The Mark Twain House: A Home with Heart

Visiting Samuel Clemens House In Hartford, CT

“To us, our house was not unsentient matter — it had a heart, and a soul, and eyes to see us with; and approvals and solicitudes and deep sympathies; it was of us, and we were in its confidence, and lived in its grace and in the peace of its benediction.” ― Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Mark Twain is a beloved name in American literature. Visiting his family home in Hartford, Connecticut,provides a private glimpse into the intimate life of Samuel Clemens, known by his pen name, Mark Twain. The house has a unique sense of personality. Its bright red exterior, featuring many peaks, is hard to miss, as was the intention. A house to match the man, Mark Twain, a true character ahead of his time and artist at heart. He commissioned the house to match his bright red hair(Mark Twain house tour guide).

Image by The Mark Twain House & Museum

Many of his most important works were written in this house, such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1884), The Prince and the Pauper(1881), Tom Sawyer(1876) among others. The house was under both private and public ownership for several years, until it was saved by preservationists in 1929. His daughter, Clara, donated furniture and artifacts(Mark Twain Museum and House, tour guide, February…