© Photographed May 3, 2017
Erected by Omro Area Historical Society
Omro, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
44.034252,-88.743175
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C.D. Bowman House 1895-1900
629 Madison Avenue
C.D. Bowman House 1895-1900
629 Madison Avenue
C.D. Bowman, a prominent Ormo pharmacist, built this superb clapboard and shingle-clad Queen Anne style building which is Omro's grandest nineteenth century residence, shortly after receiving a large inheritance from a relative. Bowman's new wealth allowed im to use the best craftsmanship and the finest quality materials. These things survived even after fire burned off the top story of the house a few years after it was built, resulting in the truncated but still impressive house we see today.
Bowman and his wife summered in Omro and wintered in Florida. Later, the house served briefly as a nursing home, but it was converted back into a single family [sic] residence in 1968 and remains so today.
The C.D. Bowman House and marker are located on southbound
Madison Avenue, between East Scott Street (to the south) and East
Larrabee Street (to the north), at 629 Madison Avenue, Omro, Wisconsin
54963.
Click here to view all markers and sites included in the City of Omro Historical Tour.
Click here to view all markers and sites included in the City of Omro Historical Tour.
© Photographed September 22, 2014
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