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The house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter, an architect from New York City. [20] When it was being built, the Hartford Daily Times noted, "The novelty displayed in the architecture of the building, the oddity of its internal arrangement and the fame of its owner will all conspire to make it a house of note for a long time to come."
Mark Twain: Mark Twain boyhood home: 1844–1853 Hannibal: Twain's life in Hannibal inspired his writing of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. [49] Laura Ingalls Wilder: Laura Ingalls Wilder House: 1896–1957 Mansfield
Twain's funeral was at the Brick Presbyterian Church on Fifth Avenue, New York. [105] He is buried in his wife's family plot at Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, New York. The Langdon family plot is marked by a 12-foot (3.7 m) monument (two fathoms, or "mark twain") placed there by Twain's surviving daughter Clara. [106] There is also a smaller ...
Mark Twain House & Museum. Hartford, Connecticut Samuel Clemens — aka Mark Twain — and his wife commissioned architect Edward Tuckerman Potter to design the eye-catching home they moved into ...
The Lotos Club is a private social club in New York City. Founded primarily by a young group of writers and critics in 1870 as a gentlemen's club , it has since begun accepting women as members. Mark Twain , an early member, called it the "Ace of Clubs". [ 1 ]
Residents of Redding met Twain and Paine and Paine's daughter Louise at the West Redding train station on June 18, 1908, and accompanied them to the new house. [1] It was the first time that Twain had seen the house in person. [4] Dan Beard was a nearby Redding resident whose illustrations appeared in several Mark Twain books. He helped set off ...
Edward Tuckerman Potter (September 25, 1831 – December 21, 1904) was an American architect best known for designing the 1871 Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut.With his half-brother William Appleton Potter, he also designed Nott Memorial Hall (1858–79) at his alma mater, Union College, Schenectady, New York.
Wave Hill is a 28-acre (11 ha) estate in the Hudson Hill section of Riverdale in the Bronx, New York City.Wave Hill currently consists of public horticultural gardens and a cultural center, all situated on the slopes overlooking the Hudson River, with expansive views across the river to the New Jersey Palisades.