Rocks Village Toll House in Greenfield Village, July 1932

THF728361 / Rocks Village Toll House in Greenfield Village, July 1932

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

08 July 1932

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.P.A.5846

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10 in
Width: 8 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Open-air museums Tollhouses Relocated buildings and structures Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village Rocks Village Toll House

Artifact
Rocks Village Toll House
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.