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Fort Revere Park

Fort Revere Park is open year round from sunrise to sunset and offers a variety of recreational and educational opportunities.

The View: The park offers some of the best coastal vistas in Massachusetts. From the top of the hill, visitors have a wonderful view of Boston Harbor including Boston Lighthouse. On a clear day on e can see most of the Massachusetts coast from Cape Ann to Provincetown.

The Tower: An observation deck atop the historic water town, expands the visitors view to 360 unobstructed panorama of the greater Boston area. The tower is open weekends and holidays from Memorial Day to Labor Day, 11 am to 5 pm. The tower may also be open fro individuals or groups through arrangement with the park staff.

The Officers Quarters Museum: The museum contains artifacts and displays focusing on the area's military history from 1632 to post-World War II. The museum is open to the public on the same schedule as the water tower.

Exploring the Fort: The remains of two of Fort Revere's gun emplacements are open for the visitor to explore. Please note: the rooms and "tunnels" of the batteries are often dark and damp and should be explored with caution. Parents are encouraged to supervise their children.

On Telegraph Hill abutting Hull Village and the Cemetery, at the far end of the Hull peninsula.

Fort Revere Magnetic Telegraph Station
60 Farina Road
Hull, MA 02045
(617) 727-4468

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The Chiro Museum
Featuring the Sook Memorial Collection

Egyptian artifacts, rare sea shells, gems and minerals and various oddities. Thoughout a 30 year period Dr. Ken Goodman has aquired authentic and fine reproductions of ancient Egyptian sculpture, art, and jewelry. Recently he built a miniture museum displaying his Egyptian Collection and specialty items in the front reception area of the Nantasket Professional Building. The display is a great side attraction for anyone visiting Nantasket Beach and most of all for local elementary and middle schools when they are learning about ancient Egypt.

All are welcome
Free admission
Show Times: MWF 11am, 11:15am, 11:30am, 11:45am, Noon, 3pm, 3:15pm, 3:30pm, 3:45pm
Sat. Noon, 12:15pm, 12:30pm, 1pm
Private showings by appointment
Donations accepted for Hull Scholarship Funds in Art , Biology and History

The Chiro Museum
Nantasket Professional Building 487 Nantasket Avenue
Hull, Massachusetts 02045
Phone: (781) 925-9770
Cairo2684@aol.com

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The Hull Lifesaving Museum

The Hull Lifesaving Museum, the museum of Boston Harbor Heritage, preserves the region's lifesaving tradition and maritime culture through collections, exhibits, experiential and interpretive education, research and service to others. The museum's open water rowing programs in Boston Harbor educate young people about themselves while developing a constituency that takes stewardship for its maritime history. The deeds, traditions, and ethics of nineteenth century coastal lifesavers--Skills, Courage, and Caring--are the foundation of the museum's exhibits and programs, and its underlying commitment to working to impact society, and individual lives, for the better.

The Hull Lifesaving Museum
1117 Nantasket Avenue
Hull, Massachusetts 02045
Phone: 781-925-5433
Fax: 781-925-0992
lifesavingmuseum@comcast.net

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Paragon Carousel

During the nineteenth century, a number of resort areas developed surrounding Boston to provide pleasure for its residents. In the late 1800s, Nantasket, or Hull, was known as the premier resort in New England, with the largest summer hotel in the nation. Rides, such as merry-go-rounds, were soon popular at resort locations. At the turn of the century, elegant amusement parks were built at Revere, Norumbega and Nantasket Beach. At one point, more than a dozen wooden carved carousels could be found in the Boston metropolitan area, close at hand by ferry or trolley.

With the advent of the automobile, the Boston metropolitan resorts lost favor to Cape Cod and northern New England. One by one, the merry-go-rounds disappeared by fire or sale. After a major fire at Paragon Park in Hull, a new large, elaborate carousel,

PTC #85, was installed in 1928. It was the 85th out of 89 carousels created by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, renowned maker of hand-carved carousels in the Philadelphia, or realistic, style. (Toboggan meant roller coaster) PTC #85 included two rare Roman Chariots, each pulled by two horses, carved by the Dentzel Company, founder of the Philadelphia style, and purchased when the last of the Dentzels died.

Its scalloped canopy was one of the most beautiful ever constructed for carousel. In 1984, Paragon Park was sold for condominium development. Local activists persuaded the developer to purchase the carousel. A year later, when the developer decided to sell it, three investors were found to rescue it at a dramatic auction, while the MDC agreed to provide space for it at the heart of Nantasket Beach, just a half-block from its original location. The three investors relocated the carousel with its original building (the move made Ripley's "Believe It or Not") to this new prominent location, reinstalled a Wurlitzer band organ, and began restoring the horses to their original paint colors. 24 of the horses have been restored to date.

The Paragon Carousel is located at:
205 Nantasket Avenue
Hull, Massachusetts 02045
Phone: 781-925-0472
info@paragoncarousel.com

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