Quarry Farm

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

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