The Petersburg Tollhouse, now located in the hamlet of Addison

Addison, Pennsylvania

Addison is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 214 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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, United States

United States

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, was the first tollhouse that travelers encountered while on the National Road

National Road

The National Road or Cumberland Road was the first major improved highway in the United States to be built by the federal government. Construction began heading west in 1811 at Cumberland, Maryland, on the Potomac River. It crossed the Allegheny Mountains and southwestern Pennsylvania, reaching...

 heading west into Pennsylvania. The Old Route 40 now sits atop the National Pike at this tollhouse. The Petersburg tollhouse is one of three surviving tollhouses for the National Pike; the remaining ones are the LaVale tollhouse located between Cumberland

Cumberland, Maryland

Cumberland is a city in the far western, Appalachian portion of Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Allegany County, and the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,859, and the metropolitan area had a...

 and Frostburg

Frostburg, Maryland

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, Maryland

Maryland

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 and the Searight's tollhouse

Searights Tollhouse, National Road

Searights Tollhouse, National Road is a site near Uniontown, Pennsylvania on the National Road.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.It is located on United States Route 40 west of Uniontown....

 located just west of Uniontown

Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Uniontown is a city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. Population in 1900, 7,344; in 1910, 13,344; in 1920, 15,692; and in 1940, 21,819. The population was 10,372 at the 2010 census...

 on Route 40.

The toll house is owned by Great Crossings Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

Daughters of the American Revolution

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, and is open to visitors by appointment.

External links

• Petersburg Toll House - Great Crossings Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution