Paul Revere House

Downtown Boston's oldest structure (built in 1680), Paul Revere's House is a demure, seemingly unremarkable house that was home to everyone's favorite night rider from 1770 to 1800. It was also the starting point of his legendary nocturnal gallop to Lexington.

DID YOU KNOW? The name of Paul Revere's horse, made famous by the Longfellow poem, will forever remain anonymous. There is one mention of the mare within the genealogy of the Larkin family, rumored to be the owners of the horse Revere used that night. "Brown Beauty," the mare loaned at the request of Samuel Larkin's son, deacon John Larkin, was never returned to the owner after the famous ride. If true, not only did Revere ride a mare that he didn't own, but it's a twice borrowed horse.