In addition to all the history that we have stored in the Rochester Historical Museum, history can also be found at the Rochester Plumb Library, and not all of it is within the building. If you walk around outside the library building (not recommended with up to 2 ft. of snow on the ground), you will notice quite a few plaques commemorating a variety of subjects.
One item on the edge of the property has a different purpose. There is a granite post with symbol placed on top, as seen here in the picture. This is a waymark or benchmark. Many people finding these along the road or in one case as part of a stonewall may assume that they are distance markers that let one know how far to the next town. This certainly seems like a plausible explanation.
However, these are known locator points set by the state. They are used for surveying work along roadsides. Of course, that means that they shouldn’t be moved and definitely, not put into a stonewall.
By Connie Eshbach
