William N. Bowman (born 1868 in Carthage, New York, d. August 28, 1944 in Denver) was a prolific architect in Colorado.
He was born in 1868 in Carthage, New York. 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 Jackson, Michigan. Detroit architect Col. Elijah E. Myers recommended he do an 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 was president of Colorado's chapter of the American Institute of Architects 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.
Notable works include (with attribution):
Adams State Teachers College buildings, Alamosa, ColoradoWilliam Norman Bowman House-Yamecila, 325 King St. Denver, CO (Bowman,William Norman), NRHP-listedByers and Cole Junior High Schools, DenverColorado Building, 401–411 N. Main St. Pueblo, CO (Bowman,William N.,Co.), NRHP-listedDenver City and County Building, DenverDouglas City Hall, 130 S. Third St. Douglas, WY (Bowman, W.N.), NRHP-listedEl Jebel Shrine and the clubhouse, Denver (with T. Robert Wieger)Fairplay Hotel, 500 Main St. Fairplay, CO (Bowman, William N.), NRHP-listedGreeley Masonic Temple, 829 10th Ave. Greeley, CO (Bowman, William N.), NRHP-listedKoerner House, 1824 S. Mount Vernon St. Spokane, WA (Bowman, William), NRHP-listedMcCook YMCA, 424 Norris Ave. McCook, NE (Bowman, William N. Co.), NRHP-listedMontrose County Courthouse, 320 S. 1st St. Montrose, CO (William Bowman Company), NRHP-listedMountain States Telephone Building, 931 14th St. Denver, CO (Bowman, William N.), NRHP-listedNorman Apartments, 99 S. Downing St. Denver, CO (Bowman, William Norman), NRHP-listedPark Hill Methodist Church, DenverScotts Bluff County Courthouse, 10th and Q Sts. Gering, NE (Bowman, William N.), NRHP-listedState Office Building (1921), NE corner of East Colfax and Sherman, Denver, neoclassicalWeld County Courthouse, 9th St. and 9th Ave. Greeley, CO (Bowman,W.N.), NRHP-listedYavapai County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq. Prescott, AZ (Bowman,William N.), NRHP-listedOne or more works in Greeley Downtown historic district, roughly bounded by 8th St., 8th Ave., 10th St., and 9th Ave. Greeley, CO (Bowman, William N.), NRHP-listed
