Summer Weather In Colonial Boston

Summer Weather In Colonial Boston By: Mehitabel Glenhaber   In the summer months, especially on a 95-degree day like we’ve been having a lot of this year, visitors to the Revere house often ask, “Wouldn’t they have been hot?” How did people in colonial...

Paul Revere’s “Other” Rides

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...

Pierce-Hichborn House

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...

Lathrop Place

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...

Interactive Map: The Midnight Rides

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...

The “Boston Marriage” of Edith Guerrier and Edith Brown

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...

Extreme Weather For Paul Revere

Revere House Radio What was the weather like in the Colonial period? This episode outlines a handful of extreme weather events Revere experienced, as well as what the weather was like on the day of recording! Read Jeremiah Newland’s poem about the Cape Ann...