Buildings Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum

twain s boyhood home

the boyhood home 1 of 9 properties comprise present mark twain boyhood home & museum complex. legendary whitewashed fence of tom sawyer borders property. there 7 additional museum buildings part of complex - interpretive center, becky thatcher house, huck finn house, j.m clemens justice of peace office, grant s drug store, stone works progress administration (wpa) building houses gift shop, , museum gallery, located @ 120 n. main st. museum has acquired becky thatcher house (home of clemens childhood sweetheart, laura hawkins). exterior has been renovated , restored; interior undergoing restoration. during summer of 2006, museum completed work on replica of huck finn house (home of tom blankenship, boy upon whom twain based character of huckleberry finn). exhibits in huck finn house delve hannibal s history slavery. museum owns , maintains tom , huck statue @ foot of cardiff hill. erected in 1926, 1 of earliest known statues erected honor fictional characters. other highlights of museum properties include boyhood home garden area, bordered high stone wall built wpa. close proximity of mississippi river, mark twain cave, , other settings found in twain s novel lure thousands of visitors museum each year.