{"nrhp_refnum":"00000314","name":"Bowman Farm","other_names":["033-0283"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1605 Cahas Mountain Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boones Mill","county":"Franklin (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.10658936350006,"lon":-80.02213602796367,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 700-acre farm on the southern slope of Cahas Mountain near Boones Mill, Franklin County, Virginia, with a brick farmhouse begun about 1833, a ca. 1900 frame addition, two barns, a granary and a family cemetery.","why_significant":"The farmhouse has hinged partitions that were raised to open the downstairs rooms for worship by a local Brethren (German Baptist) congregation. The property is also significant for its nineteenth-century farm buildings and its preserved mix of cleared and wooded farmland. Only one other Virginia house on the register shares the partition feature. The plain interiors are linked to Brethren values of simplicity.","narrative":"Bowman Farm covers 700 acres on the south side of Cahas Mountain in Franklin County, Virginia, rising from about 1,600 feet to the 3,571-foot ridge. The farmhouse began as a two-story brick dwelling built around 1833 for Daniel Bowman Sr., a minister and elder of the Church of the Brethren. Its late Georgian interior includes a beaded-board partition whose upper sections swing up and hook to the ceiling, joining two rooms for worship services. Daniel Bowman Jr. later added a frame section with Victorian and Craftsman details around 1900. Nearby are a double-crib log bank barn, an unusual mortise-and-tenon frame barn, a granary and a family cemetery with simple soapstone and marble markers. The property was listed for its link to Brethren religious life, its farm buildings and landscape, and the architectural features tied to worship. Its period of significance runs from about 1833 to 1923, the year Daniel Bowman Jr. died.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1833-1923","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian, Victorian, Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The farm buildings are no longer used. The farmhouse was sensitively rehabilitated in 1999, and the owner hoped to operate it as a bed and breakfast. The form lists current functions including single dwelling, cemetery and vacant/not in use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.226057-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/6807/41680733/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/00000314.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000314/4345b21bfd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000314/4345b21bfd-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bowman_Farmhouse_from_the_south.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bowman_Farmhouse_from_the_south.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680733","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowman_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712057"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/franklin/bowman-farm-00000314/"}