Fort Bowman Presentation Part 2

Maral Kalbian, an architectural historian with twenty one years of experience documenting the historic buildings of the Shenandoah Valley, and Margaret Peters, former historian with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, present their findings on Harmony Hall. Harmony Hall, also know as Fort Bowman, was built around 1753 and was the residence of George Bowman, son-in-law of Jost Hite. The building has stood through many important events in the Valley, such as the growth of agriculture, the Battle of Cedar Creek, the rise of tourism, and the construction of Interstate 81. The research focused on the residents of the house as well as its initial settlement and construction, using photographs, interviews with past residents and researchers, and court documents. The project was made possible with a grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. In this segment Peters discusses the history and development of the plantation throughout the Nineteenth Century, including the post Civil War period, when the plantation and family flourished more than others in the area, which had been decimated by Sheridan's "burning" of the Valley in 1864.



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