The Mark Twain House, Hartford, CT
On your next trip to Connecticut, take the time to visit The Mark Twain House in Hartford. This fascinating National Historic Landmark is well worth seeing both from an architectural and historic perspective. It is also of course intriguing as the home of Mark Twain. The Gothic Mansion in Hartford was where Mark Twain and his family lived from 1874 until their departure in 1891. Twain published seven of his most successful novels while he lived here, including “The Prince and the Pauper,” “Tom Sawyer,” and “Huckleberry Finn.”Even if you have no interest whatsoever in architecture, you can’t help but be amused and intrigued by The Mark Twain House. Nothing seems to balance or appear symmetrical, and a huge assortment of styles and influences are evident in both the exterior and interior of Twain’s home. Experimentation appears to be the one consistent driving force that is evident throughout the Mark Twain House. After your tour of the Mark Twain House, you can browse the fascinating new Museum that was added to the site in 2003. The galleries of this spacious Museum interpret and celebrate the life and work of Twain, his contemporaries, and the Gilded Age in general.