1767 Milestones

1767 Milestones
1767 Milestones
Location: Massachusetts
Built: no later than 1767
Architect: Unknown (some erected by Paul Dudley)
Architectural style: No Style Listed
Governing body: State; some stones under local or private ownership
NRHP Reference#: 71000084 (all milestones), 85003300 (Brookline, Harvard Ave milestone)[1]
Added to NRHP: April 7, 1971

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.[1]

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 Mr. Dudley erected have the initial PD on them, usually at the bottom of the stone.[2] 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.

Miles
to Boston
Year
Placed
Image Location Town Notes
01 1744 Centre and Roxbury Streets
42°1948N 71°529W / 42.33°N 71.09139°W / 42.33; -71.09139 (Parting Ways Milestone)
Boston, Roxbury This stone is called the "Parting Ways" Stone.
04 1729 1767MilestoneHuntington.JPG 841 Huntington Avenue
42°1957N 71°642W / 42.3325°N 71.11167°W / 42.3325; -71.11167 (Milestone 4)
Boston, Mission Hill
05 1729 BrooklineMA Milestone5.jpg 210 Harvard Ave.
42°2024N 71°717W / 42.34°N 71.12139°W / 42.34; -71.12139 (Milestone 5)
Brookline
06 1729 142 Harvard Ave.
42°215N 71°756W / 42.35139°N 71.13222°W / 42.35139; -71.13222 (Milestone 6)
Boston, Brighton
07 240 N. Harvard St.
42°2152N 71°742W / 42.36444°N 71.12833°W / 42.36444; -71.12833 (Milestone 7)
Boston, Brighton
08 1734 Upper Post Road MP 8.jpg Old Burial Ground
(Mass. Ave. and Garden St.)
42°2229N 71°710W / 42.37472°N 71.11944°W / 42.37472; -71.11944 (Milestone 8)
Cambridge
23 WaylandMA Milestone23.jpg River Road and Water Row
42°2214N 71°2312W / 42.37056°N 71.38667°W / 42.37056; -71.38667 (Milestone 23)
Wayland
24 SudburyMA Milestone24.jpg Route 20 and Landham Road
42°2139N 71°248W / 42.36083°N 71.40222°W / 42.36083; -71.40222 (Milestone 24)
Sudbury
25 SudburyMA Milestone25.jpg Route 20 and Concord Road
42°2144N 71°2459W / 42.36222°N 71.41639°W / 42.36222; -71.41639 (Milestone 25)
Sudbury
26 SudburyMA Milestone26.jpg Route 20 and Nobscot Road
42°2136N 71°2530W / 42.36°N 71.425°W / 42.36; -71.425 (Milestone 26)
Sudbury
27 SudburyMA Milestone27.jpg Nobscot Road and Dudley Road
42°2113N 71°2555W / 42.353533°N 71.431886°W / 42.353533; -71.431886 (Milestone 27)
Sudbury
28 SudburyMA Milestone28.jpg Route 20 and Peakham Road
42°2135N 71°2732W / 42.35972°N 71.45889°W / 42.35972; -71.45889 (Milestone 28)
Sudbury
29 SudburyMA Milestone29.jpg Wayside Inn Road and Dutton Road
42°2128N 71°2819W / 42.35778°N 71.47194°W / 42.35778; -71.47194 (Milestone 29)
Sudbury
33 143 E. Main St.
42°1944N 71°3725W / 42.32889°N 71.62361°W / 42.32889; -71.62361 (Milestone 33)
Northborough
35 Boston Post Road and Dean Park
42°1745N 71°4143W / 42.29583°N 71.69528°W / 42.29583; -71.69528 (Milestone 35)
Shrewsbury
43 West Main St. near I-290
42°1735N 71°4458W / 42.29306°N 71.74944°W / 42.29306; -71.74944 (Milestone 43)
Shrewsbury
47 Lincoln St.
42°1710N 71°4728W / 42.28611°N 71.79111°W / 42.28611; -71.79111 (Milestone 47)
Worcester
48 39 Salisbury St.
42°1618.5N 71°4759W / 42.271806°N 71.79972°W / 42.271806; -71.79972 (Milestone 48)
Worcester
53 Route 9 at Collier's Corner
42°1424N 71°5310W / 42.24°N 71.88611°W / 42.24; -71.88611 (Milestone 53)
Leicester
54 Main St. east of Paxton St.
42°1443N 71°5430W / 42.24528°N 71.90833°W / 42.24528; -71.90833 (Milestone 54)
Leicester
56 Route 9
42°152N 71°5640W / 42.25056°N 71.94444°W / 42.25056; -71.94444 (Milestone 56)
Leicester
57 Route 9
42°1521N 71°5721W / 42.25583°N 71.95583°W / 42.25583; -71.95583 (Milestone 57)
Leicester
58 Route 9
42°156N 71°5834W / 42.25167°N 71.97611°W / 42.25167; -71.97611 (Milestone 58)
Spencer
59 Route 9, Spencer Shopper's Village
42°1446N 71°5920W / 42.24611°N 71.98889°W / 42.24611; -71.98889 (Milestone 59)
Spencer
60 Route 9 at Dewey St.
42°1412N 72°028W / 42.23667°N 72.00778°W / 42.23667; -72.00778 (Milestone 60)
Spencer
61 Route 9
42°1352N 72°140W / 42.23111°N 72.02778°W / 42.23111; -72.02778 (Milestone 61)
Spencer
62 Route 9
42°1338N 72°240W / 42.22722°N 72.04444°W / 42.22722; -72.04444 (Milestone 62)
East Brookfield
63 North Brookfield Rd.
42°1342N 72°41W / 42.22833°N 72.06694°W / 42.22833; -72.06694 (Milestone 63)
East Brookfield
64 Elm Hill Rd., near North Brookfield line
42°1349N 72°445W / 42.23028°N 72.07917°W / 42.23028; -72.07917 (Milestone 64)
Brookfield
65 Elm Hill Rd., east of North Brookfield Rd.
42°1318N 72°540W / 42.22167°N 72.09444°W / 42.22167; -72.09444 (Milestone 65)
Brookfield
66 Route 9
42°1257N 72°629W / 42.21583°N 72.10806°W / 42.21583; -72.10806 (Milestone 66)
Brookfield
67 Foster Hill Rd.
42°1333N 72°714W / 42.22583°N 72.12056°W / 42.22583; -72.12056 (Milestone 67)
West Brookfield
68 East end of town common
42°1410N 72°815W / 42.23611°N 72.1375°W / 42.23611; -72.1375 (Milestone 68)
West Brookfield
69 Route 9
42°141N 72°922W / 42.23361°N 72.15611°W / 42.23361; -72.15611 (Milestone 69)
West Brookfield
70 Route 67 near Old Patrick Rd.
42°1319N 72°1022W / 42.22194°N 72.17278°W / 42.22194; -72.17278 (Milestone 70)
Warren
71 Burbank and Washington Sts.
42°1246N 72°1059W / 42.21278°N 72.18306°W / 42.21278; -72.18306 (Milestone 71)
Warren
72 Bemis and Washington Rds.
42°127N 72°1122W / 42.20194°N 72.18944°W / 42.20194; -72.18944 (Milestone 72)
Warren
73 Mape St. (Route 19)
42°1153N 72°1220W / 42.19806°N 72.20556°W / 42.19806; -72.20556 (Milestone 73)
Warren
74 Read St. east of West Warren Rd.
42°119N 72°1318W / 42.18583°N 72.22167°W / 42.18583; -72.22167 (Milestone 74)
Warren
99 State Rd. (Route 20) at Springfield Armory
42°625N 72°3446W / 42.10694°N 72.57944°W / 42.10694; -72.57944 (Milestone 99)
Springfield
Source unless otherwise cited: NRHP nomination papers[3]

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