Mapping Black North Enders, 1780-1810: Interview with Ryan Bachman

by prhstaff | Apr 22, 2025 | Revere House Radio

Revere House Radio For the last episode of Season Four, recent Paul Revere House Research Fellow Ryan Bachman discusses his research into Black residents in the North End, in the decade that legal slavery ended in Massachusetts and the decades that followed. He...

Introducing a New Map of Paul Revere’s Neighbors: the North End’s Black History from 1780 to 1810

by prhstaff | Apr 22, 2025 | Blog

Introducing a New Map of Paul Revere’s Neighbors: the North End’s Black History from 1780 to 1810 Boston was racially diverse in the decades surrounding the American Revolution, but until recently, the Paul Revere House had relatively little information on...

Two if By Sea and So Much More: Interview with Nikki Stewart

by prhstaff | Apr 1, 2025 | Revere House Radio

Revere House Radio This episode’s guest is Nikki Stewart, Executive Director of Old North Illuminated. She says that Old North Church is famous for just one minute, when Paul Revere’s signal lanterns shone, but there’s a lot more to the church’s long history. Nikki...

Transgender History and the Media: interview with Mehitabel Glenhaber

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...

“There is all that is left of our Kilby Street store” – Key, 19th Century (PR. 2004. 24)

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...