Moravian Pottery and Tile Works

Court St. and PA 313, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Bucks.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 01, 1972. NRIS 72001098.

1 contributing building. 5 contributing structures.

Also known as:

  • Dr. Henry Chapman Mercer's Tileworks
  • Merce
  • See Also:Fonthill

From Wikipedia:

Moravian Pottery and Tile Works

The Moravian Pottery & Tile Works (MPTW) is a history museum which is located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It is owned by the County of Bucks, and operated by TileWorks of Bucks County, a 501c3 non-profit organization.

The museum was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, and was later included in a National Historic Landmark District along with the Mercer Museum and Fonthill. These three structures are the only cast-in-place concrete structures built by Mercer.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995282

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