1761 Milestone
1761 Milestone | ||
MPS Woonsocket MRA | | |
NRHP reference No. | 82000131[1] | |
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Added to NRHP | November 24, 1982[1] |
The 1761 Milestone is a mile marker located at 640 South Main Street in
History
The 1761 Milestone is a historic marker that marked the junction of a Colonial highway. In 1761, it was located at the intersection of Great Road from
The 2 feet (0.61 m) by 3 feet (0.91 m) marker is described by the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) nomination form as an "odd-shaped piece of grey slate, somewhat broken and effaced".[2] It bears a boldly cut inscription of an unknown stonecutter; the inscription is likened to 18th-century handwriting and lacks a calligraphic pattern.[2] The marker reads "...Miles to Boston 1761".[2][4]
The stone was unearthed during the installation of an "electrical road", according to a report to the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), which probably refers to a tramway; the Woonsocket chapter of the DAR restored it to its original location.[5] Sometime later, the DAR placed a bronze plaque on the stone, but it was absent at the time of its nomination in 1982.[2] The marker is currently mortared into a retaining wall at the edge of the sidewalk on 640 South Main Street at the intersection.[2]
Importance
The National Register of Historic Places nomination states that the marker is at its original site and is historically important because it is "the only extant Woonsocket property which well recalls this era in the early history of American overland transportation," and that there are "but a handful" of stones in Rhode Island which marked colonial highways.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 24, 1982.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f g "National Register MRA for Woonsocket, Rhode Island" (PDF). State of Rhode Island. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
- ISBN 9780403096107. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- ISBN 978-1-60354-038-4.
- ^ The American Monthly Magazine. Vol. 12. Washington, D.C.: R.R. Bowker Company. 1898. p. 437.
External links
- "Milestones". Stones of Northeastern United States. Retrieved August 24, 2014.