351 Farmington Ave
Hartford, CT 06105, USA

Mark Twain House

Built in 1874, for the "father of American literature" and "the greatest humorist this country has produced," Mark Twain (1835-1910), and his wife Olivia Langdon (1845-1904). The Twains lived here from 1874 to 1891. It was designed - some say to resemble a boat - by the New York architect, Edward Tuckerman Potter (1831-1904). Most frequently described as having been built in the Gothic-Revival style, it was slightly ahead of its time showing distinct signs of the later Queen Anne Style and elements of the Arts & Crafts movement too. It was from this home that Twain adored that he wrote many of his best-known works, including Huckleberry Finn etc. Today, the house is a popular museum to Twain.

Mark Twain House, Carriage House, 351 Farmington Ave Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain Carriage House is a multi-purpose barn with a coachman`s apartment designed by architects Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp as a companion structure to the residence for noted American author and humorist Samuel Clemens and his family. Its massive size and its generous accommodations for the coachman mark this structure as an unusual carriage house among those intended for a single family`s use. The building has the wide overhanging eaves and half-timbering typical of the Chalet style popular in the late 19th century for cottages, carriage houses, and gatehouses. The carriage house apartment was the home of the Clemenses loyal and valued coachman, Patrick McAleer, and his family from 1874 until 1903.