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Built between 1908 and 1912, it is an early example of poured-in-place concrete and features 44 rooms, over 200 windows, 18 fireplaces and 10 bathrooms.
2018 Canadian Women's Mid-Amateur & Senior Championship in Fonthill, Ontario on August 30, 2018. Photo: Claus Andersen
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[Fonthill, ON] – August 28, 2018 – Canadian Women's Mid Am & Senior Lookout Point Country Club
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[Fonthill, ON] – August 28, 2018 – Canadian Women's Mid Am & Senior Lookout Point Country Club
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2018 Canadian Women's Mid-Amateur & Senior Championship in Fonthill, Ontario on August 30, 2018. Photo: Claus Andersen
Fonthill Castle located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, is probably the only remaining original castles built in Pennsylvania. Henry Chapman Mercer began construction in 1908 at the age of 52 and completed construction in 1912. He used steel reinforced concrete that was hand mixed, hauled by Lucy his draft horse and hand laid. Henry was not an architect but learned how to build from books and his trips to Europe. The castle has 10 bathrooms, 5 bedrooms, 5 terraces, 18 fireplaces, 32 stairwells, more than 200 windows, an Otis elevator and 21 chimneys and air vents. Henry died in 1930 at the age of 74.
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2018 Canadian Women's Mid-Amateur & Senior Championship in Fonthill, Ontario on August 30, 2018. Photo: Claus Andersen
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2018 Canadian Women's Mid-Amateur & Senior Championship in Fonthill, Ontario on August 30, 2018. Photo: Claus Andersen
Fonthill was the home of the archeologist and tile maker Henry Chapman Mercer. Built between 1908 and 1912, it is an early example of poured-in-place concrete and features 44 rooms, over 200 windows, 18 fireplaces and 10 bathrooms. The interior was originally painted in pastel colors, but age and sunlight have all but eradicated any hint of the former hues. It contains much built-in furniture and is embellished with decorative tiles that Mercer made at the height of the Arts and Crafts movement.
Pieced by Nellie Zonneveld, custom quilting by Kelly Corfe. The Quilting Bee Quilt Shop, Fonthill, Ontario, Canada.