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Bowman House
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The Bowman House in 2013
Bowman House (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin) is located in Wisconsin
Bowman House (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin)
Location in Wisconsin
Bowman House (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin) is located in the United States
Bowman House (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin)
Location in the United States
Location 714 Broadway St., Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Area less than one acre
Built 1904 (1904)
Architectural style Prairie School
NRHP reference No. 86000621
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.

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

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