JohnAKeith
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So, I found this old photo of an old mile marker on the Library of Congress website.
On the back of the photo was a description. It says the photo was taken in the late 1950's or early 1960's. The stone was built into the retaining wall of the "Conins" school, which was apparently at the corners of Tremont and Terrace streets, near what is now the Roxbury Crossing Orange Line MBTA stop. The school no longer exists but the retaining wall does ... or a close facsimile.
And, lo and behold, the mile marker is still there! It's shorter and it looks to be polished/smoothed down but it's the same stone. I couldn't tell for sure but I think they cut it in half; the other half isn't in the ground, but it could be.
On the back of the photo was a description. It says the photo was taken in the late 1950's or early 1960's. The stone was built into the retaining wall of the "Conins" school, which was apparently at the corners of Tremont and Terrace streets, near what is now the Roxbury Crossing Orange Line MBTA stop. The school no longer exists but the retaining wall does ... or a close facsimile.
And, lo and behold, the mile marker is still there! It's shorter and it looks to be polished/smoothed down but it's the same stone. I couldn't tell for sure but I think they cut it in half; the other half isn't in the ground, but it could be.