Fort Bowman

	Fort Bowman
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Virginia Landmarks Register
	Fort Bowman, HABS Photo, April 1971
Location	Northeast of junction of Rtes. 660 and U.S. 11, near Middletown, Virginia
Coordinates	39°00′12″N 78°19′43″W / 39.00333°N 78.32861°W
Area	0 acres (0 ha)
Built	1753
NRHP reference No.	69000279
VLR No.	085-0004
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 25, 1969
Designated VLR	November 5, 1968

Fort Bowman, also known as Harmony Hall, is a historic home and national historic district located near Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia. It was built in 1753, by Pennsylvania German settler George Bowman (1699–1768), father of Colonel John Bowman (1738-1784), Colonel Abraham Bowman (1749-1837), Major Joseph Bowman (c. 1752–1779), and Captain Isaac Bowman (1757-1826). It is a two-story, rectangular limestone building with a gable roof. The interior retains its original woodwork. It has a later kitchen wing and iron and wood portico. Also on the property are a contributing dairy / smokehouse and the Bowman graveyard, which includes the grave of Isaac Bowman.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (March 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fort Bowman" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

External links[edit]

Historical Marker Database: Fort Bowman
Fort Bowman, Frontage Road, Strasburg, Shenandoah County, VA: 16 photos, 7 measured drawings, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[VLR_list-2] "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-03-12.

[VAnom-3] Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (March 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fort Bowman" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

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