Town · Doylestown, Bucks County, PA
Doylestown
The Bucks County seat, home of Henry Mercer's three concrete landmarks (the Mercer Museum, Fonthill Castle and the Moravian Tile Works) and the Michener Art Museum.
Doylestown, the seat of Bucks County, is a walkable town of brick sidewalks, shops and cafes, and it owes its most remarkable buildings to one man. Henry Chapman Mercer, an archaeologist and tile maker, built three of them out of poured concrete in the early 1900s: Fonthill, his castle-like home of 44 rooms; the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, where tiles are still made by his methods; and the Mercer Museum, a towering home for his collection of the tools of early American trades.
The James A. Michener Art Museum, named for the novelist who grew up here, shows the art of the Bucks County region, including the Pennsylvania Impressionists, inside the stone walls of the old county jail. Peddler's Village and New Hope are a short drive east.
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Museum · Doylestown, Bucks County, PA
James A. Michener Art Museum
Pennsylvania Impressionist landscapes and other art of the Bucks County region, in a museum built inside the walls of the old county jail.
Shopping village · Lahaska, Bucks County, PA
Peddler's Village
A village of shops, restaurants and an inn among landscaped gardens in Lahaska, with seasonal festivals and holiday lights.
Town · New Hope, Bucks County, PA
New Hope
A riverside arts town across the bridge from Lambertville, with galleries, the Bucks County Playhouse, the canal towpath and a heritage railroad.
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Site · Washington Crossing, Bucks County, PA
Washington Crossing Historic Park
The Pennsylvania shore where Washington's army set out across the icy Delaware on Christmas night 1776, with historic buildings and a yearly reenactment.
Photo: Susan Spitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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James A. Michener Art Museum
Pennsylvania Impressionist landscapes and other art of the Bucks County region, in a museum built inside the walls of the old county jail.
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Peddler's Village
A village of shops, restaurants and an inn among landscaped gardens in Lahaska, with seasonal festivals and holiday lights.
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New Hope
A riverside arts town across the bridge from Lambertville, with galleries, the Bucks County Playhouse, the canal towpath and a heritage railroad.
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Lambertville
A Delaware River town of brick rowhouses, galleries and restaurants, joined to New Hope by a walkable bridge, with the canal towpath at its door.
