Bucks County Historical Society

The Bucks County Historical Society (BCHS), a private nonprofit organization, is a unique cultural and educational institution that operates the Mercer Museum and Library and Fonthill Castle. As the primary inheritor of the material and intellectual legacy of Henry C. Mercer, the BCHS is custodian of a regionally and nationally significant collection of tools and artifacts that illuminate the history of pre-industrial America to c. 1850.

The BCHS was founded in 1880 by General William Watts Hart Davis with several friends, including the 23-year-old Henry C. Mercer. The organization is now governed by a volunteer Board of men and women from the community who are committed to the legacy of Henry Mercer.

Bucks County Historical Society Officers

Board Chair	Gustavo Perea
Past Chair	Linda B. Hodgdon
Vice-Chair	Thomas Hebel
Vice-Chair	Susan Lonergan
Treasurer	William R. Schutt
Secretary	Maureen B. Carlton

Trustees

Maureen B. Carlton
Whitney Chandor
Peter Chiovarou
Kieran Daniel Cody
Chris Grebey
Thomas Hebel
Linda B. Hodgdon
Conrad Leon
Sue Lonergan
Trish Maxson
Brian R. McLeod
Sean Newman
Richard D. Paynton
Michelle A. Pedersen
Gustavo I. Perea
Sarah Peters
Lisa Pretecrum
Ryan Putman
William R. Schutt
Kelly Stratton

Trustee Emeritus

Elizabeth H. Gemmill

Chief Executive Officer

Kyle McKoy
Bucks County Historical Society

Mercer Museum
84 South Pine Street
Doylestown, PA 18901