Site of the Old Toll Gate

The Sag Harbor-East Hampton Turnpike Company was incorporated in 1844 and was in existence until 1899. It cost about eight cents for a wagon or cart drawn by two horses, mules or oxen, and four cents for a wagon or cart drawn by one horse. 
 
 After 60 years of charging tolls at the Toll House that stood opposite the Jewish Cemetery the road became so bad that people refused to pay to use it. On September 23, 1905 the franchise was released. The Toll House on the East Hampton – Sag Harbor Turnpike burned to the ground on June 20, 1905. Sag Harbor’s toll gates were the last two to be removed in the State of New York.

(Source: Little known… – Historic East Hampton – East Hampton)