
19 North Square, Boston, MA, 02113, United States
On the night of April 18, 1775, silversmith Paul Revere left his small wooden home in Boston's North End and set out on a journey that would make him into a legend. Today that home is still standing at 19 North Square and has become a national historic landmark. It...
0.3 miles
Historic House
19 North Square, Boston, MA, 02113, United States
The Pierce/Hichborn House, built about 1711, is one of the earliest remaining brick structures in Boston. The house is an excellent example of early Georgian architecture. Its elegant symmetrical style was a radical change from the wood-framed Tudor dwellings, such...
0.3 miles
Historic House
141 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA, 02114, United States
The Otis House is the last surviving mansion in what was Boston’s most elite eighteenth-century neighborhood. Charles Bulfinch designed the house for Harrison Gray Otis. Otis was a lawyer who made a fortune developing nearby Beacon Hill, served in Congress, and was...
0.4 miles
Historic House
55 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, MA, 02108, United States
This impressive four-story town house was constructed in 1804 as one of four row houses, and is one of the earliest structures on Beacon Hill. The original Federal design is attributed to Charles Bulfinch, the eminent architect who designed the Massachusetts State...
0.5 miles
Historic House
137 Beacon Street, Boston, MA, 02116, United States
Built in 1859-60, the Gibson House stands as the historic house museum of the Back Bay. In 2001, the National Park Service declared the Gibson House a National Historic Landmark. It is unique as an unspoiled single-family residence that retains its kitchen, scullery,...
0.9 miles
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195 Boston Street, Dorchester, 02125, United States
William Clapp, son of Capt. Lemuel and Rebecca (Dexter) Clap, was born in Dorchester on March 3, 1779, and died on Feb. 29, 1860. He followed the business of his father, and established and carried on, till near the close of his life, the large and well-known...
2.5 miles
Historic House
199 Boston Street, Dorchester, MA, 02125, United States
The Lemuel Clap House was remodeled to its present appearance by Lemuel Clap in 1765. Illustrative of mid-18th-century rural architecture and sited behind a fragrant wall of lilacs, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Lemuel Clap House was...
2.5 miles
Historic House
33 Shirley Street, Roxbury, MA, 02119-2725, United States
Royal Governor William Shirley's Georgian mansion is the only remaining country house in America built by a British Royal Colonial Governor. This imposing design is attributed to Peter Harrison, "America's first architect."
2.5 miles
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83 Beals Street , Brookline, MA, 02446, United States
John F. Kennedy NHS preserves the birthplace of America’s 35th president. In 1967, the president’s mother returned here, where Kennedy spent his boyhood, and restored the house to her recollection of its 1917 appearance. Each year, thousands of visitors join NPS...
3.6 miles
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347 Harvard Street , Brookline, MA, 02446, United States
The Edward Devotion House is one of the oldest colonial structures in Brookline. Owned by the town and administered by the Brookline Historical Society, it is a fine example of mid-eighteenth century architecture.
3.6 miles
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