Boston - Freedom Trail: Old North Church General Lafayette, standing here in 1824 and looking at the bust of Washington, said to be the first memorial to the President, said, "Yes, that is the man I knew and more like him than any other portrait." Old North Church, at 193 Salem Street, is famous as the location from which the famous "One if by land, and two if by sea" signal is said to have been sent. Built in 1723 by William Price in a Georgian style inspired by the works of Christopher Wren, it is the oldest standing church in Boston. In April 1775, Paul Revere told three local patriots—church sexton Robert Newman, Captain John Pulling, and Thomas Bernard to hang two lanterns in the steeple to send a warning to Charlestown patriots across the river about the movements of the British army. The Charleston patriots were backup riders who were prepared to deliver the message to Lexington and Concord in case Revere and his fellow rider, William Dawes didn't make it. It turns out that the Charlestown rider, instead, was the one who did not make it and identity has disappeared from history. National Register #66000776 (1966) / VFL.Ru