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According to C. J. Miller of Washington, the Toll House was used by the county to collect highway tolls during the construction of U. S. Route 522 from Chester Gap to Sperryville. Work was started at the top of the mountain near Front Royal towards Flint Hill in 19121913. From there, it progressed to M assies Corner, to Washington and on to Sperryville about 1916. During this period, there were several buildings at intervals of approximately six miles along the road that were used as toll houses. But the old Toll House down from the Hampton Inn is the only existing structure that was erected much earlier for the purpose of collecting tolls. ■
According to Miller, the toll for cars was 25 cents per ticket or about $1 for a block of five tickets.
C. E. (Ned) Johnson, who always has a juicy recollection to add color to any tale, remembers passing the Toll House in 1916 in a small wagon. He was going to meet his brother who had sold a horse, ridden the animal to its new owners and was heading back to Sperryville on foot, carrying the saddle. Ned reports he was charged six cents for horse, wagon and driver. He paid the toll to go meet his brother who was in sight of the Toll House. After picking up his brother, Ned turned the wagon around and headed back but had to pay a second toll upon his return trip past the toll House. His father's reprimand for squandering so much money in so short a distance could have influenced Ned’s
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