Bowers House

Mannington, Marion County

2023 Update: New owners purchased the mansion in 2021 and have invested almost $250,000 into its restoration. The owners studied photographs in order to recreate the interior and exterior as authentically as possible, and they are also collecting artifacts from the Bowers family to display. In May of 2023, the mansion will open as an event space! Visit www.senatorsmansionwv.com for information about event reservations.

2017 Update: No updates have been made available to PAWV in 2017.

As of the site’s last update report to PAWV in 2016, the 22-room mansion was for sale.   

2009: The Bowers House is located in Mannington’s Historic District. Built about 1870, the Queen Anne Victorian home was later purchased by state Senator George W. Bowers, who served from 1921 to 1924. Bowers also served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1936. A prominent entrepreneur, he was the owner of the Warwick (USA) China Company, Homewood Glass Company, Bowers Pottery Company, Bowers Realty Company, First Exchange Bank and many other turn-of-the-century enterprises. The home underwent many changes influenced by the Arts and Crafts period of the 1930s and 40s and remained in the Bowers family until 2003. Little maintenance was done for an extended period of time, but restoration has been undertaken by the present owners. 

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