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Quarry Farm

Quarry Farm
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Quarry Farm is located in New York
Quarry Farm
Quarry Farm is located in the US
Quarry Farm
Location Crane Rd., Elmira, New York
Coordinates 42°6′47″N 76°46′56″W / 42.11306°N 76.78222°W / 42.11306; -76.78222Coordinates: 42°6′47″N 76°46′56″W / 42.11306°N 76.78222°W / 42.11306; -76.78222
Area 255 acres (103 ha)
Built 1870
NRHP Reference # 75001177
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. 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. He wrote much of his work in an octagonal study built expressly for him about 200 yards (180 m) from the main house in 1874.

The study has since been moved to the Elmira College Old Campus in order to protect it from vandalism. The home is not open to the public.



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