1767 Milestones

Mile markers in Massachusetts, US July 2025 January 2025 1767 Milestones hd yes BostonMA_PartingWaysStone.jpg The "Parting Ways" stone in Roxbury Massachusetts between Springfield and Boston various dates; many pursuant to a policy dating to 1767 April 7, 1971 710000842008a The 1767 Milestones are historic milestones located along the route of the Upper Boston Post Road between the cities of Boston and Springfield in Massachusetts. The 40 surviving milestones were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Massachusetts had a total of 129 surviving milestones in 2014, including those along the upper Post Road.Gage Mary E. Gage James E. Milestones & Guideposts of Massachusetts and Southeastern New Hampshire 2014 Powwow River Books Amesbury, MA 978-0-9816141-7-5 155–160 The stones are so named, despite having been placed in many different years, because of a 1767 directive of the Province of Massachusetts Bay that such stones be placed along major roadways. History The first stone was erected by Paul Dudley, one of the prominent citizens of early 18th century Massachusetts, in Roxbury, which was at the time a separate community. Roxbury was located at the end of the Boston Neck, a narrow isthmus separating the mainland from the Shawmut Peninsula, where Boston was located. Travelers going by land from Boston to other areas had to travel over the neck and through Roxbury to reach their destinations. The Roxbury junction where Dudley placed the first stone was where several routes branched, heading south and west across New England. Dudley erected several stones along the road from Boston to Cambridge which wound its way from Beacon Hill along what is now Washington Street through the Dudley Square area to what is now Huntington Avenue, then along Harvard Street through Brookline Village, Coolidge Corner, and Allston crossing into Cambridge at the Great Bridge, where modern JFK Street in Cambridge becomes North Harvard Street in Allston. The stones that Dudley erected have the initials PD on them, usually at the bottom of the stone.http://www.jphs.org/colonial/colonial-stones-mark-miles-from-old-roxbury-to-old-state-house.html Jamaica Plain Historical Society - 'Colonial Era' Editor - - Colonial Stones Mark Miles from Old Roxbury to Old State House 2011-07-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20110613191713/http://www.jphs.org/colonial/colonial-stones-mark-miles-from-old-roxbury-to-old-state-house.html 2011-06-13 dead The most chatty of these milestones (not part of this collection), is inscribed P Dudley rather than PD, and is located on the corner of Centre and South Streets in Jamaica Plain. The stones listed for miles 23 through 29 in Wayland and Sudbury are actually guideposts rather than milestones, and do not list any mileage. They were erected at road intersections rather than at the mile marks. The stones are quarried granite posts with plug and feather tool marks and post-date 1800. The state highway department was directed in 1960 to undertake their preservation. Twenty-nine of the forty listed markers underwent restoration work funded by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, between 2015 and 2018.https://blog.mass.gov/transportation/massdot-highway/massdot-completes-milestone-marker-preservation-project/ MassDOT Completes Milestone Marker Preservation Project Commonwealth of Massachusetts June 5, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20220528153607/https://blog.mass.gov/transportation/massdot-highway/massdot-completes-milestone-marker-preservation-project/ May 28, 2022 List Milesto Boston Yearplaced Image Location Town Notesbos.9416 NRHP Nomination for 1767 Milestones Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1741 frameless|upright=0.3 Centre Street and Roxbury Street42.33006 -71.09176 inline type:landmark Parting Ways Milestone Boston (Roxbury) Known as the "Parting Ways Stone" 4 1729 frameless|upright=0.3 841 Huntington Avenue42.33294 -71.11074 inline type:landmark Parting Ways Milestone Boston (Mission Hill) 5 1729 frameless|upright=0.3 210 Harvard Street42.34033 -71.12088 inline type:landmark 5-mile stone Brookline 6 1729 frameless|upright=0.3 142 Harvard Avenue42.35181 -71.13163 inline type:landmark 6-mile stone Boston (Allston) 7 1729 frameless|upright=0.3 240 North Harvard Street42.36160 -71.13013 inline type:landmark 7-mile stone Boston (Allston) 8 1734 frameless|upright=0.3 Old Burying Ground42.37508 -71.11926 inline type:landmark 8-mile stone Cambridge 23 frameless|upright=0.3 River Road and Water Row42.37196 -71.38542 inline type:landmark 23-mile stone Wayland 24 frameless|upright=0.3 Route 20 and Landham Road42.36102 -71.40164 inline type:landmark 24-mile stone Sudbury 25 frameless|upright=0.3 Route 20 and Concord Road42.36224 -71.41618 inline type:landmark 25-mile stone Sudbury 26 frameless|upright=0.3 Route 20 and Nobscot Road42.36012 -71.42497 inline type:landmark 26-mile stone Sudbury 27 Route 20 and Dudley Road42.3602 -71.4372 inline type:landmark 27-mile stone Sudbury Listed as missing in 2009 state survey. 28 frameless|upright=0.3 Route 20 and Peakham Road42.35979 -71.45841 inline type:landmark 28-mile stone Sudbury 29 frameless|upright=0.3 Wayside Inn Road and Dutton Road42.35797 -71.47122 inline type:landmark 29-mile stone Sudbury 33 frameless|upright=0.3 143 East Main Street42.32917 -71.62231 inline type:landmark 33-mile stone Northborough 35 frameless|upright=0.3 Main Street and Dean Park42.29592 -71.69659 inline type:landmark 35-mile stone Shrewsbury 43 1760 frameless|upright=0.3 West Main Street42.29418 -71.74997 inline type:landmark 43-mile stone – former location Shrewsbury Relocated to the Town Common (42.29673 -71.71407 inline type:landmark 43-mile stone – modern location) in 2016https://www.shrewsburyhistoricalsociety.org/mile-markers Mile Markers Shrewsbury Historical Society October 8, 2026 47 frameless|upright=0.3 140 Lincoln Street42.27810 -71.79449 inline type:landmark 47-mile stone Worcester 48 39 Salisbury Street42.27307 -71.80072 inline type:landmark 48-mile stone – former location Worcester Moved to 30 Elm Street (Worcester Historical Museum) around 1987. Placed in Wheaton Square (42.273116 -71.80042 inline type:landmark 48-mile stone – modern location) as part of the 2010s restoration. 53 frameless|upright=0.3 Route 9 at Collier's Corner42.24000 -71.88527 inline type:landmark 53-mile stone Leicester 54 frameless|upright=0.3 Main Street east of Paxton Street42.24200 -71.90696 inline type:landmark 54-mile stone – former location Leicester Stolen in the 1930s and recovered in the 1990s. It was relocated to museum space in the town library in 1996. As part of the 2010s restoration project, it was placed on the town common (42.24627 -71.90573 inline type:landmark 54-mile stone – modern location) near its original location. A replica with no markings is embedded in a stone wall just west of Paxton Street on the south side of Main Street (42.24595 -71.90699 inline type:landmark 54-mile stone – replica). 56 frameless|upright=0.3 Between 1676 and 1710 Main Street (Route 9)42.25039 -71.94287 inline type:landmark 56-mile stone Leicester 57 frameless|upright=0.3 500 Main Street (Route 9)42.25581 -71.95755 inline type:landmark 57-mile stone Spencer 58 frameless|upright=0.3 325 Main Street (Route 9)42.25208 -71.97580 inline type:landmark 58-mile stone Spencer 59 frameless|upright=0.3 Route 9 at Spencer Shopper's Village42.24398 -71.99379 inline type:landmark 59-mile stone Spencer 60 frameless|upright=0.3 Route 9 at St. Mary's Cemetery42.23531 -72.00895 inline type:landmark 60-mile stone Spencer 61 frameless|upright=0.3 133 West Main Street (Route 9)42.23145 -72.02646 inline type:landmark 61-mile stone Spencer 62 frameless|upright=0.3 West of 324 East Main Street (Route 9)42.22709 -72.04541 inline type:landmark 62-mile stone East Brookfield Stone has been reengraved with loss of integrity. 63 frameless|upright=0.3 184 North Brookfield Road42.22788 -72.06290 inline type:landmark 63-mile stone East Brookfield 64 frameless|upright=0.3 Slab City Road near North Brookfield line42.23088 -72.07886 inline type:landmark 64-mile stone Brookfield 65 frameless|upright=0.3 East Main Street42.22211 -72.09342 inline type:landmark 65-mile stone Brookfield 66 frameless|upright=0.3 East of 31 West Main Street (Route 9)42.21656 -72.11006 inline type:landmark 66-mile stone Brookfield 67 frameless|upright=0.3 102 Foster Hill Road42.22739 -72.12046 inline type:landmark 67-mile stone West Brookfield 68 frameless|upright=0.3 East end of town common42.23617 -72.13703 inline type:landmark 68-mile stone West Brookfield 69 frameless|upright=0.3 147 West Main Street (Route 9)42.23409 -72.15656 inline type:landmark 69-mile stone West Brookfield 70 frameless|upright=0.3 Route 67 near Old Patrick Road42.22286 -72.17164 inline type:landmark 70-mile stone Warren 71 frameless|upright=0.3 129 Washington Street42.21297 -72.18262 inline type:landmark 71-mile stone Warren 72 frameless|upright=0.3 Main Street near Winthrop Terrace42.21336 -72.19198 inline type:landmark 72-mile stone Warren 73 frameless|upright=0.3 60 Baypath Road42.19870 -72.20423 inline type:landmark 73-mile stone Warren 74 frameless|upright=0.3 970 Read Street42.18867 -72.21935 inline type:landmark 74-mile stone Warren 99 State Street at Springfield Armory42.10711 -72.57930 inline type:landmark 99-mile stone – former location Springfield Relocated around 1980 to the Armory Museum (42.1076 -72.5815 inline type:landmark 99-mile stone – modern location) See also National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Brookline, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampden County, Massachusetts References External links Category:National Register of Historic Places in Suffolk County, Massachusetts Category:National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Category:National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts Category:Road transportation buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places Category:Individual signs on the National Register of Historic Places Category:Individual signs in the United States Category:Lists of transport buildings and structures Category:Transportation buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category:Milestones Category:National Register of Historic Places in Hampden County, Massachusetts Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Boston