Tom & Huck Statue
A bronze statue at the foot of Cardiff Hill, unveiled in 1926, showing Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn setting off together. It marks the start of the stairs up to the lighthouse.
This bronze group was created in 1926 by sculptor Frederick Hibbard and stands at the end of North Main Street, at the foot of Cardiff Hill. It depicts Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn setting out on an adventure with a dead cat, and it is considered one of the earliest American public statues based on a novel's characters. The statue faces North Main Street, with the long stairway up to the Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse on the hilltop directly behind it. It is only a few dozen metres from Mark Twain's boyhood home, so it is usually visited together with the house and the lighthouse, and a photo stop along the way is easy. Open to the public free of charge at all times.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum
- Jim's Journey: The Huck Finn Freedom Center
- Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse
- Historic Downtown Hannibal
- Molly Brown Birthplace & Museum
- Mark Twain Riverboat
- Rockcliffe Mansion
- Lover's Leap