330 North Main

Historical marker location:

330 North Main Street, St. Charles, Missouri

( Marker is on North Main Street south of Adams Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2010

Demokrat Building 1889-1916 Light & Power Office 1916-1925. 1893 J. H. Bode.

Mark Twain, one of America's most beloved authors, was born in Florida, Missouri, in 1835. He later moved to Hannibal, Missouri, where he set many of his famous stories, including "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".