What Happened to Mark Twain's House?

Let's get one thing straight about Samuel Clemens, he was one of the first deserters of the Civil War. The War in Missouri was savage and extremely deadly. He wanted nothing to do with it and got as far away as he could. I can't blame him one bit. Missouri was not the place to be back then.

Nothing. Nothing happened. Click bait.

A well told and structured audio and visual narrative.

Spoiler: It's still there and is open for visits.

Women who wore makeup were considered loose back then. 😂

Looks like he lived pretty good !

If you are visiting the Mark Twain House DO go next door to Harriet Beecher Stowe's lovely home for a tour.

I’ve visited his CT home a number of times. I bought a tee-shirt at the gift shop that says, “if man was to be crossed with a cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat.”

I lived across the street on Farmington Ave. Unfortunately the area is a crackhead and prostitute ghetto.

I been to Hannibal several times I live in Missouri.

I confused. We took a tour of a Mark Twain mansion in Hannibal . It was on a gravel road. A road that was once the route to St Louis. It wasn't very big has mansions go but was done w really nice things. The upstairs was servants only. There was nothing but several beds n pots n a wood stove up there. So someone explain this to me. What did I see!? Ok never mind I listen again. They had a nice home has a child.

The conservatory. I could live in that room all day and never get tired of it.

Samuel Clemens had two siblings who survived into adulthood, Orion and Pamela, and pronunciation of their names is not as you might expect. His brother's name, while spelled the same as the constellation, is pronounced Orry-on. His sister is pronounced "Pameela." I've no idea if this was common in the early eighteen-hundreds, or just more evidence of the creativity and quirkiness of the Clemens family. Loved the video!

The quote,”The ornaments of a house is the friends who frequent it” reminds me of how ancient Greeks used to bat the mint near their door so that when friends came to visit they would be welcomed by the fragrance of mint.

The day I went to it the place was robbed

I actually like the staircase ,,,,,,,,,,, shadow

I liked the library, best. ❤

this is on my list to see !!! This house is amazing looking! i like every room but the Jungle is my fav

The library.

Have you ever thought of doing videos on some of the old mansions in Cairo, IL? It may not be the town it use to be but sitting at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers it has a lot of history.

I have heard that, in the 19th century, homes in some states would have armoires rather than closets because a closet counted as a room for taxes and thus a closet for each bedroom would greatly increase taxes....

I hope to go see it someday! 😊

I hope to see this home in person one day. I love Mark Twain!

What about his home in Buffalo NY?

Mark Twain was a good friend if General Grant! When the stock market had a big fall , Grant lost a lot of money. Twain encouraged Grant to write his memories of his life! So he did which helped his family survive after Grant completed his books! Grant was dying of throat cancer , he was a heavy cigar smoker ! He completed his book and died leaving his family in a good financial way! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇩🇪🇨🇭🇺🇲💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

Thank you for this video. I remember visiting this house on field trips when I was young. It was always my favorite field trip!😊

Hello Ken; have you been to the paper house in the Gloucester and Rockport MA. area, also known as Cape Ann? I grew up in Rockport and was able to visit the house. EVERYTHING is made of paper & it's story rarely is known by rest of the world and may interest other people who enjoy architecture. In the area there's another historical building that was turned into a hotel; if I recall correctly; that might be of interest as well. Both are on the Pigeon Cove main road near the bay side past a quarry. 🏠 🏫 I roamed the scenic route when I lived there, among other places on the island.

Enjoyed visiting there.

Absurd!

Great channel I’m very interested in architecture so this is wonderful find for me

He own property on the Big Island of Hawaii. Do you have its history ?

Just found your channel, good content and presentation.
I used to live a 5-minute walk from this house, and went there twice for a tour. Your tour was as good as, or perhaps better than, than the commentary offered when actually there.

Like many, the billiards room was my favorite. Decades ago I helped with a local NPR broadcast from there where Garrison Keillor shot pool with local Connecticut NPR hosts and opined about Twain and American literature.

Very in depth and a lot of hard work went into this video

As an architect....this is when your client designs the house for you....while you write his books with equal skill.

Our family lived a few houses away from Mark Twain's & Harriet Beecher Stowe's homes on Forest St. In 1959 the city purchased & tore down all the beautiful historical homes around these homes to build a parking lot for a new school. This led to a change in practices for dealing with historical homes. ❤️🙏

I would have liked to see his office, where he sat to write...

Wow❤

I was born in Hartford and the Mark Twain house has always been a source of pride.

I wonder why the chimneys change location from picture to picture.

Sharing a bedroom was not rare for the time. People keep saying that but most couples actually shared a bedroom. It was the SUPER wealthy that had separate sleeping room. Also, indoor plumbing wasn't incredibly rare by 1870s. Most middle class homes started to incorporate plumbing. it was a new technology that people started to connect to.

The narrative or written copy of this video make it a favorite from THIS HOUSE.

He has a small cabin near Angels Camp CA. Buddy and I tried pushing it over in the late 80's. It looked like it would fall over but it didn't budge. Thankfully there's a chain link fence around it now to keep dumb asses like us out.

Thiss was not the only home that he owned. At the end of his life he had another mansion built. He only lived in it for a few years before he died.

Two monsters

This is one of my most favorite houses! Love it and the "Stick Style".

We visited this beautiful home one Christmas season. Other than Biltmore, it is my favorite.

The home has great character ...for a great character! So happy it is still here!