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Fort Bowman

Fort Bowman
Fort Bowman, Frontage Road, Strasburg, (Shenandoah County, Virginia).jpg
Fort Bowman, HABS Photo, April 1971
Fort Bowman is located in Virginia
Fort Bowman
Fort Bowman is located in the US
Fort Bowman
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 / 39.00333; -78.32861Coordinates: 39°00′12″N 78°19′43″W / 39.00333°N 78.32861°W / 39.00333; -78.32861
Area 0 acres (0 ha)
Built 1753 (1753)
NRHP Reference # 69000279
VLR # 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, Shenandoah 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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.



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