Then and Now
 West Point Pike Toll House
 
Toll House at West Point Pike and Sumneytown Pike, circa 1908.

The gate on the left of the woman (Margaret Rhoads) would have been across West Point Pike when it was down. The gate to the right of her would have been across Sumneytown Pike. The Stony Creek Railroad tracks are in the background.

Did Margaret drive to work? She more than likely lived in the toll house. The Ford model T could belong to the photographer. However, if it belonged to the photographer, why is there a blanket over the radiator? (See larger version of photo.)

 Click on the photo for a larger version.                                  Photo thanks to Mike Szilagyi
 
2014

Behind the man gassing up his car is The Sumney, at the intersection of the two pikes. One might wonder why the picture is of a gas station and not The Sumney if it was taken from the intersection. The explanation is that the intersection was moved in the 1960s to align it with Church Road.
 
1960
In this photo West Point Pike hasn't been moved yet and enters the picture left-center. The toll booth would have been near the car in the center of the photo, but more than likely would have been in the middle of the southbound lane of Sumneytown Pike, since it has been widened. Photo taken from Sumneytown Pike.
   Photo thanks to Dick Shearer

 
Location of the toll houses on West Point Pike. This map is from 1912.
 
Location of the toll houses on Sumneytown Pike.
 
The tollhouse south of North Wales on Sumneytown Pike exists to this day. Decades ago it had been moved back from the road. Around 2017 a large addition was built onto it.
 

"Montgomery Traction Company" is written in a very confusing manner on the map. This was the trolley car line that ran between Lansdale and Norristown from 1902 till 1911. Garfield Avenue is named "Ziebers Pike" on the map. It is thought that Garfield Avenue may be named after President James A. Garfield, who was assassinated on July 2, 1881
 
Margaret Rhoads collected tolls from 1855 until her death in 1911.
The "Springhouse and Sumneytown Turnpike" ceased operation in 1914.