Bowman House (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin)

Bowman House
The Bowman House in 2013
Location 714 Broadway St., Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Coordinates 43°37′38″N 89°46′2″W / 43.62722°N 89.76722°W / 43.62722; -89.76722Coordinates: 43°37′38″N 89°46′2″W / 43.62722°N 89.76722°W / 43.62722; -89.76722
Area less than one acre
Built 1904 (1904)
Architectural style Prairie School
NRHP Reference # 86000621[1]
Added to NRHP April 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]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National or State Registers Record: Bowman House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

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