Paul Revere House
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The home was built in 1680. Paul Revere owned the home from 1770 to 1800.

Paul Revere gained fame from his famous midnight ride. The British got word that guns and ammunition were being stored in Concord. On April 18, 1775, Joseph Warren discovered that British soldiers were preparing to board boats to Cambridge where they would disembark for a march to Lexington and Concord. He sent Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn the patriots that the British were coming. His intelligence also suggested that they were probably going to try and arrest John Hancock and Samuel Adams who also needed to be warned.

Revere eventually helped Hancock to escape from the British. He was immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem Paul Revere’s Ride.

Paul Revere House

The Paul Revere House (1680) was the colonial home of American patriot Paul Revere during the time of the American Revolution. It is located at 19 North Square, Boston, Massachusetts, in the city's North End, and is now operated as a nonprofit museum by the Paul Revere Memorial Association. A small admission fee is charged.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul Revere House