Harrisonburg Downtown Historic District
298 S Liberty St
G. J. Bowman House, Ca. 1890
FrameContributes to the historic character of the district
From the National Register nomination
Victorian two-story frame house with novelty vinyl siding and a metal-sheathed hip roof with a hip dormer. The one-story front porch has chamfered square wood columns with small sawn brackets on brick pedestals (the columns are likely original; the pedestals were probably added) and a vinyl-sided railing. The early lattice under the porch has an unusual sawtooth cut-out repeat. The three-bay façade has an off-center front entry with sidelights and sawn brackets. The windows have dentil cornices; those under the porch are 6/6 sash with the original glass; the rest have 6/6 sash with fake muntins. Other features include an interior brick chimney and flue, a limestone foundation, and an enclosed two-tier back porch. A modern brick retaining wall with a rounded brick coping extends along the sidewalk. The house does not appear on the 1885 Lake map. Now the Image Recovery Center for the Regional Cancer Center of Rockingham Memorial Hospital.