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Published: February 25th 2022
La Vale Toll Gate House
National Register of Historic Places 71000363 DSC_0505Our stop for lunch westward on I-68 was the Cracker Barrel at La Vale, Maryland, not far from Cumberland. After eating lunch and and a stop for fuel, I wanted to seek out the La Vale Toll Gate House nearby. It's a listed building here along US Highway 40.
The La Vale Toll Gate House was built in 1835 on the National Road. In my blog entry of 5 January 2020 I described how the National Road, now US Highway 40, had been built west from Cumberland to the Ohio County and Illinois beginning in 1811. The road was transferred from federal to state control in 1835 and the states subsequently imposed tolls for usage. The polygonal La Vale Tollhouse is the only one still standing in Maryland. It probably was also a residence for the toll collector. A sample rate of tolls from is displayed as well as a toll gate barrier post. It is said that in 1837, $9,745.90 in tolls were collected.
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