The Isaac Bowen House is an historic house in Coventry, Rhode Island. The 2+12-story center-chimney wood-frame house, built c. 1750, stands on Maple Valley Road, near its junction with Rhode Island Route 102. The property, more than 3 acres (1.2 ha) extending to the road junction, is adjacent to the Audubon Society's George B. Parker Woodland Sanctuary, and is also owned by the society. The house was built by Isaac Bowen, a member of the locally prominent Bowen family, and is the only Bowen house to survive from that time.[2] The house now serves as home to the Parker Sanctuary's caretaker.[3]

Isaac Bowen House
Isaac Bowen House is located in Rhode Island
Isaac Bowen House
Isaac Bowen House is located in the United States
Isaac Bowen House
Nearest cityCoventry, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°43′00″N 71°41′56″W / 41.7167°N 71.699°W / 41.7167; -71.699
Area83.5 acres (33.8 ha)
Built1750
NRHP reference No.80000076[1]
Added to NRHPJune 27, 1980

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Isaac Bowen House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
  3. ^ "Parker Woodland". Audubon Society of Rhode Island. Archived from the original on 2014-07-24. Retrieved 2014-07-29.