Overton Corners-Lacolle 221 Border Crossing
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US Border Station at Overton Corners, NY
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| Country | United States; Canada |
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US Port: 427 State Route 276, Champlain, NY 12919 Canadian Port: 300 Route 221, Lacolle, Quebec J0J 1J0 |
| Coordinates | 45°00′36″N 73°24′01″W / 45.009886°N 73.400195°WCoordinates: 45°00′36″N 73°24′01″W / 45.009886°N 73.400195°W |
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| Opened | 1913 |
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Website http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/ports/ny/0715.xml |
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U.S. Inspection Station—Rouses Point (Overton Corners), New York
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| Location | NY 276, Rouses Point, New York |
| Built | 1931 |
| Architect | Simon, Louis A.; Wetmore, James A. |
| Architectural style | Georgian Revival |
| MPS | U.S. Border Inspection Stations MPS |
| NRHP reference # | 14000573 |
| Added to NRHP | September 10, 2014 |
US Port: 427 State Route 276, Champlain, NY 12919
The Overton Corners–Lacolle 221 Border Crossing connects the towns of Lacolle, Quebec to Champlain, New York on the Canada–United States border. This crossing is open 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Because the village of Lacolle, Quebec has two border crossings, this one is called 221 to indicate it is the crossing on Quebec Route 221. The other crossing is the Rouses Point - Lacolle 223 Border Crossing immediately to the east. Conversely, the US Border station is sometimes called 276 because it is located on New York State Route 276.
During the era of Prohibition in the United States, this crossing was one of the busiest on the US-Canada border. The roads leading to it in both the US and Canada were in good condition and was a popular route for traffic traveling between Montreal and New York City. During that era, it was common for large queues of southbound traffic to build up approaching US Customs, as people attempted to smuggle alcohol into the United States.
In 2014 the brick Georgian Revival inspection station on the U.S. side was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, along with other similar border inspection stations in New York and elsewhere along the Canadian and Mexican borders.
The Overton Corners Border Inspection Station in located at a bend in the road of New York State Route 276 at a crossroads with Canadian Route 221. The Canada Border Station is directly north and in an unusual arrangement is on the same side of the road and shares a common side lot boundary. There is a lumber yard directly across the road from the station and these buildings together with a few early 20th century houses form the corner of Overton Corners. In the 1920s through the 1950s, there was an island separating the north and southbound traffic on the Canadian side of the border. The border runs east across a wide open area of fields locally known as "the knuckle". From the north, pavement markings and signage divert cars to the station's three lane inspection bays via an oval, concrete drive. The east facing building is set on a flat, grass covered lot, with the typical border station landscaping arrangement of about six symmetrically placed spruce and hemlock trees spaced across the property. Public parking is provided on the south side of the building.
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