Built in 1787 by Captain William Bowen, a veteran of Lord Dunmore’s War, the French and Indian War, and the American Revolutionary War who brought his family to the area in 1783, the Bowen Plantation House is the oldest brick house in Middle Tennessee. Its bricks were formed and fired from plentiful clay on the premises, and its limestone foundation was quarried from rich local sources. After it was sold out of the family, the house passed through a series of owners and was used as a tenant house until approximately 1960, after which it was abandoned because of its deplorable condition. In 1975, the Goodlettsville American Revolution Bicentennial Commission decided to restore it, and the Bowen-Campbell House Association was formed to carry out the project with federal and state grants and private donations. In 1977, the structure was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. During restoration, salvageable materials were restored and reinstalled; today about 70% of the woodwork is original, almost all the floorboards are original, all exterior doors were restored, and one door still retains the original lock. The house opened for tours in 1980.