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]
Bowman House | |
 The Bowman House in 2013 | |
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| Location | 714 Broadway St., Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 43°37′38″N 89°46′2″W / 43.62722°N 89.76722°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1904 |
| Architectural style | Prairie School |
| NRHP reference No. | 86000621[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 3, 1986 |
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 3, 1986.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National or State Registers Record: Bowman House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved October 4, 2014.