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Section 3, Tovmship 54N, Range 8WCITY OR TOWN:

Mark Twain State Park, i mile south of Florida on State HiKhwav 107ST * Te CODE COUNTY: COOE

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State of Missouri

" P.O. Box 176, 1204 Jefferson Building

Jefferson City Missouri 65101 2k %-OCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION / '<• ; :: : ':.''.i:v¥!:'"S*»*S*«iS«r-*Se.W.*».ii ' 1 .-v.- > '"••:..' l: *•"• '•• »

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CITY OR TOWN: STATE CODE

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Two-room frame cabin, constructed of native red oak clapboard

siding, with log sills, studs and joists. Original pine floor.

Central doorway (east facade) is flanked by one window on each

side. Two windows on rear (west) side. Windows have six over

six light sash. Shake roofing.

Cabin has one brick fireplace in the larger room (to the right

when facing the cabin). The approximate exterior dimensions

of the cabin are: 16 feet in depth and 28 feet in width. (Mr.

Ralph Gregory, Curator, Mark Twain Birthplace Memorial Shrine.)

Birthplace cabin and the locally initiated Mark Twain Park,

were donated to the State of Missouri in 1925.

Cabin originally located £ mile north of present site to which it

was moved in 1930. Mark Twain Birthplace Memorial Shrine was

built in 1959-1960 to house the cabin beneath a modern hyperbolic

paraboloid roof for humidity and temperature control. The Shrine

contains a museum, conference rooms, library and research facilities.

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15th Century' Q 17th Century Q 19th Century £] '

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, one of America's most widely known

humorists and literary artists, was born in this two-room

cabin on November 30, 1835. Clemens lived in the Florida

area until November 1839 when his family moved to Hannibal,

Missouri.

Clemens' life in the river town of Hannibal provided him with

colorful settings and characters for his world-famous novels:

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and Life on

the Mississippi.

While working as a reporter for the Virginia City Territorial

Entsrprise. Samuel Clemens is presumed to have first used the

pen name of "Mark Twain", a river term meaning two fathoms

(12 feet).

jteiMAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES : : .. : : : - :

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1. Meyer, Duane. fhe Heritage of Missouri: A History. (St. Louis:

State Publishing Co., Inc., 1965), o. 512-513.

2. Missouri State Park Board Publication, "Mark Twain Birthplace

Memorial Shrine", Mark Twain State Park, Florida, Missouri.

May, 1966.

3. State Historical Society of Missouri's Historic' Sites File,

ref. Monroe County

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wm$tim£fi&ti&mm.:^mmmmmmm£mNAME AND TITLE:

Martha L. Kusiak, Research Historian

Missouri State Park Board April 10,1969

P.O. Box 176, 1204 Jefferson BuildingCITY OR TOWN:

Jefferson Gitvmu&xM::wnmm&K.cz&ifMtf:iv®:mmsm

As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na

tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law

89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion

in the National Register and certify that it has been

evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set

forth by the National Park Service. The recommended

level of significance of this nomination is:

National {X] State Q Local Q

Name

Joseph Jaeger Jr.

Title mrftrtt.OT-, Mi s^nnr-i St-.At.« Pa^l<-

Board, and Missouri State Liaison

OfficerDate

STATE CODE

Missouri 65101 24^P.^N*!(M^

I herebv certify that this property is included in the

National Register.

Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation

Date

ATTEST:

Keeper of The National Register

Date

Form 10-300o

(Dee. 1968)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM

(Continuation Sheet)

STATE

Missouri

FOR NPS USE ONLY

(Number all entiles)

KIRK Tl-fAI'-l BIRTHPLACE CA3IH

6. Missouri State Historical Survey (state)

1968

Missouri State Park Board

P.O. Box 1?6

1201; Jefferson Building

Jefferson City, Missouri 6J101 Code: 21:

Form 10.3000

(D.c. 1968!

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM

(Continuation Sheet)

STATE

MissouriCOUNTY

Honroe

FOR NFS USE ONLY

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4. "'A Home at Last for Old Twain House". Kansas City

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DATE APPROVED BY A.C.:

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DATE AWARDED CERTIFICATE

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