Mercer Museum, Pine & Ashland Streets, Doylestown, Bucks County, PA

See also HAER PA-107 for additional documentation. Includes photographs (photographs 67 & 68).

Significance: A pioneering example of the use of reinforced concrete. An eclectic interpretation of Medieval styles, the building was designed for the Bucks County Historical Society by antiquarian and inventor, Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930). The building houses Mercer's huge collection of pre-industrial tools, machines and implements.

Survey number: HABS PA-1007

Building/structure dates: 1913-1916 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1933-1936 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1974 Subsequent Work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 85002366

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1915 - 1980

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