Fonthill Castle is in Bucks County.
When you think of a castle, Europe may come to mind.But there is a stunning castle right here in Pennsylvania, and it houses a quirky collection. Fonthill Castle Fonthill Castle in Doylestown, Bucks County, was the home of archaeologist, anthropologist, ceramist, scholar and antiquarian Henry Chapman Mercer .
There are 44 rooms in Fonthill, including 10 bathrooms, five bedrooms and 18 fireplaces. It has more than 200 windows.Fonthill boasted modern conveniences: two dumbwaiters, an Otis elevator, an intercom buzzer system and phones to communicate within the house.Mercer also filled his home with more than 6,000 books.Mercer MuseumMercer also built the Mercer Museum, which features a collection of more than 17,000 pre-industrial tools.
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