by prhstaff | Nov 23, 2024 | Blog
The Fashionable Reveres? By: Katie Burke Visitors at the Paul Revere House often ask us to identify objects they see around the home and to describe what they were used for. Some of the objects are easily defined, as there are similar items in use today, and...
by prhstaff | Oct 1, 2024 | Revere House Radio
Revere House Radio In 1954, during a legal battle over her right to perform in Boston, actress and singer Christine Jorgensen visited the Paul Revere House. This episode’s guest, Mehitabel Glenhaber, wrote a Revere House Gazette article about these events. Interpreter...
by prhstaff | Sep 17, 2024 | Revere House Radio
Revere House Radio On September 16, 1774, Paul Revere delivered the Suffolk Resolves to the delegates at the First Continental Congress, held at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia. This episode’s guest is Michael Norris, Executive Director of Carpenters’ Hall, which is...
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 CDD | Jun 11, 2021 | Revere House Radio
Revere House Radio This week, we’re talking privies, drains, and sewers! We’re discussing various digs done our site in recent years, and what archeology can teach us about the past, and help us preserve it for the future. Massachusett websiteInteractive...
