Old North Church

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Anglican church Episcopal church National Historic Landmark historic church tourist attraction

Old North Church is a historic 18th-century Boston church best known as the site where lanterns were hung to signal Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride during the American Revolution.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Old North Church canonical	16
Christ Church in the City of Boston	2
New North Church (now St. Stephen’s Church), Boston	1
Old North Church (Boston)	1
Old North Church Foundation	1
Old North Church Parish	1
Old North Church steeple	1
Old North Church, Boston	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican church ⓘ Episcopal church ⓘ National Historic Landmark ⓘ historic church ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Christ Church ⓘ Old North Church ⓘ surface form: Christ Church in the City of Boston
architecturalStyle	Georgian architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	American Revolutionary era ⓘ surface form: American Revolution Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ Paul Revere ⓘ
bellsCastIn	England ⓘ
centuryOfConstruction	18th century ⓘ
completionDate	1723 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1723 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfEvent	1775-04-18 ⓘ
denomination	Anglican rite ⓘ surface form: Anglican (historical) Episcopal Church ⓘ surface form: Episcopal Church (United States)
foundedAs	Old North Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Christ Church in the City of Boston
function	historic site ⓘ place of worship ⓘ
hasArchitect	William Price ⓘ
hasBells	ring of eight bells ⓘ
hasDiocese	Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts ⓘ
hasFeature	bell tower ⓘ box pews ⓘ central aisle ⓘ crypt ⓘ
hasParish	Old North Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old North Church Parish
hasSpire	yes ⓘ
hasTower	yes ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
inception	1723 ⓘ
locatedIn	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston Massachusetts ⓘ North End, Boston ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
material	brick ⓘ
NRHPListingYear	1961 ⓘ
NRHPType	building ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
partOf	Freedom Trail ⓘ
significantEvent	hanging of two lanterns on April 18, 1775 ⓘ signal for Paul Revere’s midnight ride ⓘ
usedFor	educational programs ⓘ historical tours ⓘ religious services ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boston, Massachusetts → hasHistoricSite → Old North Church ⓘ

Boston is a major city in New England → hasLandmark → Old North Church ⓘ

subject surface form: Boston

Suffolk County, Massachusetts → containsLandmark → Old North Church ⓘ

Freedom Trail → hasSite → Old North Church ⓘ

Old North Church → foundedAs → Old North Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christ Church in the City of Boston

Old North Church → alsoKnownAs → Old North Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christ Church in the City of Boston

Old North Church → hasParish → Old North Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old North Church Parish

Boston National Historical Park → hasSite → Old North Church ⓘ

Charles Bulfinch → notableWork → Old North Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: New North Church (now St. Stephen’s Church), Boston

National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts → includesSite → Old North Church ⓘ

Copp's Hill Burying Ground → locatedNear → Old North Church ⓘ

Christ Church → alsoKnownAs → Old North Church ⓘ

Christ Church → governingBody → Old North Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old North Church Foundation

William Price → notableWork → Old North Church ⓘ

William Price → associatedWith → Old North Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old North Church, Boston

North End, Boston → contains → Old North Church ⓘ

North End, Boston → hasReligiousSite → Old North Church ⓘ

Colonial Boston → hasInstitution → Old North Church ⓘ

Old North Church → modeledAfter → Old North Church ⓘ

subject surface form: Old North Church (Forest Lawn)

this entity surface form: Old North Church (Boston)

North End → contains → Old North Church ⓘ

North End → hasHistoricSite → Old North Church ⓘ

North End → hasReligiousBuilding → Old North Church ⓘ

Paul Revere–cast bells → notableExampleLocatedIn → Old North Church ⓘ

Paul Revere–cast bells → associatedWith → Old North Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old North Church steeple