Quarry Farm
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| Location: | Crane Rd., Elmira, New York |
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| Coordinates: | 42°6′47″N 76°46′56″W / 42.11306°N 76.78222°WCoordinates: 42°6′47″N 76°46′56″W / 42.11306°N 76.78222°W |
| Area: | 255 acres (103 ha) |
| Built: | 1870 |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 75001177[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | March 13, 1975 |
Quarry Farm is located in Elmira, New York. In 1869, Jervis Langdon purchased it as a vacation home for his family.[2] When he died the following year, it was inherited by his eldest daughter, Susan Langdon Crane, Mark Twain's sister-in-law.
Twain and his family summered there for over twenty years.[3][4] He wrote much of his work in an octagonal[3] study built expressly for him about 200 yards (180 m) from the main house in 1874.[2]
The study has since been moved to the Elmira College Old Campus in order to protect it from vandalism.[4] The home is not open to the public.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "Twain's Home in Elmira". Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies. http://www.elmira.edu/academics/distinctive_programs/twain_center/quarry_farm. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
- ^ a b Hal Bush (Advent-Christmas 2010). "A Week at Quarry Farm". The Cresset, A review of literature, the arts, and public affairs, Valparaiso University. http://www.valpo.edu/cresset/2010/Advent/Bush_A10.html. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
- ^ a b Ruth A. Lawlor (May, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Quarry Farm". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1093. Retrieved 2008-10-19. See also: "Accompanying four photos, from 1973". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1094.
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