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Fonthill

Fonthill, East Court Street, State Route 313 vicinity, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.(HABS, PA,9-DOYLT.V,7-1)
Fonthill, East Court Street, State Route 313 vicinity, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.(HABS, PA,9-DOYLT.V,7-2)
Fonthill, East Court Street, State Route 313 vicinity, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.(HABS, PA,9-DOYLT.V,7-3)
Fonthill, East Court Street, State Route 313 vicinity, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.(HABS, PA,9-DOYLT.V,7-4)

General Information

Structural Type: Groin vault
Function / usage: Housing
Other name(s): Henry Chapman Mercer House
Built: 1907 - 1912
Status: in use

Geographic Information & Related Structures

Location: Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA, North America

Technical Information

Dimensions

dimensions at base 15.2 m x 30.5 m

Materials

foundations reinforced concrete
columns reinforced concrete
walls reinforced concrete
vaults reinforced concrete
chimneys reinforced concrete

Chronology

1972

Listed on U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Notes

Early reinforced concrete dwelling, formed and poured by hand by a founder of the American Arts and Crafts movement.

Currently functions as an historic house museum.

HABS No. PA-1140.

Participants

Owner

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Internal Information

Structure-ID: s0009582
Created: 02/07/2003
Last Updated: 24/04/2013