Old North Church

Old North Church, officially Christ Church in the City of Boston, is an immortal fixture in the tale of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.  Built in 1723, the church was actually a bastion of loyalism to King George III at the time of the American Revolution.  However, on April 18, 1775, patriot Paul Revere had church sexton Robert Newman hang two lanterns from Old North’s steeple to signal to the patriots in Charlestown that the British Regulars were going to cross the Charles River.  This event, which allowed the patriots to prepare for the upcoming battles of Lexington and Concord, was made famous in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” in the line, “One if by land, and two if by sea.”  Today the church is managed and preserved by the not-for-profit Old North Foundation, and it is still host to an active Episcopalian congregation.

• Visit the oldest standing church in the entirety of Boston
• Hear the 8 different bells that Old North Church rings regularly
• Explore one of the several different beautiful gardens