Revere House (1847–1912) was an upscale hotel in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts, located on Bowdoin Square in the West End.
[2] William Washburn designed the hotel building, constructed in 1847 on the former site of the house of Boston merchant Kirk Boott.
It hosted the likes of writer Charles Dickens, singer Jenny Lind ("The Swedish Nightingale").
"[3] Other notable guests: Ulysses S. Grant, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson, William Tecumseh Sherman, Walt Whitman,[4] Edward VII, Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, Philip Sheridan, the Iwakura Mission of Japan,[5] and singers Christina Nilsson and Adelina Patti.
Through the years, owners included Otis Norcross, Frederick W. Lincoln, Uriel Crocker, Nathaniel J.