{"nrhp_refnum":"78002404","name":"Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike Road Company Toll House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of St. Thomas on U.S. 30","address_restricted":false,"city":"St. Thomas","county":"Franklin County","state":"PA","lat":39.91324571400003,"lon":-77.81371996799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-01-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, three-bay toll house built of coursed native limestone on the north side of U.S. Route 30, about one mile west of the village of St. Thomas in St. Thomas Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It is associated with the Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike Road Company and dates from about 1818.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its role as a toll house on an important turnpike road, which is the basis for its transportation significance. Its stone construction is described as following folk building patterns of southern Pennsylvania and the Cumberland Valley, where native stone was widespread.","narrative":"Built of coursed native limestone around 1818, this two-story, three-bay toll house stands beside U.S. Route 30 about one mile west of St. Thomas in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Its south wall holds the toll keeper's door, set off the edge of the highway, which shows the building's use for collecting turnpike tolls. The Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike Road Company acquired the quarter-acre lot in January 1818 from John and Mathlena Mish for $100, and the company likely erected the house soon afterward. The lot remained with the company until 1920, when it was sold to John M. Small for $60 and returned to the farm it had once belonged to. The turnpike was a major route from Chambersburg to Pittsburgh, heavily supported by state funding. The house is significant as a surviving example of that turnpike infrastructure and of regional stone folk building traditions.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1818","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, with plans made to restore it.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.303606-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002404.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002404/3ab72fc48c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002404/3ab72fc48c-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tollhouse_US30_Frankco.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tollhouse_US30_Frankco.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998264","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambersburg_and_Bedford_Turnpike_Road_Company_Toll_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5069682"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/franklin-county/chambersburg-and-bedford-turnpike-road-company-toll-house-78002404/"}