The Toll House

Built by Ephraim Stratton

c. 1830 in the style of a

townhouse at Crossroads, which

was the hub of Upper Evesham.

Tolls were collected here on

the Medford-Mt. Holly Turnpike.

1847-1997

Marker is on Medford/Mt Holly Road (County Route 541) north of Church Road, on the right ...

The Ohio and Erie Canal / Canal Dover Toll House

1825 - 1913

The Ohio-Erie Canal

1825-1913

Seeking an alternate transportation route to distant markets, many farmers and manufacturers in Ohio wanted to connect the Ohio River to Lake Erie with a canal. Beginning in Cleveland the Ohio-Erie Canal ran south, the length ...

Toll House

This building, a toll house

for the bridge spanning the

Delaware from 1871 – 1922,

was incorporated into the

Flo-Jean Restaurant in 1929.

Donated by the

Wallace Family

Marker is at the intersection of Pike Street (U.S. 6) and Water Street, on the right when traveling south ...

National Pike Toll House

Circa 1822

The significance of this structure lies both in its history and architecture. It is one of the few remaining “toll houses” along the old National Road. The National Road was chartered between Hancock and Cumberland in 1819 and completed ...

Life at the Tollhouse

As early as 1880, the Hodge family was responsible for the management of the Warm Springs Mountain tollhouse. By the end of the tool road's operation in the 1910s, there were ten children living at the house "up on the ...

Toll House

One of the six original toll houses on the Cumberland or National Road. It was built by the State after the road was turned over to it by the U.S. in 1835. The road was completed through this section in ...

Oldest Toll House

Middlesex Canal

Toll House

1832

Oldest Canal Toll

House in America.

Marker is on North Road (Massachusetts Route 4), on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Toll House - Michigan Road

Operated by Augusta Gravel Road Co., circa 1866-1892. First major state road, built in the 1830's, from the Ohio River to Lake Michigan.

Marker is on North Michigan Road (U.S. 421) north of Cold Spring Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The La Vale Toll House

Toll houses were built along the National Road as a result of a 25 year national debate as to whether or not the federal government should be responsible for funding road improvements. While there was agreement on the idea that ...

First Toll Gate House

First toll gate house on the old National (Cumberland) Road. Erected about 1833 after this portion of the road was turned over to the State of Maryland by the United States government. There was one other toll gate in Maryland ...