Rocks Village Toll House
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Many early American bridges operated as private businesses. Travelers paid tolls to cross them. Tolls repaid construction costs, funded maintenance, and hopefully produced a profit for owners. Workers at this toll house, built in 1828, collected fares for a bridge across the Merrimack River at Rocks Village, Massachusetts. Henry Ford acquired the building in 1928 and moved it to Greenfield Village.
Many early American bridges operated as private businesses. Travelers paid tolls to cross them. Tolls repaid construction costs, funded maintenance, and hopefully produced a profit for owners. Workers at this toll house, built in 1828, collected fares for a bridge across the Merrimack River at Rocks Village, Massachusetts. Henry Ford acquired the building in 1928 and moved it to Greenfield Village.
Artifact
Tollhouse
Date Made
1828
Creators
Proprietors of the Merrimack River Bridge
Place of Creation
United States, Massachusetts, Haverhill, Rocks Village
Creator Notes
Built by the Proprietors of the Merrimack River Bridge in Rocks Village, Massachusetts.
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Porches and Parlors District
Object ID
28.999.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Wood (Plant material)
Brick (Clay material)
Glass (Material)
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