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Located about five miles north of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, the Searights Tollhouse is a historic toll house on the National Historic Road or Route 40. It was built in 1835 and is today one of two surviving tollhouses, out of six that were built by the state of Pennsylvania. The tollhouse has been restored by the state and is today a National Historic Landmark maintained by the local historical society. The Searights Tollhouse is a brick building with a two-story octagonal tower with an octagonal roof and a small octagonal cap.
It was designed so that the tollkeeper had good views of the road in both directions. The segment of the National Road that runs through Pennsylvania was built between 1811 and 1818. It was one of the first public works projects funded by the federal government. In order to maintain the road, the state established tolls, which were collected on the road until the 1870s, when the tollhouse was abandoned.
Searights Tollhouse, 7328 National Pike E, Uniontown, PA 15401
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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