The Corner Store

Historical marker location:

3403 Lemp Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on Cherokee Street west of Lemp Avenue, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1999

Cherokee-Lemp Historic District.

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".