The Bowman House is a historic log house located at 323 North Main Street in
Boonsboro, Maryland
Boonsboro is a town in Washington County, Maryland, United States, located at the foot of South Mountain. It nearly borders Frederick County and is proximate to the Antietam National Battlefield. The population was 3,336 at the 2010 census.
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, and is locally significant as a typical example of those built in the area in the early 19th century.
Description and history
The house and its immediate grounds housed the "Boonsboro Pottery" from 1868, owned by John E. Bowman. The pottery closed by 1908, succumbing to mass-produced materials. The building is now the headquarters of the Boonsboro Historical Society.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
on April 29, 1977.
References
External links
Information on visiting the Bowman House*, including photo in 1999, at Maryland Historical Trust
Boonsboro, Maryland
Houses completed in 1826
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Museums in Washington County, Maryland
Historic house museums in Maryland
Houses in Washington County, Maryland
1826 establishments in Maryland
National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Maryland
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