- Susan and Theodore Crane surprised their brother-in-law Samuel L. Clemens with this study in 1874. It was placed about 100 yards from the main house at Quarry Farm on a knoll overlooking the Chemung River Valley. In this octagonal building Mark Twain wrote major portions of
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Life on the Mississippi
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The Prince and the Pauper
A Tramp Abroad
, and many short pieces. In 1952 the Mark Twain Study was moved from Quarry Farm to the Elmira College campus. The Study is staffed by trained student guides daily throughout the summer and by appointment in the off-season.

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