Moravian Pottery & Tile Works, Southwest side of State Route 313 (Swamp Road), Northwest of East Court Street, Doylestown, Bucks County, PA
Summary
See also HAER PA-107 for additional documentation. Includes drawings, photographs & written data.
Significance: Designed by anthropologist and antiquarian Henry Chapman Mercer as a factory to reproduce the decorative pottery and tile of the Pennsylvania-Germans. The product produced was noted for its quality and craftsmanship. Architecturally, the building is a pioneering example of the use of reinforced concrete and is stylistically derived from the designs of the Spanish Missions of California.
Survey number: HABS PA-5381
Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 85002366
Tags
Date
1912 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Mercer, Henry Chapman
Mercer Museum
Fonthill
Bassett, William B, historian
Null, Druscilla J, historian
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Location
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html