A small, distinctive octagonal wooden building where Mark Twain did most of his serious writing. The study is on the Elmira College campus and can be visited from the public entrance on College Avenue. Inside, the desk, chair, and typewriter are arranged as Twain used them. A small exhibit in the adjacent building covers his years in Elmira.
Mark Twain's Study
Octagonal writing cabin where Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn
| Address | One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14901 |
|---|
A story
Twain's sister-in-law Susan Crane had the octagonal study built for him at Quarry Farm in 1874, modelled on a Mississippi riverboat pilothouse. He wrote there every summer for twenty years, producing Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and half a dozen other major works. In 1952 the study was moved to the Elmira College campus, where it sits today.