Framed by dense woods and set in rolling hills overlooking a pristine section of the Kennebec River, the 1762 Bowman House is a rare survivor of domestic eighteenth-century elegance in a rural setting. Hancock cousin Jonathan Bowman built a life for himself and his family in this stylish Georgian house, creating a world of beauty and elegance far away from the rough reality and challenges of life on the Maine frontier in the years around the American Revolution. That life included enslaved men and an indentured servant.