One block north of the Mystic River at 43 High Street is the privately-owned historic Isaac Hall House. On the evening of April 18, 1775, on his famous ride to Lexington, Paul Revere stopped here, tethered his horse, awakened Captain Hall, and warned him of the British advance. It is reported to be Revere’s first stop.

Captain Hall sent messengers to Malden and called on his Medford Minute Men to help march to Lexington.

Erected in 2012, the hitching post marker reads:

Captain Isaac Hall Hitching Post
On the night of April 18-19, 1775, on his famous ride
to Lexington, Paul Revere tethered his horse here
and awakened Captain Hall of the Medford Minute
Men to tell him that “The Regulars are out.”
Dedicated April 19, 2012
Mayor Michael J. McGlynn
Joseph E. DeCroteau
Robert Grinley
Mayor Thomas E. Convery USAF Ret.
The Medford Historical Society

Nearby, a bronze plaque affixed to a small boulder reads:

On this site lived
Captain Isaac Hall
who commanded the Medford Minute Men
at Lexington and Bunker Hill
Paul Revere stopped here
on his memorable ride to Concord April 18-19, 1775
to warn Captain Hall
that the British soldiers were on the march.
—
Placed by the Massachusetts Society
Sons of the Revolution
June 14, 1905