BPR Mile Marker 24 Plaque outside John Jay's home in Rye (Close-up)
"This is one of some 230 markers erected on the Boston Post Road in 1763.
Their locations were fixed by Benjamin Franklin the Deputy Postmaster General who for that purpose drove a chaise with a distance recorder over the route.
Restored to this its original position June 1st, 1927, by the village of Rye."
"Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set." (Proverbs XXII Verse 28.)
A charming depiction of Ben Franklin traveling the Boston Post Road circa 1763 can be found at the US Department of Transportation's website: www.fhwa.dot.gov/rakeman/1763.htm
But is it the milestone above an original or a replacement? It is made of fragile sandstone and similar stones in the Westchester area have been dated to the early 1800s which raises questions about the claims made on the plaque. There is also a school of thought based on Franklin's own letters and whereabouts that says he may not have supervised placement of any of the stones.
Whatever their actual date, they are still likely to be at least over 200 years old and are valuable historical resources illustrating our American heritage. 2 of these stones can still be seen outdoors in Rye - #24 and #25. Want to find other markers on the Boston Post Road? Go to the Historical Marker database at www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=34587
Today all that remains of the 400 acre Jay estate is the 23 acre Jay Property bounded in front by the length of this stone wall on Boston Post Road from the entrance at 210 all the way to Barlow Lane. It is a historic site and park with 3 owners, the Jay Heritage Center, NY State, and Westchester County; it is open to the public for historical and educational programs.
Of course Franklin and Jay along with Adams would be forever remembered together for their roles in negotiating the Treaty of Paris in 1783 as "The Peace Commissioners."
www.historynow.org/09_2009/historian7.html
www.benfranklin300.org/frankliniana/result.php?id=539&...
[O]ne of America's intrinsic sacred sites --'specially special,' if you like -- because a great family's great house and its great and sweeping surrounding landscape have, almost miraculously, both survived intact and are now a permanent part of the America the next centuries of Americans will build." Tony Hiss, Author, Experience of Place.
Jay Heritage Center
210 Boston Post Road
Rye, NY 10580
(914) 698-9275
Email: jayheritagecenter@gmail.com
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A National Historic Landmark since 1993
Member of the African American Heritage Trail of Westchester County since 2004
Member of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area since 2009
On NY State's Path Through History (2013)
BPR Mile Marker 24 Plaque outside John Jay's home in Rye (Close-up)
"This is one of some 230 markers erected on the Boston Post Road in 1763.
Their locations were fixed by Benjamin Franklin the Deputy Postmaster General who for that purpose drove a chaise with a distance recorder over the route.
Restored to this its original position June 1st, 1927, by the village of Rye."
"Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set." (Proverbs XXII Verse 28.)
A charming depiction of Ben Franklin traveling the Boston Post Road circa 1763 can be found at the US Department of Transportation's website: www.fhwa.dot.gov/rakeman/1763.htm
But is it the milestone above an original or a replacement? It is made of fragile sandstone and similar stones in the Westchester area have been dated to the early 1800s which raises questions about the claims made on the plaque. There is also a school of thought based on Franklin's own letters and whereabouts that says he may not have supervised placement of any of the stones.
Whatever their actual date, they are still likely to be at least over 200 years old and are valuable historical resources illustrating our American heritage. 2 of these stones can still be seen outdoors in Rye - #24 and #25. Want to find other markers on the Boston Post Road? Go to the Historical Marker database at www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=34587
Today all that remains of the 400 acre Jay estate is the 23 acre Jay Property bounded in front by the length of this stone wall on Boston Post Road from the entrance at 210 all the way to Barlow Lane. It is a historic site and park with 3 owners, the Jay Heritage Center, NY State, and Westchester County; it is open to the public for historical and educational programs.
Of course Franklin and Jay along with Adams would be forever remembered together for their roles in negotiating the Treaty of Paris in 1783 as "The Peace Commissioners."
www.historynow.org/09_2009/historian7.html
www.benfranklin300.org/frankliniana/result.php?id=539&...
[O]ne of America's intrinsic sacred sites --'specially special,' if you like -- because a great family's great house and its great and sweeping surrounding landscape have, almost miraculously, both survived intact and are now a permanent part of the America the next centuries of Americans will build." Tony Hiss, Author, Experience of Place.
Jay Heritage Center
210 Boston Post Road
Rye, NY 10580
(914) 698-9275
Email: jayheritagecenter@gmail.com
Follow and like us on:
Twitter @jayheritage
Facebook www.facebook.com/jayheritagecenter
Pinterest www.pinterest.com/jaycenter
YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UChWImnsJrBAi2Xzjn8vR54w
www.instagram.com/jayheritagecenter/
A National Historic Landmark since 1993
Member of the African American Heritage Trail of Westchester County since 2004
Member of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area since 2009
On NY State's Path Through History (2013)