2022 Carson City historical building collection ornament highlights Clemens House, home of Mark Twain
The Clemens House, home of Mark Twain Carson City Historical Building Ornament collectable for 2022 is now available in time for the holidays. The ornament is a collector item and is filled with a tremendous amount of detail with its 3-dimensional appearance.
The ornament is available at the following locations:
— The Purple Avocado, 904 N Curry St, Carson City. Past year's ornaments are also available at Purple Avocado.
— Nevada Legislature Gift Shop, Room 1189 of the Legislative Building, 401 S Carson St, Carson City (call (775) 684-6835 for times).
— The Nevada State Museum, 600 N Carson St, Carson City. The museum is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
— Carson City Chamber of Commerce, 1900 S Carson St, Carson City.
According to the website Carsonpedia.com, the Orion Clemens House is a historic house in west Carson City. The address is 502 N. Division, and it is located at the northwest corner of Division and Spear streets. It was built in 1863-64.
The house is best known as the residence, for a few years, of Orion Clemens, the first Territorial Secretary of Nevada, as well as the brother of Mark Twain. Mark Twain, who was still going by his given name Samuel Clemens at the time, spent a lot of time in this house with his brother before they both left Nevada in the mid 1860s.
Orion bought the land from George B. Cowing on November 17, 1863. This house was completed a few months later, in early 1864. The cost was around $12,000. Orion and his wife moved out in March 1866, and sold the house later that summer.