Rouses Point - Lacolle 223 Border Crossing
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US Border Inspection Station at Rouses Point, NY
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| Country | United States; Canada |
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US Port: 19 St Johns Hwy Rouses Point, NY 12979 Canadian Port: 154 Route 223, Lacolle, Quebec J0J 1J0 |
| Coordinates | 45°00′37″N 73°22′15″W / 45.010235°N 73.370819°WCoordinates: 45°00′37″N 73°22′15″W / 45.010235°N 73.370819°W |
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| Opened | 1913 |
| US Phone | (518) 297-2441 |
| Canadian Phone | (450) 246-3510 |
| Hours | Open 24 hours |
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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 (St. John's Highway), New York
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| Location | NY 9B, 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 # | 14000574 |
| Added to NRHP | September 10, 2014 |
US Port: 19 St Johns Hwy Rouses Point, NY 12979
The Rouses Point - Lacolle 223 Border Crossing connects the towns of Lacolle, Quebec and Rouses Point, New York on the Canada–US border. This crossing is open 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Because the municipality of Lacolle, Quebec has two border crossings, CBSA calls this one 223 to indicate it is the crossing on Quebec Route 223. The other crossing is the Overton Corners–Lacolle 221 Border Crossing immediately to the west. Historically, it was called Cantic, which was a local village name that is no longer used.
During the era of Prohibition in the United States, this was a very popular border crossing. U.S. Route 11, which connects this crossing, was among only a few paved roads at that time, and the US Customs office was not located at the border as it is today. Travelers were expected to drive into the village of Rouses Point to report for inspection and make declarations. Those involved in smuggling rarely would report, so the United States Customs Service moved to construct a border station. By the time construction was completed on the border station (which is still in use today), prohibition had been repealed.
In 2014 the U.S. border inspection station was part of a group in several states along both borders added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The US Border Inspection Station at Rouses Point occupies an 81-acre site on the west side of St. John's Highway, New York Route 9B, at the Canada–US border. Facing east, the building is set in an area of open fields with a few light industrial buildings to the east. The site is level around the building, but slopes away gradually on the west.
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