Circa 1787, the Bowen House is truly a Tennessee treasure.
Captain William Bowen was awarded land grants for military
services during the Revolutionary War. He and his wife, Mary,
brought four young children to the frontier, and soon Captain
Bowen and Mary had ten children. Through his hard work and own
ambitions, Bowen became prosperous in the new settlement and
eventually owned over 4,000 acres. William Bowen died in 1804,
and Mary died in 1827. The house was then occupied by their son,
William Russell Bowen, until it was sold in 1835. Bowen House
Restoration After being sold out of the family, the Bowen house
went through a series of ownerships and was used as a tenant
house until approximately 1960. After that time it was abandoned
due to its deplorable condition. In 1975 the Goodlettsville
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission decided to restore
the Bowen plantation house. A committee was formed (The Bowen-
Campbell House Association) to carry out the project that was
funded with federal and state g