A. Smith Bowman Distillery

The A. Smith Bowman Distillery was a distillery originally based on the Bowman family's Sunset Hills Farm in Fairfax County, Virginia, USA, in what later became the planned community of Reston. It was founded in 1935, after the end of prohibition, by Abram Smith Bowman and his sons, Smith and DeLong. [cite web
url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Fairfax/029-5014_A._Smith_Bowman_Distillery_1999_Final_Nomination.pdf
title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
year=1999
format=PDF] In February 1988, it relocated to Spotsylvania County, near Fredericksburg, into the former FMC Corp. cellophane plant. [cite web
url=http://www.fwshome.com/bowman.html
title=Draft & Driving Horses — The Bowman Belgians]

The building in which the distillery operated was constructed in 1892, serving as the town hall for Wiehle, as well as a church. It was registered as a historic place in Virginia in 1999, [cite web
url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/RegisterMasterList.pdf
title=Virginia Landmarks Register — National Register of Historic Places
date=1999-09-15
format=PDF] and has been the subject of several rezoning applications. [cite web
url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1195902.html
title=Offices, Apartments Approved for Distillery Site in Reston
date=1989-06-13] [cite web
url=http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/bosclerk/summary/1993/93-02-08.htm
title=Final Board Summary
date=1993-02-08] [cite web
url=http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/bosclerk/summary/2007/07-06-18.pdf
title= Clerk's Board Summary
date=2007-07-06
format=PDF]

A proposal to construct condominiums on the site was approved September 24, 2007. [cite web
url=http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/huntermill/actions/eBlast24Sept07.pdf
title=Supervisor Hudgins' News from the Board
date=2007-09-24
format=PDF] [cite web
url=https://166.94.9.135/huntermill/landuse/Land%20Use%20Applications/LandUseChart26Sept07.pdf
title=Land Use Chart – 26 Sept '07
publisher=Fairfax County Planning Commission
format=PDF] An earlier version of the proposal mentioned 8 units as new buildings (on 0.23 acres),in addition to constructing 3 units within the historic structure,while noting that it replaced a planned use of the structure as cultural center (i.e., for the Greater Reston Arts Center). [citation
url=https://166.94.9.135/planning/ReportofActivities19952004.pdf
title=Report of Activities: 1995-2004
publisher=Fairfax County Planning Commission
contribution=2003 Hunter Mill District Applications
pages=145-146]

ee also

*Virginia Gentleman

Notes

External links

* [http://mars.gmu.edu/dspace/handle/1920/2629 Bowman Distillery, June 1966] Mason Archival Repository Service
* [http://mars.gmu.edu:8080/dspace/handle/1920/1305 Bowman Distillery Pond in Winter," Undated] Mason Archival Repository Service