Area 0 acres (0 ha) NRHP Reference # 69000279 Designated VLR November 5, 1968 Added to NRHP 25 November 1969 | Built 1753 (1753) VLR # 085-0004 Opened 1753 | |
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Location Northeast of junction of Rtes. 660 and U.S. 11, near Middletown, Virginia |
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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.
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
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