Fonthill Castle Meander Days
This one has come and gone
It ran 4 times, Fri Oct 9 to Sun Oct 18, 2026. Fonthill Castle and the Doylestown calendar have what's next.
What's on in DoylestownWalk Fonthill at your own pace instead of on a guided tour, room to room through Mercer's tile-covered concrete castle. Last entry is two o'clock, so do not cut it close.
More at Fonthill Castle
Behind the Scenes Tours: Fonthill Castle From Tower to Crypt
Ninety minutes off the normal route through Henry Mercer's concrete castle: tower stairs, hidden passageways, the rooms the standard tour skips. Steep and dark in places, age fourteen and up.
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: Gothic Fonthill Tour (Oct 23)
A 90-minute tour of Fonthill Castle's passageways built around the Gothic novels Henry Mercer loved to collect. Tickets are $30 for adults and $15 for ages 14 to 17.
Good Grief: Mourning Rituals and Spiritualism at Fonthill (Oct 23)
A 90-minute Fonthill Castle tour on grieving customs and mourning etiquette, and the rise of Spiritualism, across Henry Mercer's lifetime from the Civil War to the Roaring Twenties. $30 adults, $15 ages 14 to 17.
