Mark Twain House and Museum

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The Mark Twain House and Museum is the historic Victorian home in Hartford, Connecticut, where author Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) lived and wrote some of his most famous works, now preserved as a museum dedicated to his life and legacy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Victorian house
historic house museum
literary museum
tourist attraction
architect Alfred H. Kellogg
Edward Tuckerman Potter
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival
Stick style
Victorian Gothic
city Hartford NERFINISHED
completionDate 1874
constructionStartDate 1873
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateOfHeritageDesignation 1962
dedicatedTo life of Mark Twain
works of Mark Twain
formerResident Mark Twain
Mark Twain
surface form: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
function historic house
museum
governingBody Mark Twain House and Museum self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Mark Twain House & Museum nonprofit organization
hasCollection Mark Twain first editions
Mark Twain manuscripts
Mark Twain personal belongings
Mark Twain photographs
hasExhibition permanent exhibition on Mark Twain’s life
temporary literary and historical exhibitions
heritageDesignation U.S. National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
surface form: U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
locatedIn Hartford, Connecticut NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
namedAfter Mark Twain
nearby Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Hartford)
surface form: Harriet Beecher Stowe House
notableWorkWrittenThere A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
surface form: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Prince and the Pauper
NRHPReferenceNumber 66000884
offers educational programs
guided tours
public lectures and events
openingDateAsMuseum 1974
partOf Nook Farm historic neighborhood
surface form: Nook Farm neighborhood of Hartford
periodOfResidenceEnd 1891
periodOfResidenceStart 1874
residenceOf Mark Twain
state Connecticut
streetAddress 351 Farmington Avenue
website https://marktwainhouse.org

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Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Hartford) adjacentTo Mark Twain House and Museum
this entity surface form: Mark Twain House
Clara Clemens associatedWith Mark Twain House and Museum
this entity surface form: Mark Twain House
Olivia Langdon Clemens associatedWithPlace Mark Twain House and Museum
this entity surface form: Mark Twain House, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Clemens family connectedTo Mark Twain House and Museum
this entity surface form: Mark Twain House, Hartford, Connecticut
Nook Farm historic neighborhood contains Mark Twain House and Museum
this entity surface form: Mark Twain House
Mark Twain House and Museum governingBody Mark Twain House and Museum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Mark Twain House & Museum nonprofit organization
Hartford hasCulturalInstitution Mark Twain House and Museum
Asylum Hill hasInstitution Mark Twain House and Museum
Asylum Hill hasLandmark Mark Twain House and Museum
Hartford, Connecticut, United States hasLandmark Mark Twain House and Museum
Nook Farm hasPart Mark Twain House and Museum
this entity surface form: Mark Twain House