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The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum is located on 206-208 Hill Street, Hannibal, Missouri, on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the United States. It was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as author Mark Twain, from 1844 to 1853. Clemens found the inspiration for many of his stories, including the white picket fence ...
Located in the district is the separately listed Mark Twain Boyhood Home. Other notable buildings include the Ice House Theatre (c. 1885), Randall House Antiques (c. 1845), Information Center (c. 1845), House of the Pilasters & Grant's Drug Store (1839-1844), "Becky Thatcher" House (c. 1840s), and the Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse (1936). [2]
The historic site is adjacent to Mark Twain State Park on a peninsula at the western end of man-made Mark Twain Lake. The cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. [6] Samuel Clemens, later known by the pen name Mark Twain, was born in the two-room house on November 30, 1835. [7]
A parlor in the mansion. Rockcliffe is a massive 13,500-square-foot (1,250 m 2) Colonial Revival/Georgian Style residence, "with large columns and porches almost circling the building," built of double-brick wall construction, and designed by the St. Louis firm of Barnett, Haynes & Barnett, the firm which also planned "the Governor's Mansion in Jefferson City, the St. Louis Cathedral, and ...
Location of Marion County in Missouri. The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Missouri.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Missouri, United States.
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Winona Ranger Station Historic District is a historic ranger station and national historic district located in Mark Twain National Forest near Winona, Shannon County, Missouri. The district encompasses four contributing buildings, associated with a ranger station constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) under the supervision of a ...
The News-Leader compiled a list of 10 spots throughout the Ozarks, including Missouri State University and Dogwood Canyon, with the best fall foliage.