by prhstaff | Nov 24, 2020 | Revere House Radio
Revere House Radio What about that brick building you see looming over the Revere House courtyard? That’s the Pierce/Hichborn House, built in 1711. Listen to learn more about is architectural and peopled history, starting with window making, bookies, and Paul...
by prhstaff | Oct 31, 2020 | Revere House Radio
Revere House Radio While our primary interpretive focus at the PRMA is on the Revere family and the Revere House, we have two other great historic structures that we maintain and use. Listen in to learn about the history of Lathrop Place, the 1835 building that now...
by prhstaff | Aug 22, 2020 | Blog
Onesimus Mather and the Origins of Inoculation in Boston By: Rowan Wheeler In 1721, Boston was in the middle of a mass exodus. That summer, hundreds of Bostonians fled to smaller villages and towns to escape the threat of smallpox. That year’s pandemic would wipe out...
by CDD | Jul 9, 2020 | Revere House Radio
Revere House Radio Paul Revere was a life-long resident of Boston’s North End, and some of his most prominent haunts are still scattered around the neighborhood today. Learn about Revere’s hotspots and the changes that occurred in the neighborhood during...
by prhstaff | Jun 15, 2020 | Blog
“Horrid Scenes of Villainy”: The Stamp Act Protest of August 1765 By Nina Rodwin August 14, 1765, most likely began as a typical day for Paul Revere. As he went about the day’s work at his silversmith shop on Clark’s Wharf, Revere was probably unaware that a...
