Mark Twain House Museum
The Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens and his family from 1874 to 1891. The Clemens family had it designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and built in the America High Gothic style.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: non-profit organization in the USA
- Also known as: “Mark Twain Boyhood Home”, “Mark Twain House”, and “The Mark Twain House and Museum”
- Address: 351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Harriet Beecher Stowe House and Connecticut Historical Society.
Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Museum
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The Stowe Center for Literary Activism is a history museum and National Historic Landmark at 73 Forest Street in Hartford, Connecticut that was once the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of the 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Connecticut Historical Society
Museum
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The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, formerly the Connecticut Historical Society, is a private, non-profit organization that serves as the official state historical society of Connecticut. Connecticut Historical Society is situated 2,400 feet northwest of Mark Twain House Museum.
Hartford Public High School
School
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Hartford Public High School, in Hartford, Connecticut, was founded in 1638. It is the second-oldest public secondary school in the United States, after the Boston Latin School. It is part of the Hartford Public Schools district. Hartford Public High School is situated 1,100 feet south of Mark Twain House Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nook Farm and Laurel and Marshall Streets District.
Nook Farm
Neighborhood
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Nook Farm is a historical neighborhood in the Asylum Hill section on the western edge of Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Laurel and Marshall Streets District
Neighborhood
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The Laurel and Marshall Streets District is a historic district encompassing a late-19th and early-20th century residential area in the Asylum Hill neighborhood of Hartford, Connecticut.
Little Hollywood Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Little Hollywood Historic District encompasses a concentrated collection of apartment buildings built mainly between the world wars in the West End neighborhood of Hartford, Connecticut.
Mark Twain House Museum
Latitude
41.76707° or 41° 46′ 2″ northLongitude
-72.70139° or 72° 42′ 5″ westElevation
95 feet (29 metres)Open location code
87H9Q78X+RCOpenStreetMap ID
way 194716932OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Mark Twain House Museum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Casa Mark Twain”
- Dutch: “Mark Twain House”
- French: “maison de Mark Twain”
- French: “Maison de Mark Twain”
- French: “Mark Twain House”
- Galician: “Casa de Mark Twain”
- German: “Mark Twain House”
- Hebrew: “בית מארק טוויין”
- Irish: “Teach Mark Twain”
- Japanese: “マーク・トウェインハウス”
- Japanese: “マーク。トウェイン・ハウス”
- Russian: “Дом Марка Твена”
- Spanish: “Casa de mark twain”
- Spanish: “Casa de Mark Twain”
- Swedish: “Mark Twain House”
- Ukrainian: “Будинок Марка Твена”
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