Old North Church’s historical records are housed and preserved at the Massachusetts Historical Society, available to scholars, students, and the broader community for research. Please contact the Massachusetts Historical Society if you wish to search records, research family members, or learn more about how you can access our archives. The following are included in the Massachusetts Historical Society collection :
History of the congregation
Materials related to the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem and the evolution of the Paul Revere legend
Construction documents, including designs, labor, and material receipts
Pew records
Meeting minutes: Vestry, Proprietors’ and Wardens’ meetings
Vital records: Baptism, Marriage and Burial
Areas of research interest include, but are not limited to :
African-Americans at Old North
Women at Old North
The 1912 Colonial Revival restoration of the interior of the Church
Pew records
The rise of the Paul Revere legend
Anglicans in Colonial Boston
Old North and the changing populations of Boston’s North End