Dr. William Gibson built the manor in 1855. It served not only as the family's home, but also as Dr. Gibson's office and safe house for slaves. Jamestown was an important crossroad for the underground railroad and the Gibsons played an important part with 11 confirmed hiding places that helped conceal freedom seekers.
You won't find many houses this old with intact banisters, railings, and floors! It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The design displays elements of the Greek Revival, Italianate, and Georgian styles.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who used the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and journalist. He is known for his novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as well as his travel narratives The Innocents Abroad, Roughing It, and Life on the Mississippi. Twain was a riverboat pilot, journalist, lecturer, entrepreneur, and inventor. He was an acquaintance of the Gibsons and stayed at the Manor.
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