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FORM C - MONUMENTS MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston STATUE MONUMENT BUST FOUNTAIN MARKER MILESTONE RELIGIOUS SHRINE BOUNDARY MARKER GROUP COMPOSITION Monument has historical connection with the following themes: (See also reverse side) Town Brookline MRA Street Name Harvard Street, near 210 Harvard St Milestone Original Owner Town of Brookline Town of Brookline Present Owner Date Constructed 1729 Date Dedicated - Agriculture Commerce/Industry Architecture Science/Invention Source of Date milestone Art/Sculpture Travel/Communication Education Military Affairs Designer or Sculptor - Literature Indians Music Development of Town/City Government Religion/Philosophy Individual or group responsible for monument if other than owner -- - - --- - - -- ---- - -- CONDITION: Excellent Good Fair Deteriorated Moved* Altered Fair; moved;ca.1825, IMPORTANCE of monument to area: Great Moderate None Moderate MONUMENT endangered by: possibly theft; vandalism; emissions from traffic on - - Harvard Street.
LOCATION OF INSCRIPTION: Plaque on wall, ,house, post; base of monument; other on front of milestone ENTIRE INSCRIPTION on monument: Boston/5 Miles/1729/P.D. -.- DESCRIPTION** Foundation: Pedestal Base None Material NONE Material: Bronze Stone Marble Granite Wood Other Stone Setting (surroundings) In front of United Parish Church, a Victorian Gothic structure Size (approximate)_ -- see photo ------ Indicate location of monument on map below -- Recorder Carla Benka The milestone is located on a semi- circular landscaped plot approximatelyFor_ Brookline Historical Commission 32 feet in length and 10 feet in depth. It (Name of Organization) abuts Harvard Street's sidewalk on the photo 1967 Date Received 1985 southeast side and the driveway and parking lot of the United Parish Church, a Victorian Gothic structure, on the other sides.
The milestone is approximately 150 feet from the intersectio of Harvard and Marion Streets. -It and the landscaped plot on which it is sited are included in the Multiple Resource nomination. Boston South Quadrangle UTM Reference: 19/325240/4689480 Map #23 * If the monument has been moved, indicate the original location on the reverse side. ** Describe the monument on the reverse side. Acreage: less than one acre. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT MATTER AND/OR DESIGN OF MONUMENT One of a series of milestones marking the route from Boston to Cambridge. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE OF MONUMENT. (Refer to the theme circled on front of form. What happened? Who was important? Comment) This 1729 milestone is one of two known milestones in the town; the other dates from 1810 and is found on Boylston Street, near Warren, next to an MBTA bus shelter.
This milestone shows a distance of 5 miles to Boston; at that time the route would have been through Brookline Village and over Roxbury Neck since the milldam and its road did not yet exist. The milestone was placed by Paul Dudley, a naturalist and justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court. It has been moved several times; at one point it was a doorstop at the second Charles Stearns house which was built c. 1825 near the corner of Sewall Avenue and Stearns Road. When it was discovered, it was set at the corner of those two streets, but later moved to its present location on the property of the United Parish (formerly Harvard) Church. It was stolen from this location once but returned. The Harvard Street milestone meets NR criteria A and marks an early transportation land route from Cambridge to Boston before the filling in of the Back Bay.
REFERENCE: (Where was this information obtained? What book, records, etc.) Brookline Historical Commission, A Guide to North Brookline: Five Walking Tours, 1982. 1909 Proceedings of the Brookline Historical Society, "Milestones In and Near Boston" by Charles Read 0,9: i30:0 gis:t:u Are gobur NPS Form 10-900-8 (3-82) United States Department of the Interior NationalPark Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 For NPS use only 9/1/83 received date entered Page Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Brookline MRA MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 51. House «ut (156 Mason Terr.) 52. Houses et (76--96 Harvard Ave.) 53. Hotel Adelaide 54. Hotel Kempsford 55. Jackson, Thaddeus, House 56. Kilsyth Terrace 57. Linden Park 58. Linden Square 59. Lynch--0'Gorman House 60.
Milestone (Harvard St.) Date/Signature Entered in the Fkeeper dhemßyan 1derlas Natlonel Begister Attest TReeper dlelonByan M2185 Enteced Nat1onel Hegister Entered National Begister Attest (Keeper Attest Entered in the National Hegiater Keeper Attest Entered in the National Register G Keeper Attest Entered in the National Regiater 6Reeper Entered in the National Regtater Attest Keeper Entered in the Nationel Regieter Attest 6Keeper Attest -Keeper Enrtared Nasiodel Jegiscet Entered in the National Register Attest KKeeper Attest delouBjan r0/2/ss delouaByen 10/12/85 delomByan 10/12185 deloutsen (0/218) delouaBye 10/2185 delesByc10/n185 delouBye 10/17/85 dlelouaByen1011185 8500330| WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Milestone (Brookline MRA) Norfolk County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: sample -request SEP 4 1985 Working No.
Fed. Reg. Date: 2/3/37 Date Due: _ 10/3/85 =10/19/8s Entered 1n tufction: ACCEPT10-/2-85 National Registen REJECT Federal Agency:. appeal NR decision Recom./Criteria_ Reviewer_ Discipline Date see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: _technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Category Ownership Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? yes no 7. Description Condition excellent good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one unaltered altered Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection Status Accessible Present Use Check one - original site moved date 8.
Significance Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name UTM References Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: national state local State Historic Preservation Officer signature date title 13. Other Maps Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to _ Signed Date .
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