Mark Twain in Elmira, NY: Mark Twain Study

Mark Twain Study

Elmira, NY

N 42° 05.874 W 076° 48.839

Short Description:

The Mark Twain Study is located on the campus of Elmira College at  One Park Place in Elmira, NY.

Long Description:

Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, married an Elmira resident Olivia Langdon. They spent many summers with Olivia's sister, Susan Crane, at her mansion at Quarry Farm in Elmira. In 1874, Susan and Theodore Crane gave this study to Samuel Clemens as a gift. The one-room octagonal building, equipped with a fireplace, was placed about 100 yards from the main house at Quarry Farm.

Here Mark Twain wrote major portions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Prince and the Pauper, A Tramp Abroad, and several shorter works. In 1952, the Mark Twain Study was moved from Quarry Farm to the Elmira College campus where it is staffed by student docents and open to the public. The study is was designated Literary Landmark in 1998. A bronze plaque in the study is inscribed:

LITERARY LANDMARK REGISTER

MARK TWAIN STUDY

AT ELMIRA COLLEGE

The study in which

Mark Twain

wrote ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN

and many other classics

is a designated Literary Landmark

by Friends of Libraries U.S.A.

1998

The Mark Twain Study is open:
May 1st to Labor Day:
Tuesday through Saturday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
(Closed Sunday and Monday and for Elmira College holidays)

After Labor Day until October 15th:
Saturdays 9:30 - 4:30