Fonthill Main Hall
Fonthill Castle, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, was the home of the archaeologist and tile maker Henry Chapman Mercer. Built between 1908 and 1912 by Mercer himself and a team of workers, it is a large house and not a castle, and an early example of poured-in-place concrete. Fonthill defies any classification or categorization into architectural styles or modes.
The estate of Fonthill is one of the pioneer examples of using reinforced concrete as a building medium.
Interior of the main hall in Fonthill Castle.
A portrait of Henry Mercer could be seen on the wall and also tiles from his factory decorate the upper part of the walls, columns, and ceiling.
Fonthill Main Hall
Fonthill Castle, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, was the home of the archaeologist and tile maker Henry Chapman Mercer. Built between 1908 and 1912 by Mercer himself and a team of workers, it is a large house and not a castle, and an early example of poured-in-place concrete. Fonthill defies any classification or categorization into architectural styles or modes.
The estate of Fonthill is one of the pioneer examples of using reinforced concrete as a building medium.
Interior of the main hall in Fonthill Castle.
A portrait of Henry Mercer could be seen on the wall and also tiles from his factory decorate the upper part of the walls, columns, and ceiling.