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Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, Doylestown, PA

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Moravian Pottery and Tile Works

Historic tile factory in Bucks County built by Henry Chapman Mercer, offering guided tours and hands-on tile making.

130 E Swamp Rd, Doylestown, PA 18901 · Doylestown, PA

About Moravian Pottery and Tile Works

Henry Chapman Mercer built this tile factory in Doylestown between 1911 and 1912. Guided tours explore the decorative halls and historic workshops on the grounds, and visitors can watch craftsmen shape local clay into Mercer tiles. A Tuesday tour lets guests make their own small Moravian tile with traditional methods and glazes, which is ready for pickup a few weeks later. Special steam engine tours show the historic machines once used in tile production. The site is a history museum owned by Bucks County and operated by TileWorks of Bucks County, a nonprofit.

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  • #Henry Chapman Mercer
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  • #tile making
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