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    Mercer mile consists of three historic concrete buildings within a mile of each other. Mercer acted as both architect and builder and his unique plans and bold construction techniques made him a pioneer in the use of concrete. Report includes two sets of 20 photographs each; the first covers Mercer's home; the second covers both the tile works and museum.

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    Mercer mile consists of three historic concrete buildings within a mile of each other. Mercer acted as both architect and builder and his unique plans and bold construction techniques made him a pioneer in the use of concrete. Report includes two sets of 20 photographs each; the first covers Mercer's home; the second covers both the tile works and museum.

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    ACI 124.

    2R-94
    (Reapproved 1999)
    An Abstract:

    Slide Module S.02-94

    THE MERCER MILE BUILDINGS


    Reported by ACI Committee 124
    Russell S. Fling
    Chairman

    Michael J. Archambault Sidney Freedman Harry Palmbaum


    Robert F. Armbruster C. Stewart Gloyd Peter Smith
    Muriel Burns Theodore W. Hunt Richard W. Steiger
    Charles M. Dabney Mary K. Hurd Stewart C. Watson
    Jack Fielder Denise Kushner Bruce R. Wellek

    Associate Members

    Brian J. Addis E.V. Hourigan


    Mir M. Ali Albert W. Knott
    William M. Avery Michael J. Paul
    George Baty

    Consulting Members:

    Jose A. Fernandez Ordonez J.G. Richardson


    Paul Ritter Piet Stroeven
    Lynn Olson

    The text of this report was written by Richard W. Steiger. Photographs are by Richard W. Steiger and Bruce R. Wellek. The committee wishes to
    acknowledge the Associate and Consulting members who also contributed to the report.

    The Mercer Mile consists of three historic concrete buildings within a mile (1.6 km) of each other, built
    by Henry Chapman Mercer near Doylestown, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The first to be built, starting
    in 1908, was Fonthill, Mercer’s 44-room mansion. The second, the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, was
    and is a factory producing ornamental tiles for architectural and other purposes. The last and largest
    structure, completed in 1916, was the Mercer Museum, built to house Mercer’s collection of more than
    30,000 tools and objects from Early American and Native American society. The collection totals 50,000
    objects today. Mercer acted as both architect and builder and his unique plans and bold construction
    techniques made him a pioneer in the use of concrete. Built-in concrete furniture, concrete window
    mullions, and concrete roofs and dovecotes are but a few of the remarkable details that Mercer incor-
    porated. The published report includes two sets of 20 photographs each; the first covers Fonthill, Mercer’s
    home; the second covers both the tile works and museum.

    ACI Committee Reports, Guides, Standard Practices, and


    Commentaries are intended for guidance in designing, Copyright 0 1994, American Concrete Institute.
    planning, executing, or inspecting construction and in All rights reserved including rights of reproduction and use in any
    preparing specifications. Reference to these documents form or by any means, including the making of copies by any photo
    shall not be made in the Project Documents. If items process, or by any electronic or mechanical device, printed, written, or
    found in these documents are desired to be part of the oral, or recording for sound or visual reproduction or for use in any
    Project Documents they should be phrased in mandatory knowledge or retrieval system or device, unless permission in writing is
    language and incorporated into the Project Documents. obtained from the copyright proprietors.

    124.2R-1

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