Buildings
The Boyhood Home is one of nine properties that comprise the present Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum complex. The legendary whitewashed fence of Tom Sawyer borders the property. There are seven additional museum buildings as part of the complex - the Interpretive Center, Becky Thatcher House, Huck Finn House, J.M Clemens Justice of the Peace Office, Grant's Drug Store, the stone WPA building that houses a gift shop, and the Museum Gallery, located at 120 N. Main St. The museum recently acquired the "Becky Thatcher" house (home of Clemens' childhood sweetheart, Laura Hawkins). Its exterior was recently renovated and restored; the interior is presently undergoing restoration. During the summer of 2006, the museum completed work on a replica of the "Huck Finn" house (home of Tom Blankenship, the boy upon whom Twain based the character of Huckleberry Finn). Exhibits in the Huck Finn House delve into Hannibal's history with slavery. The museum also owns and maintains the Tom and Huck Statue at the foot of Cardiff Hill. Erected in 1926, it is one of the earliest known statues erected to honor fictional characters. Other highlights of the museum properties include the Boyhood Home garden area, bordered by a high stone wall built by the WPA. The close proximity of the Mississippi River, the Mark Twain Cave, and other settings found in Twain's novel lure thousands of visitors to the museum each year.
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