193 Salem St., Boston, Massachusetts. County/parish: Suffolk.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000776.
4 contributing buildings.Also known as:
The Old North Church (officially Christ Church in the City of Boston) is an Episcopal mission church located in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The church, which was built in 1723, is the oldest standing church building in the city and a National Historic Landmark.
Old North Church is notable for its role in Paul Revere's midnight ride on April 18, 1775. On that night, the church's sexton, Robert Newman, hung two lanterns in the church's steeple which alerted Revere and the other riders to British military movements prior to the battles of Lexington and Concord, the first engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793857