Checking into one of the hotels Hartford Connecticut has to offer is only the beginning of a trip down historical lane. Except this lane is actually and avenue. Asylum Avenue has some great historical homes of historical people. There is the Mark Twain House. Mark Twain was, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was a great American writer during the late 1800s and early 1900s. He published more than 30 books as well as hundreds of short stories. He’s writing was a special voice that captured the true essence of living in early America. The home was built by Edward Tuckerman Potter and he used some influences of traditional, late 1800s, English and French Architecture. It is a wonderful display of colored brick, towers and deep porches. The museum is a great reflection of Mark Twain and his life stories giving in multi-media format.
Along Asylum Hill there is also the home of another famed writer, Harriet Beecher Stowe. The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center is also in a wonderful old home that gives wind to the life of Stowe who lived between 1811-1896. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was her most famous books but she wrote many more books. Toms Cabin was a real eye opener around the topic of black slavery in America. Her home is a wonderfully charming Victorian Gothic Revival home. It is surrounded with beautiful gardens. The property also includes Katharine Seymour Day House which is a marvelous mansion adjacent to the Stowe home and the Stowe Visitor Center which is filled with exhibits and a store. This home really is a must see if you are in the area. If you have a passionate spot for the human rights of this country and the world you will get quite inspired from a visit to the home of such a passionate woman and her legacy.
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