Fonthill

Fonthill or Font Hill may refer to:

  • Fonthill Bishop, village in Wiltshire, England
  • Fonthill Gifford, village in Wiltshire, England
  • Fonthill Abbey, Fonthill Lake and Fonthill Grottoes are located between Fonthill Bishop and Fonthill Gifford
  • Fonthill, Kentucky, unincorporated community in the United States
  • Fonthill, Ontario, community in the town of Pelham, Ontario, Canada
  • Fonthill (house), house in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Fonthill Castle and the Administration Building of the College of Mount St. Vincent, in The Bronx, New York, New York
  • Fonthill, the name of an estate belonging to United States stage actor Edwin Forrest
  • Font Hill Beach, beach in Jamaica
  • Font Hill Manor, historic slave plantation in Maryland, United States
  • Fonthill (house)

    Fonthill, also known as Fonthill Castle, was the home of the American archeologist and tile maker Henry Chapman Mercer, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Built between 1908 and 1912, it is an early example of poured-in-place concrete and features 44 rooms, over 200 windows, 18 fireplaces and 10 bathrooms. The home was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

    History

    Fonthill was the home of the archeologist and tile maker Henry Chapman Mercer. Built between 1908 and 1912, it is an early example of poured-in-place concrete and features 44 rooms, over 200 windows, 18 fireplaces and 10 bathrooms. The interior was originally painted in pastel colors, but age and sunlight have all but eradicated any hint of the former hues. It contains much built-in furniture and is embellished with decorative tiles that Mercer made at the height of the Arts and Crafts movement. It is filled with an extensive collection of ceramics embedded in the concrete of the house, as well as other artifacts from his world travels, including cuneiform tablets discovered in Mesopotamia dating back to over 2300 BCE. The home also contains around 1,000 prints from Mercer's extensive collection, as well as over six thousand books, almost all of which were annotated by Mercer himself.

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