Henry Chapman Mercer

Architect - AsNotedIn

Notable Position	Organization	From	To
Director	Moravian Pottery and Tile Works	1898	1930

Y/M/D	Description	Association	Composition	Place	Locale	Food	Event
Y/M/D	Description	Association	Composition	Place	Locale	Food	Event
1856/06/24	Henry Chapman Mercer is born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania	Born		Fonthill, Mercer Museum and Moravian Pottery and Tile Works	Doylestown
1871/00/00	Mercer family, including Henry and William Jr, move into "Aldie".	Home		Aldie	Doylestown
1906/00/00	Henry C Mercer is asked to design and install a floor, a "carpet of history", for the new Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. The commission helps launch Mercer on a successful career as an Arts and Crafts Era tile maker.	Architect		State Capitol Building, Pennsylvania	Harrisburg
1912/00/00	Henry Mercer designs and constructs Fonthill, his castle home from 1912 until his death in 1930, 1907 -1912	Architect, Home		Fonthill	Doylestown
1916/00/00	From 1913 to 1916, Henry Mercer designs and builds, with a crew of eight men, the new museum of the Bucks County Historical Society, or "Colonial Museum," in Doylestown.	Architect, Owner		Mercer Museum	Doylestown
1930/03/09	Henry Chapman Mercer dies at home	Died		Fonthill	Doylestown

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