Rocks Village Toll House
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Just as private ferry operators carried early travelers across rivers, many of the first bridges were built and operated as private businesses, and travelers paid tolls to cross them. This toll house, built in 1828, collected fares for a bridge across the Merrimack River in Rocks Village, Massachusetts. Henry Ford acquired the building a century later and moved it to Greenfield Village.
Just as private ferry operators carried early travelers across rivers, many of the first bridges were built and operated as private businesses, and travelers paid tolls to cross them. This toll house, built in 1828, collected fares for a bridge across the Merrimack River in Rocks Village, Massachusetts. Henry Ford acquired the building a century later 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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