Quincy, Mass. Historical and Architectural Survey

Ten Mile Stone, 8 Adams Street

The Ten Mile Stone is of rough hewn granite and securely mounted in a smooth granite base with incised lettering. The base is a wise precaution as these milestones are rapidly vanishing from the Boston area. It is the only milestone of this type in Quincy.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
This Ten Mile Stone was placed on the old Boston-Plymouth Highway, one of the oldest roads in the United States. Laid out in 1639, the Highway went from Boston to Plymouth by way of inland Milton. A shorter way to Boston, the Neponset Turnpike, was constructed c. 1800.

For over seventy-five years the Ten Mile Stone was embedded within the wall which stood on the line of Adarro Street at this point. In 1911, Hancock Street was widened and the Ten Mile Stone was placed in its present locaticn.

ENTIRE INSCRIPTION (if applicable)
Ten Mile Stone: "B 10"
Base: "This milestone erected about 1730. Restored 1910 by the Quincy Historical Society."

BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Assessors Records.
"Quincy, Massachusetts: Historical Guide and map." Tercentenary Celebraticn Program, 1925.
Quincy Sun. July 8, 1982, p. 14a, 25a.

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