{"nrhp_refnum":"85000499","name":"Haverhill Street Milestone","other_names":[],"category":"object","location":{"address":"Haverhill St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Reading","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.542391311000074,"lon":-71.08840777199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small granite milestone about 2.5 to 3 feet tall with a rounded top, beside Haverhill Street in Reading, Massachusetts, roughly 100 feet southeast of the Haverhill and Wakefield Streets intersection. It dates to about 1800 and is owned by the town.","why_significant":"The marker recalls the period when Haverhill Street was a main north-south coach road linking Boston and Haverhill. It is one of several markers that measured the old coach road. The form says it keeps integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and feeling.","narrative":"A weathered granite slab beside Haverhill Street in Reading, Massachusetts, this milestone stands between two house lots about 100 feet southeast of the Wakefield Street intersection. Roughly 2.5 to 3 feet tall with a rounded top, it dates to about 1800 and carries a painted inscription reading B 12 M, indicating twelve miles to Boston, possibly measured to the Boston stone. It was one of several markers that measured the old coach road between Boston and Haverhill, and similar stones survive in Wakefield beside Lake Quannapowitt and in Greenwood. The stone was taken out when Haverhill Street was widened and was put back at the request of local citizens. It is owned by the town. Its listing rests on its link to the era when Haverhill Street served as a principal coach route, and on the retention of its general location, setting, materials and workmanship. Vehicle exhaust and closeness to traffic are noted as risks.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as in good standing as a roadside marker; it was removed when Haverhill Street was widened and later replaced at citizens' request. Exhaust and nearness to the road are noted as threats.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.788124-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/7923/63792315/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85000499.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000499/9819e548b5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000499/9819e548b5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ReadingMA_HaverhillStreetMilestone.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ReadingMA_HaverhillStreetMilestone.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792315","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haverhill_Street_Milestone","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5683801"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/haverhill-street-milestone-85000499/"}