The Parting Stone

The Parting Stone is located in the middle of John Eliot Sq. It is an 18th century marker known as the “Parting Stone” embedded at the fork of Roxbury and Centre Street. On the front it reads The Parting Stone, on the right, it says Cambridge and Watertown and on the left, it says Dedham. This stone marked the division of the highways into two branches, the Upper Post Road and the Middle Post Road. The engravements on the sides tell you where the two roads will lead you to. This stone played an essential role during early years when there weren't alot of roads and every highway emerged from Boston. The Parting Stone is the most distinctive of Dudley’s stones, they are all marked with his initials. Today it still sits in the square at the division of the two roads.