Franklin Township near Clayton in Hendricks County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
McCormack-Bowman House
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 6, 2023
1. McCormack-Bowman House Marker
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1840
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1840.
Location. 39° 38.849′ N, 86° 33.617′ W. Marker is near Clayton, Indiana, in Hendricks County. It is in Franklin Township. Marker is on South County Road 200 West, 0.2 miles north of West County Road 800 South, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7816 S County Rd 200 W, Clayton IN 46118, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Arthur L. Trester (approx. 4 miles away); T.H.I.&E. Interurban Depot Building (approx. 4 miles away); Destination Indiana (approx. 5½ miles away); Monrovia High School (approx. 6½ miles away); Hubbard Mill (approx. 6½ miles away); Branch McCracken (approx. 6½ miles away); West Union Friends Meeting (approx. 6.6 miles away); Danville’s Carnegie Library (approx. 8 miles away).
Regarding McCormack-Bowman House. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:
TheMcCormack-Bowman House is a locally significant example of a once popular middle-class housing type, the central passage house. Albert McCormack, the second owner of the land, is thought to have had this heavy timber framed house built in about 1846. Vernacular resources in Hendricks County show a marked influence from the Upland South as many of its early settlers came from this region. The central passage house type is one of several types that reflect this trend. About forty-five central passage houses have been identified in Hendricks County, but only five outstanding examples exist today, including the McCormack-Bowman House. Since 1942, Dr. Donald Bowman has owned the farm and house. Dr. Bowman utilized soybeans from this farm in a series of experiments in the 1940s; one side product of these experiments was the discovery of a cancer-blocking agent. The practical use of this agent (the "Bowman-Birk inhibitor" or BBI) has yet to be determined. At some future point, the property may be found to have significance for this event as well.
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Regarding BBI: In a 2020 review of published research into BBI, University of Gdansk researchers Agata Gitlin-Domagalska, Aleksandra Maciejewska, and Dawid Dębowski wrote:
"Even though the classical soybean BBI does not meet high initial expectations to become an effective, natural anticanceragent, it is shown that it might be considered as a complement for other molecules endowed with more evident anti-cancer properties … Noteworthy, BBIs’ biomedical application in the treatment of various diseases related to dysregulated proteolytic activity, not only cancers but also metabolic and inflammatory disorders, is still under examination."Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 6, 20232. McCormack-Bowman House Marker
Also see . . . McCormack-Bowman House. National Register nomination (PDF) and photographs (separate PDF) submitted for the house, which was listed in 1995. (National Park Service) (Submitted on September 5, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Credits. This page was last revised on September 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 5, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 61 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 5, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
