Henry Mercer, builder of Fonthill, was quite the bookworm. As an anthropologist, he collected books on a wide variety of subjects. I believe the number of books at Fonthill numbers around 7,000. Nearly any book they open up contains hand written notes, so it's believed Mercer read all of them.

Henry Mercer, builder of Fonthill, was quite the bookworm. As an anthropologist, he collected books on a wide variety of subjects. I believe the number of books at Fonthill numbers around 7,000. Nearly any book they open up contains hand written notes, so it's believed Mercer read all of them.