1761 Milestone

1761 Milestone

Infobox_nrhp | name =1761 Milestone
nrhp_type =


caption =
location= Woonsocket, Rhode Island
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 59
lat_seconds = 22
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 31
long_seconds = 54
long_direction = W
locmapin = Rhode Island
area =
built =1761
architect=
architecture= No Style Listed
added = November 24, 1982
governing_body = Local
mpsub=Woonsocket MRA
refnum=82000131cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The 1761 Milestone is a milestone on 640 South Main Street in Woonsocket, Rhode Islandon the National Register of Historical Places.

The stone originally marked the miles from Providence on the original Boston Post Road. The stone was partially buried in the nineteenth century until it was discovered during the installation of electrical lines in 1898 and restored to its original location by the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

References and external links

* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ri/Providence/state.html NPS entry information]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=2CraV3m4UN0C&pg=RA1-PA437&lpg=RA1-PA437&dq=1761+%22mile+stone%22+woonsocket+&source=web&ots=imKnSHjY1u&sig=pM293KNZYp0fpeh6N0-bAny9Shg&hl=en "The American Monthly Magazine" By Daughters of the American Revolution (Seventh Continental Congress) 1898 pg. 437] RhodeIsland-NRHP-stub


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