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DETAIL, ROOF, SHOWING JUXTAPOSITION OF ROOF PLANES, CHIMNEYS, AND DORMERS - Mercer Museum, Pine and Ashland Streets, Doylestown, Bucks County, PA
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Mercer, Henry Chapman; Labs, William; Vulcanite Cement Company; Buffalo Steel Company; New Jersey Wire Cloth Company; Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company; A. Oscar Martin and Son; Shappell and Crothers; Moravian Pottery and Tile Works; Bassett, William B, historian; Null, Druscilla J, historian; Boucher, Jack E, photographer; Peterson, C E, photographer
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DETAIL, ROOF, SHOWING JUXTAPOSITION OF ROOF PLANES, CHIMNEYS, AND DORMERS - Mercer Museum, Pine and Ashland Streets, Doylestown, Bucks County, PA
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Bucks County; Doylestown
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS PA,9-DOYLT,3-5
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • 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
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 85002366.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa0216.photos.142823p
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Object location40° 18′ 36″ N, 75° 07′ 49.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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