get there

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

In the graph 4 relationships — first-class data, not links

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Associated with

Paul Reverehis home, 1770–1800

Historically related

Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (1775)the ride began here

The Freedom Trail

Located in

North End

Nearby what sits within a few minutes’ walk

Person · 1 min walk

Paul Revere

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 House is linked, through the graph, to The Freedom Trail — attraction, 17 min walk away. The kind of thread you only find by following the connections.

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NearbyA few minutes’ walk away

Paul ReverePerson Pierce/Hichborn House MuseumMuseum / Cultural Pierce–Hichborn HouseBuilding / Landmark Rachel Revere ParkPark / Public space 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 colonial eraOf the same period

Westerly Burial GroundBuilding / Landmark King's ChapelBuilding / Landmark First American Newspaper (1704)Historical event Benjamin FranklinPerson Second Church, BostonBuilding / Landmark

Visitors also exploreReached through the same connections

Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPerson Warren TavernRestaurant / Café Boston CommonPark / Public space Bunker Hill MonumentBuilding / Landmark USS ConstitutionAttraction

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✓Source qualityBest source is primary / institutional

✓Independent corroboration3 sources across 3 tiers

✓Human-reviewedEditorially verified

✓Institutional backingCites a primary or institutional source

✓Record completeness100% of canonical fields present

Sources, by tier

Paul Revere Memorial Association Unclassified

OpenStreetMap way/240376785 Open reference

U.S. National Park Service (NPS API) Primary / institutional

The same entity, elsewhere

OpenStreetMapway/240376785 Official sitehttps://www.paul…

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

Relationship density44

4 connections

Record coverage100

metadata completeness

Graph authority75

centrality + reach + trust

Schema.org JSON-LD — what answer engines read

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