Quarry Farm
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Location: | Crane Rd., Elmira, New York |
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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.