Mokotów Tollhouses

The Mokotów Tollhouses (Polish: Rogatki Mokotowskie) are two Neoclassical tollhouse pavilions in Warsaw, Poland, within the Downtown district. They are placed on both sides of the Puławska Street at the Union of Lublin Square. The tollhouses were designed by Jakub Kubicki, and opened in 1818.

History
First tollhouses in Warsaw appeared after 1770, which coincide with the construction of Lubomirski Ramparts, a fortifications line surrounding the city. They were placed at the largest roads leading in and outside the city. By the end of the 18th century tollhouses were present in ten locations, including Mokotów.

Between 1816 and 1823 across the city were constructed new tollhouse buildings, designed by architect Jakub Kubicki, in the Neoclassical style. In total were constructed 9 sets, each consisting of two identical pavilions. Each set was designed differently.

The Mokotów Tollhouses were constructed between 1816 and 1818. They were placed at the Union of Lublin Square, on both sides of current Puławska Street. One pavilion housed a tax collector, whole the other, a police officer.

One of the pavilions was demaged in 1944 during the Warsaw Uprising in the Second World War, and renovated afterwards.

In 1965 the building received the status of a protected cultural property. Together with the Grochów Tollhouses, they are the only still remaining historical tollhouses in the city.

On 19 Ocotber 2016, in the west pavilion was opened a museum dedicated to Sue Ryder, a British volunteer with Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, and a member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, who afterwards established charitable organisations, notably the Sue Ryder Foundation (now known as simply Sue Ryder).

Characteristics
Mokotów Tollhouses consist of two symmetrical pavilions, placed on both sides of the Puławska Street, at the Union of Lublin Square. They are listed under address numbers 1 for the east pavilion, and 2 for the west pavilion.

Each pavilion have a base in shape of a curved rectangle, to match the curvige of the roundabout at the Union of Lublin Square. They were designed in the Neoclassical style, with portico, that has two Doric order columns.

The east pavilion houses a museum dedicated to Sue Ryder, a volunteer with Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, and a member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, who afterwards established charitable organisations, notably the Sue Ryder Foundation (now known as simply Sue Ryder).