MARK TWAIN HOUSE
Hartford, CT – As promised, here is Harriet Beecher Stowe’s neighbor, good old Samuel Clemens. His house is a 19 room mansion decorated by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Sam and his family lived here from 1874 – 1891. I’ve toured this house many years ago while I was in school, (just after he moved out LOL). A few things I remember were the very ornate billiard room and the telephone. If I remember correctly, he had the first telephone in Hartford. My question is, who did he call?
This is the back of the house but I think the right side is the front, its all good.
You can tour this house as well as the Harriet Beecher Stowe House.
Info: www.marktwainhouse.org
posted by Bill @ 6:11 AM
7 Comments:
Beautiful pictures. I would like to visit Sam's house myself someday.
Well, that is one extraordinary house. Would that be American Gothic?
...and beutifully photgraphed.
I really like these victorian style homes. I've enjoyed your blog so much that I wanted to come back and make a correction but unfortunately the stain glass windows aren't there nor is the humor comment.
Anonymous - I think the stained glass windows you are talking about are posted April 8, 2005. Click on the April 2005 Archive Date.
Peter - From the Mark Twain website they call the house just Victorian. Also, here is a few sentences from the test.
Skilled craftsmen painstakingly replicated the original L. C. Tiffany and Associated Artists designs, making the house an icon of the American Aesthetic Movement.
What a beautiful house! I love the ornate decorative look. Is that a patio on the top floor? Cool.
Thanks Philo,
I forgot all about that.
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