Mark Twain & Harriet Beecher Stowe Compound, Hartford Photos |
Mark Twain & Harriet Beecher Stowe were friends who built neighboring houses, which are open to honor these two authors. Twain was a preeminent American humorist best noted for Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn. Harriet Beecher Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin had a profound impact on the abolition of slavery movement. |
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| Statue of Mark Twain with riverboat wheel in downtown Hartford. | Mark Twain House (1873). Architect: Edward Tuckerman Potter. On National Register. | Mark Twain House where Samuel Clemens (1835-1910) wrote several novels under his Mark Twain pen name. | Mark Twain House. |
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| Mark Twain House shows whimsical detail & multicolored brick patterns. | Harriet Beecher Stowe House (77 Forest St.) where author (1811-96) of Uncle Tom's Cabin's (1851-2) resided (1873-96). | Harriet Beecher Stowe House was a neighbor to Mark Twain. |
All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart. All rights reserved. Permission required to use. |