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Columbia Turnpike-West Tollhouse

Coordinates: 42°14′21″N 73°45′37″W / 42.23917°N 73.76028°W / 42.23917; -73.76028
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Columbia Turnpike-West Tollhouse
The former toll house as seen on NY 23B in September 2016.
Columbia Turnpike-West Tollhouse is located in New York
Columbia Turnpike-West Tollhouse
Columbia Turnpike-West Tollhouse is located in the United States
Columbia Turnpike-West Tollhouse
LocationNY 23B, Greenport, New York
Coordinates42°14′21″N 73°45′37″W / 42.23917°N 73.76028°W / 42.23917; -73.76028
Arealess than one acre
Built1800
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.00001571[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 28, 2000

Columbia Turnpike-West Tollhouse is a historic tollhouse located at Greenport in Columbia County, New York. It was built about 1800 and is a 2+12-story, three bay square limestone building with a medium pitched gable roof. It operated along the Columbia Turnpike and served as the tollkeeper's residence and in use as such until 1907, when the road was turned over to the county and then the state.[2] The state designated the road as New York State Route 23 until that route was realigned southwest towards the Rip Van Winkle Bridge in the 1950s and the segment along the toll house was redesignated as New York State Route 23B.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Peter D. Shaver (November 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Columbia Turnpike-West Tollhouse". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-07-03. See also: "Accompanying six photos".