by prhstaff | Jan 20, 2024 | Blog
Paul Revere’s “Other” Rides By: Tegan Kehoe Listen, our readers, and you shall hearof the lesser-known rides of Paul Revere. While Revere is famous for his midnight ride on the eve of the Revolutionary War, he actually made a number of rides as a...
by CDD | Nov 7, 2023 | Blog
Pierce/Hichborn House The Pierce/Hichborn House, built about 1711, is one of the earliest remaining brick structures in Boston. The house is an excellent example of early Georgian architecture. Its elegant symmetrical style was a radical change from the wood-framed...
by CDD | Nov 7, 2023 | Blog
Lathrop Place The row houses at 5 & 6 Lathrop Place, along with the privately owned 7 & 8 Lathrop Place, sit on land that was part of Paul Revere’s backyard. In 1835 Lydia Loring, the owner of Revere’s North Square property, sold her backlot to housewrights...
by EHP | Dec 14, 2021 | Blog
Interactive Map:The Midnight Rides of April 18 & 19, 1775 The Midnight Rides of April 18-19, 1775 Get Started Map goes here. Enabling JavaScript will give you the best...
by prhstaff | Nov 10, 2021 | Blog
“There is all that is left of our Kilby Street store” – Key, 19th Century (PR. 2004. 24) By: Mandy Tuttle 149 years ago on November 9-10th 1872, a great fire raged through downtown Boston. The fire originated at a hoop skirt factory on Summer Street and...
by prhstaff | Oct 26, 2021 | Blog
The “Boston Marriage” of Edith Guerrier and Edith Brown By: Tirzah Frank Edith Guerrier begins her autobiography “It is good to be alive! That is how I feel today, and that is how I felt seventy-seven years ago when, at the age of three, I ran away, taking...
