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Central Business Historic District

Mark Twain Boyhood Home
1844 2-story wood frame. This building and the reconstructed wood fence to the east of it figured in Clemens account of Mark Twain's Adventures.  A National Historic Landmark.
Grant's Drug Store
c. 1839-44 A 2-story wood frame. The building was prefabricated in Pittsburgh, PA and shipped in sections to Hannibal. It is one of the best architectural examples in the district, features handsome window frames and fluted pilasters on paneled bases. It still has the wooden balcony on the 2nd story.

Dry Goods Store-1897
This is one of the three surviving pressed metal fronts in downtown Hannibal it was erected by John C. Conlon (died 1926). 

 

Coffee Shop
1902-1903

Lucian B. Andrus, who built this structure, was the partner of Stephen Thorne in a grocery store across the street.   At first occupied by a dry-good company,  the building became the Hannibal Mercantile Company in 1910.

 

Standard Printing Building

A 3 story brick which has 9 bays facing 3rd Street and 10 bays facing Center Street.  The two over two windows and lavish cornices add to the rich design.  In 1983 the building was taken over by Col. J. T. Hayward who was head of the Union forces and one of Hannibal's controversial figures.

 

Old Farmers and Merchants Bank Building
1910

The Farmers and Merchants Bank moved here from 201 North Main.  The building is an outstanding example of the Neo-Classical style.

 

Mark Twain Museum Displays include Norman Rockwell originals.
1870-1875 Col. Alfred W. Lamb (1822-1888), attorney for the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad, was responsible for much of the development of this block with his partner Robert Lakenan
Downtown Storefront
c. 1830

Built in the 1830's by Joseph J. Clark and sold in 1847 to Samuel Arthur.  It is  one of the last remaining examples of the 3 story gabled warehouses that once lined downtown Hannibal.

 

Row Buildings
c.1845

2-story brick with cast iron 1st story.  In 1845 This Building housed William P. Owsley's Mercantile Business. Owsley shot Sam Smarr, an incident that became the account of Colonel Sherborn's killing of Boggs in Huckleberry Finn

 

Old Fashioned Soda Fountain
1845

3-story brick with cast iron 1st story was originally 2 stories

 

Lighthouse

Built in memory of Mark Twain. It is the farthest inland lighthouse in the world and was restored in 1993. 

 

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Central Park Historic Dist.       Maple Ave. Historic Dist.     

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