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Bowman Farm is a historic home located near
Boones Mill Boones Mill is a town in Franklin County, Virginia, United States. The population was 239 in 2018, down from 285 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Boones Mill was incorporated in 1927. It was ...
, Franklin County, Virginia. The original dwelling was built about 1833, and is the two-story rear wing with a
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style interior. Appended to the east gable-end of the original house is a two-story center-passage-plan frame section dating to about 1900. Both sections have metal-sheathed gable roofs. The house was renovated in 1999. Also on the property are a contributing log
bank barn A bank barn or banked barn is a style of barn noted for its accessibility, at ground level, on two separate levels. Often built into the side of a hill, or bank, both the upper and the lower floors area could be accessed from ground level, one are ...
, frame barn, granary, and family cemetery. an
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/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.


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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses completed in 1833 Georgian architecture in Virginia Houses in Franklin County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Virginia {{FranklinCountyVA-NRHP-stub