The colorful wall paintings adorn Boston’s Old North Church, which played a crucial role during Paul Revere’s famed 1775 midnight ride Sarah Kuta - Daily Correspondent January 2, 2025 ...

Mural conservators in Boston are working to uncover 20 angels hidden for more than a century underneath layers of paint at the Boston church attended by Paul Revere — just months before the ...

Mural conservators are working to uncover 20 angels hidden under layers of paint for more than a century at the Boston church made famous by Paul Revere. Gianfranco Pocobene has been working atop ...

Revere was also a teenage bell ringer in the congregation. In 1860, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote "Paul Revere's Ride," mentioning the church and introducing the phrase, "one if by land, and ...

The rest of the 16 total angels are expected to be revealed soon, in advance of the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride on 18 April 1775. The total cost of the project is estimated at $465,000.

The painted angels — with round childlike faces and wings — once were among the defining features of Old North Church when they were painted around 1730.

Conservators are working to restore colorful angels painted nearly 300 years ago at Boston’s Old North Church, a historic house of worship made famous by Paul Revere. Founded in 1723 in the ...