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Built
  
1862

Opened
  
1862

Architectural style
  
Victorian architecture

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NRHP Reference #
  
79003439

Area
  
800 m²

Added to NRHP
  
12 March 1979

Orion Clemens House

Location
  
502 N. Division St., Carson City, Nevada

The Orion Clemens House, at 502 N. Division St. in Carson City, Nevada, United States, was built in 1862. Also known as Mark Twain's House, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

The listing included two contributing buildings.

It was built by Orion Clemens, a lawyer who was the first Secretary of the Nevada Territory. The house was long ago also sometimes known as the Governor's Mansion from times when Orion was Governor Pro Tem, when Nye was away. The house often hosted Mark Twain, brother of Orion.

References

Orion Clemens House Wikipedia


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