0 a government building at a port where, in the past, the papers for goods leaving or entering a country were checked and taxes were paid
The custom house was probably used as a guard room.
By 1930, the city's increasing population warranted a new federal building to replace an existing post office and custom house.
It houses 120 freight forwarders and 80 custom house agents and can accommodate parking of nearly 80 trucks.
In 1628, it was moved back across the harbour where a new custom house had been constructed on a filled site north of the city.
City officials likely anticipated increased commerce and determined that a larger custom house was needed.
No military action would be involved; it would simply be a blockade, though not technically a blockade, resting on the custom house of each country.
It originally functioned as a courthouse, post office, and custom house.
For a brief time, the new building also served as a custom house.
