Open by appointment.
Canton Historical Society
  • Home
  • News
  • About
    • Visit
    • Online Store
    • Membership
    • Support
  • Research
  • Online Exhibit

Tours Set for Paul Revere Heritage Site

10/1/2016

1 Comment

 
Picture
The stage is set!  Join two Canton historians (George Comeau and James Roache) on a public tour of this heritage redevelopment site. Centrally located in the town, the Paul Revere Heritage Site is a 40-acre allotment along the Neponset River. The former industrial site is currently being adapted for contemporary reuse, and shall build townhouses, condos, apartments, a dog park, trails, and a park with historic features. The future 9-acre park contains the historic Revere & Son copper-rolling mill and the Joseph Warren Revere Barn. The complex was founded by Paul Revere and proved to be the birthplace of the nation’s copper industry. Current redevelopment concepts being explored call for the mill to be used as a heritage museum and cultural center, and the barn to be transformed into a destination restaurant.

Tours are limited to 20 spaces at a time, and advance space must be reserved (free.)
Saturday, October 8th at 9:00 am and 10:00 am
Sunday, October 16th at 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, and 3:00pm
Wear comfortable shoes, this is a walking tour. 


Reserve your advance tickets (free) by clicking this link. 

Note James Roache will be available on October 16th only.

1 Comment

Field Trip

10/11/2015

1 Comment

 

Quarterly Meeting Features Trip to PRH Site

The day was bright, the colors vivid, and wonderful company gathered at the Paul Revere Heritage Site to get a private "behind the scenes" tour of the Paul Revere Heritage Site at the former Plymouth Rubber factory complex. The members only tour was arranged by George Comeau, a member of the Paul Revere Heritage Advisory Commission. "We spent about an hour and a half touring the site and getting an up-close view of the ongoing adaptive reuse of the Joseph Warren Revere Barn and the Copper Rolling Mill," said Comeau. Also conducting the tour was James Roache a curator at the Histy with a deep knowledge of the site. Jeremy Comeau was on hand to help visitors a better understanding of the development agreement, timing for the project, and potential uses.

​More than twenty members attended the tour which was complete with cider and donuts. A perfect autumn day that brought members back to 1801 when Paul Revere came to Canton to begin the copper industry in America. The Canton Historical Society will be an important partner in the ongoing efforts to transform this hazardous site into a 9 acre park, cultural and historical attraction and one America's most historic sites tied to post-colonial industry. 

Take a look at the tour and some of the buildings in their present state. 

​
1 Comment

    The Histy

    An occasional compendium of news and happenings at the Histy and historic preservation in Canton.

    Archives

    March 2022
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    October 2016
    September 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2014

    Categories

    All
    Community Preservation Act
    Exhibits
    Fundraising
    Historic Preservation
    Paul Revere Heritage
    Volunteers

    RSS Feed

      Join Our Mailing List

    Subscribe to Newsletter

Location

Contact Us
1400 Washington Street
Canton, MA 02021
​781-615-9040

Become a member today. 

Copyright 2023- Canton Historical Society, Inc.