A custom house or customs house was traditionally a building housing the offices for a jurisdictional government whose officials oversaw the functions associated with importing and exporting goods into and out of a country, such as collecting customs duty on imported goods. A custom house was typically located in a seaport or in a city on a major river, with access to an ocean. These cities acted as ports of entry into a country.
5-720: [REDACTED] Look up custom house in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Customs House Hotel may refer to: Newcastle Customs House in New South Wales, Australia Customs House Hotel, Maryborough in Queensland, Australia See also [ edit ] Custom House (disambiguation) Customs house , government impex office Customs house agent , type of licensed agent in India Topics referred to by
10-504: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages custom house Due to advances in electronic information systems, the increased volume of international trade, and the introduction of air travel, the term "custom house" became a historical anachronism. There are many examples of buildings around the world that were formerly used as custom houses but have since been converted for other uses, such as museums or civic buildings. As examples,
15-935: The former Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in Manhattan, New York , (now the George Gustav Heye Center ) presently houses a branch of the National Museum of the American Indian , the former U.S. Custom House in New Orleans, Louisiana , is now home to the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium , the former U.S. Custom House in San Francisco, California , now houses offices of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Social Security Administration and
20-641: The former U.S. Custom House in Baltimore, Maryland , was in 1973 serving as a Selective Service office. As of 2019 , the Custom House of Valletta in Malta was still being used for its original purpose. Custom Houses became a prominent feature of English ports after 1275, following the creation of a national system for collecting duties on overseas trade. In the United Kingdom , since 1386,
25-435: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Customs House Hotel . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Customs_House_Hotel&oldid=1186301514 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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