William N. Bowman (born 1868 in Carthage, New York, d. August 28, 1944 in Denver) was a prolific architect in

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. He was born in 1868 in

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. As the eldest of five children, he had to quit school at age 11 to work in a woolen mill, in order to support the family after his father was injured. Hoping to become an architect and builder, he studied math and drawing at night, at a schoolteacher's home. He first worked at an architect's office in

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. Detroit architect Col.

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recommended he do a carpenter's apprenticeship, which he did. He later worked for architects Mortimer L. Smith & Son in Detroit and Thurtle & Fleming in Indianapolis. And then was a member of Rush, Bowman & Rush, a construction firm. In the main part of his career he worked as an architect in Denver and designed buildings statewide. He designed more than 30 buildings in Denver alone. He was president of Colorado's chapter of the

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during 1917–1919. He died in 1944 at his home in one of his works, the Norman Apartments in Denver, and was buried in Fairmount Cemetery. Telephone Building in Denver

Notable works include (with attribution): * Douglas City Hall (1915), 130 S. Third St., Douglas, WY (Bowman, W.N.), NRHP-listed *

Yavapai County Courthouse The Yavapai County Courthouse is located at 120 South Cortez Street in Prescott, Arizona. The current courthouse building was built in 1916. It was designed by architect William N. Bowman (1868–1944) and it was added to the National Register of ...

(1916), Courthouse Sq.,

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(Bowman, William N.), NRHP-listed * Weld County Courthouse (1917), 9th St. and 9th Ave.,

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(Bowman, W.N.), NRHP-listed * Scotts Bluff County Courthouse (1920), 10th and Q Sts., Gering, NE (Bowman, William N.), NRHP-listed *State Office Building (1921), NE corner of East Colfax and Sherman, Denver, neoclassical *

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(1922), 500 Main St.,

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(Bowman, William N.), NRHP-listed * Montrose County Courthouse (1923), 320 S. 1st St.,

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(William Bowman Company), NRHP-listed *

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(1925), 401–411 N. Main St.,

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(Bowman, William N., Co.), NRHP-listed *

McCook YMCA The McCook YMCA is a historic building in McCook, Nebraska. It was built in 1925 by Swanson & Sudik for the YMCA, and designed in the Mission Revival style by architect William N. Bowman. With It housed McCook Junior College from 1926 to 1936. G ...

(1925), 424 Norris Ave.,

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(Bowman, William N. Co.), NRHP-listed *

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(1927), 829 10th Ave.,

(Bowman, William N.), NRHP-listed with *

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(1929), 931 14th St.

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(Bowman, William N.), NRHP-listed *

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buildings, Alamosa, Colorado *

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, 325 King St.,

(Bowman, William Norman), NRHP-listed *Byers and Cole Junior High Schools, Denver * The Colburn Hotel, 980 Grant St., Denver, NRHP-listed *Denver City and County Building, Denver *

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and the clubhouse, Denver (with T. Robert Wieger) * Koerner House, 1824 S. Mount Vernon St.,

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(Bowman, William), NRHP-listed * Norman Apartments, 99 S. Downing St.,

(Bowman, William Norman), NRHP-listed *Park Hill Methodist Church, Denver *One or more works in Greeley Downtown historic district, roughly bounded by 8th St., 8th Ave., 10th St., and 9th Ave.

(Bowman, William N.), NRHP-listed

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