Bowman House (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin) Explained

Bowman House
Location:714 Broadway St., Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Coordinates:43.6272°N -89.7672°W
Architecture:Prairie School
Added:April 3, 1986
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:86000621

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.[1]

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

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  1. Web site: National or State Registers Record: Bowman House. Wisconsin Historical Society. October 4, 2014.