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Old National Pike Milestones
Built: 1806 Architect: Unknown Architectural style: No Style Listed Governing body: State NRHP Reference#: 75002107 Added to NRHP: November 27, 1975[1] The Old National Pike Milestones marked each mile of the National Road in Maryland, United States between Baltimore and Cumberland. The surviving stones have been included in the National Register of Historic Places, and may be seen along US 40, Maryland Route 144, Alternate US 40, and other roads that trace the path of the Old National Pike. The stones are about 30 inches tall, twelve inches wide and eight inches deep, with rounded tops and the inscription XX miles to B, referring to the distance to Baltimore, the road's terminus. The composition of the stones varies, with the first 39 milestones of Baltimore gneiss from the area of Ellicott City. Stones from Frederick to Boonsboro are quartzite from the area of the Monocacy River. A unique white limestone with a distinctive inscription was employed from Boonsboro to Hagerstown, while west of Hagerstown the stones are gray limestone.[2][3]
Sixty-nine stones remained on the route at the time the stones were nominated to the National Register.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". National Register of Historic Places: Properties in Allegany County. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-10-06. http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=278&COUNTY=Allegany&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Allegany.
- ^ Edwin Darby Nye (August 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Old National Pike Milestones". Maryland State Archives. http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/023000/023400/023400/pdf/msa_se5_23400.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
External links
- Old National Pike Milestones, Allegany County, including 2003 photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Lists by county Allegany • Anne Arundel • Baltimore County • Calvert • Caroline • Carroll • Cecil • Charles • Dorchester • Frederick • Garrett • Harford • Howard • Kent • Montgomery • Prince George's • Queen Anne's • Somerset • St. Mary's • Talbot • Washington • Wicomico • Worcester
Lists by city Other lists Keeper of the Register • History of the National Register of Historic Places • Property types • Historic district • Contributing property Categories:- National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- Transportation in Allegany County, Maryland
- Transportation in Washington County, Maryland
- Transportation in Frederick County, Maryland
- Transportation in Carroll County, Maryland
- Transportation in Howard County, Maryland
- Transportation in Baltimore County, Maryland
- Hagerstown, Maryland
- History of Baltimore, Maryland
- Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs
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