Bowman House (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin)

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Bowman House
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The Bowman House in 2013
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Location714 Broadway St., Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Coordinates 43°37′38″N89°46′2″W / 43.62722°N 89.76722°W / 43.62722; -89.76722 Coordinates: 43°37′38″N89°46′2″W / 43.62722°N 89.76722°W / 43.62722; -89.76722
Arealess than one acre
Built1904 (1904)
Architectural stylePrairie School
NRHP reference No. 86000621 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 3, 1986

The Bowman House is a historic house located at 714 Broadway Street in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. The Prairie School house was built in 1904 for Abram and Alberta Bowman. The house has a Prairie School design, popular at the time due to Frank Lloyd Wright's influence; its distinctive Prairie School elements include a horizontal emphasis and a low roof with wide eaves. Abram Bowman died in 1907, and his daughters Emma and Jennie Bowman inherited the house. Jennie Bowman had the house converted to a vacation home for working women upon her death in 1934. The house remained a vacation home until 1977, when the Dells Country Historical Society converted it to a historic house museum. [2]

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The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 3, 1986. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National or State Registers Record: Bowman House". Wisconsin Historical Society . Retrieved October 4, 2014.