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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
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The early English customs system; a documentary study of the institutional and economical history of the customs from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century
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Custom Houses became a prominent feature of English ports after 1275, following the creation of a national system for collecting duties on overseas trade.
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government whose officials oversaw the functions associated with importing and exporting goods into and out of a country, such as collecting
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or in a city on a major river, with access to an ocean. These cities acted as
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Joseph Borg K.M., Ph.C., L.P. (1974). Victor H. Sammut B.Sc. (ed.).
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been converted for other uses, such as museums or civic buildings.
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Milner, John D., National Heritage Corporation (June 22, 1973).
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on imported goods. A custom house was typically located in a
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Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in Manhattan, New York
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Government office building for import and export of goods
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was traditionally a building housing the offices for a
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Index

Custom House (disambiguation)
custom home

Brisbane
Australia

Tampere
Finland

Custom House, Saint Petersburg
jurisdictional
customs duty
seaport
ports of entry
Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in Manhattan, New York
George Gustav Heye Center
National Museum of the American Indian
U.S. Custom House in New Orleans, Louisiana
Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium
U.S. Custom House in San Francisco, California
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Social Security Administration
U.S. Custom House in Baltimore, Maryland
Selective Service
Valletta
Malta

United Kingdom
City of London's Custom House
Tower Ward

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