National Historic Landmark · nonprofit organization · Hartford, Connecticut

Mark Twain House Annex

Historic house in Connecticut, United States in Hartford, Connecticut. Built 1874 by Edward Tuckerman Potter. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkBuilt 1874Listed 1966Gothic RevivalEdward Tuckerman Potter
Billiards Room at the Mark Twain Home (13829769114)Dishes - Mark Twain House and MuseumDrawing Room Bifold Door, Mark Twain House, by Louis Comfort Tiffany & Co., c. 1881, bronze powder paint, silver plated hardware, walnut - New Britain Museum of American Art - DSC09662Drawing Room Bifold Door, Mark Twain House, by Louis Comfort Tiffany & Co., detail, c. 1881, bronze powder paint, silver plated hardware, walnut - New Britain Museum of American Art - DSC09663
Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · Mark Twain House

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. Clemens biographer Justin Kaplan has called it "part steamboat, part medieval fortress and part cuckoo clock."

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, CT
CountyHartford County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Reference number66000884
Built1874
ArchitectEdward Tuckerman Potter
Type of placenonprofit organization, single-family detached home, historic house museum
StyleGothic Revival
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings
StandingYes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
Address351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, CT
Websitemarktwainhouse.org ↗
Coordinates41.76721, -72.70155 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitSpringfield Armory National Historic Site · 24 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyNorthfield Brook Lake Group Shelters 21 mi · Hop Brook Lake Recreation Area 26 mi · Westville Recreation Area 39 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000884. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.