1761 Milestone

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1761 Milestone
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Coordinates:	41°59′22″N 71°31′54″W / 41.98944, -71.53167Coordinates: 41°59′22″N 71°31′54″W / 41.98944, -71.53167
Built/Founded:	1761
Architectural style(s):	No Style Listed
Added to NRHP:	November 24, 1982
NRHP Reference#:	82000131 [1]
MPS:	Woonsocket MRA
Governing body:	Local

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.

[edit] References and external links

• NPS entry information
• "The American Monthly Magazine" By Daughters of the American Revolution (Seventh Continental Congress) 1898 pg. 437

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