Fonthill Museum Fonthill Grounds Map Fonthill Construction Aerial Shot Original farmhouse and new construction Fonthill plaster model Design inspiration-prints Rollo\'s stairs Saloon during construction Interior construction view Construction techniques-columns
Construction techniques-vaults Construction Technology-Tiled Ceilings Columbus Room ceiling Mercer\'s workmen View of exterior construction Lucy the Horse View of exterior construction Fonthill nearing completion Credits in tile H. Mercer in Fonthill, 1920s

Building Henry Mercer's Fonthill - 1908-1912

One hundred years ago Henry Chapman Mercer designed and built Fonthill, his "Castle for the New World" in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.  This exhibit explores Fonthill's planning and construction in period images, text and Mercer's own words.