The Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford
The Mark Twain House and Museum was the home of Mark Twain (a.k.a. Samuel Langhorne Clemens) from 1874 to 1891 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Before 1874, Twain had lived in Hannibal, Missouri. The architectural style of the 19-room house itself is Victorian Gothic. The house is also notable for the major works written during his residency, including The Gilded Age, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Life on the Mississippi, Huckleberry Finn, A Tramp Abroad and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Bad financial investments caused the Twain family to move to Europe in 1891. When they returned to Connecticut in 1900 he lived in a house built for him in Redding, Connecticut,named Stormfield, where he died on April 21, 1910. His home in Hartford functioned as a school, an apartment building, and a library after that. In 1962 it was declared a National Historic Landmark. Since 1974 it has had a multi-million dollar renovation and an expansion dedicated to showcasing his life and work. Hartford vacation destinations.
GPS travel coordinates: 41° 46′ 1.7″ N, 72° 42′ 1.8″ W
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August 26th, 2008 at 11:26 am
HELP SAVE THE MARK TWAIN HOUSE!!!
As you may or may not know, the Mark Twain House & Museum is at risk of closing. To save the historic house where Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) wrote Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Jon Clinch, author of Finn, the “prequel” to Huckleberry Finn, Tom Perrotta, Tasha Alexander and eight other nationally-bestselling authors will host a benefit event on Tuesday, September 23 at 6pm.
Admission to the reading and book signing is $40. Admission to the reception, reading and book signing is $100. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 860-280-3152, 860-247-0998 ext. 241 or by email at info@marktwainhouse.org.
If you can’t attend but want to donate visit: http://www.marktwainhouse.org.