Doylestown, Pennsylvania - Mercer Museum: Historic Gallows
- Address:
- 84 S. Pine St., Doylestown, PA
- Directions:
- Downtown. US 202 to Main St. Exit northwest, then take Main to Ashland St. Turn right on Ashland, then right on Pine St.
- Hours:
- M, W-Sa 10-5; T 10-9; Su 12-5 (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 215-345-0210
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The Moravian Tile Works is an active workshop -- tour the facility and head to the gift shop for some unique and beautiful gifts. Fonthill, Mercer's home, is great for an interesting tour, including a bedroom where the story of Bluebeard is told in picture-tiles on the wall. The grounds of Fonthill and the Tileworks are beautiful, with a small patch of woods for walking and plenty of open space for a picnic or frisbee game. Tours cost money, but access to the grounds is free. You'll have to head across town to the museum, which is also a great picnic spot and has a popular hill for sledding if you visit in winter. If you happen to be there the second weekend in May, you'll find a big ol' fashioned Folk Fest focused on skill-based crafts like wood-turning, glass-blowing, textiles, sheep-shearing, an interactive Revolutionary War camp exhibit, and a stage with juggling and other entertainment. The museum is also just across the street from the public library and the Art Museum (which is in an old jail). [Aja Bryant, 12/08/2004]
Right down the road is the Moravian Tile Works. I might have the name wrong, but this erstwhile manufactory of ceramic tiles was the first poured-concrete structure in the USA (the Mercer Museum, originally Mr. Mercer's home, was the second).
The Tile Works is a sight to behold. Bunch 'o chimneys, all tastefully decorated with colorful tiles. The poured concrete (earth was used as molds) makes the place look a gingerbread house. [Terry Shannon, 06/25/1998]
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