43 High St.
Medford, Mass.
This historic building on High St. in Medford was built in 1720 and was home to Captain Isaac Hall, the company commander of the Medford Minute Men in 1775. Paul Revere stopped here on the night of 18 April 1775 and awoke Capt. Hall, warning him that the "Regulars" were out.Here is the stanza from Longfellow's famous poem "Paul Revere's Ride", that describes Revere passing through Medford that evening:
It was twelve by the village clock
When he crossed the bridge into Medford town.
He heard the crowing of the cock,
And the barking of the farmer's dog,
And felt the damp of the river fog,
That rises after the sun goes down.
This building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The Isaac Hall house is currently the site of the Gaffey Funeral Home.
2 comments:
The building is currently occupied by Gaffey Funeral Home, not Gaffney.
It is now a mosque. The current owners are going to restore the outside to look closer to the historic original. They plan to remove the vinyl siding and restore the windows, so from the street it will look nicer and more authentic.
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