The Montagu Pass and Toll House were constructed between 1844 and 1847 by Henry Fancourt (Australian surveyor and engineer), and was declared a National monument in 1972.

The Toll House was erected to provide accommodation for the Toll keeper and his family. Indigenous sandstone was used and it originally had a thatched roof, but unfortunately, the thatch was destroyed by a fire in 1855 and was replaced with corrugated iron.

Over the years through weathering by the elements and its remote location, it was also vandalized by vagrants who destroyed what they could.

Despite the fact that it was declared a monument the Friends of the Toll House, a non-profit organization founded by Gerda Stols, was created to restore this old lady back to her original splendour.

This is an ongoing process to preserve a piece of history in the oldest unaltered Pass still in South Africa Gerda looks forward to welcoming you all to this amazing historical home, now a Museum.