Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
“Dietrich-Bowen House, also known as Governor Bowen House, is a historic home located in Bremen, Indiana, United States. It was built in 1900, and is a Queen Anne style brick dwelling.”
Wikipedia article Dietrich-Bowen House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 34 National Register listings published here for Marshall County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on German Township in McDonald, Daniel - History Of Marshall County, Indiana 1836-1880 (Kingman Bros., 1881), published 1881 names Bremen. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
Clayton was the name of the first town site located in German Township. This was August 21, 1837. The proprietors were Lathrop M. Taylor and Henry Augustine, of South Bend. Mr. Taylor was at that time Clerk of St. Joseph County. The location was about three miles east of the present town of Bremen. Its form was a diagonal, cut up into gorgeous streets and avenues. But the center of gravity did not seem to be in that region, and the project of building a town there was abandoned.
Passage source: McDonald, Daniel - History Of Marshall County, Indiana 1836-1880 (Kingman Bros., 1881), published 1881.
The town of Bremen, the present seat of justice of German Township, was platted and laid out by George Beiler October 21, 1851. The original plat contained forty-eight lots. Since that time, the following additions have been made to the original plat: Deitrick's, Heim's, Ringle's, Bauer's first and second, Foltz's continued, Mast's, L. R. Martin's, D. Ringle's, Koontz's, Vanner's and J. P. Huff's. The town was organized under the law authorizing the corporation of towns, at the March term, 1871, of the Board of Commissioners. It was divided into six districts. The officers first elected were: Lewis Theobold, Clerk and Treasurer; David Guyer, Marshal; Chris Seiler, Assessor; John Heckaman, Charles Lehr, Chris Hans, John Koontz, Jacob Walter and Chris Schilt, Trustees. In 1572, the town was re-districted, and the
Passage source: McDonald, Daniel - History Of Marshall County, Indiana 1836-1880 (Kingman Bros., 1881), published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on German Township - 366 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bremen, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 18 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | Lightning | Bremen | 2 hurt | 12 year old girl and 15 year old boy in a paddle boat struck by lightning. Occurred on Lake of the Woods. Children suffered severe burns. Officials reported no signs of lightning damage to paddle boat. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $25,000 | Large tree of 18 to 24 inches in diameter was down onto a car. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $25,000 | Trained spotters reported numerous trees down in Bremen. In addition, a local newspaper reported that the Bremen Ford dealership had several showroom windows blown out with some water damage. A nearby Chevrolet dealership found a hold in the rear window on a delivery van, but no evidence of what caused the damage. Damage is estimated in the area at $25,000. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $10,000 | Trees down on power lines. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $1,000 | Trees and power lines reported blown down. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | Trees down across much of Marshall County, especially from the northern end of the county near Teegarden to La Paz and Bremen along US 6. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | The public reported several small branches and a few larger branches were blown down. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | A tree fell on a powerline on the 300 block of South Whitlock. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | The public reported several trees down as well as at least one power pole in the Bremen area. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | Emergency management officials reported a tree was blown down on South Washington Street. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | The public estimated a 60 mph wind gust. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | Emergency management officials reported several travel campers being destroyed or blown off their blocks. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | Emergency management officials reported a tree down in the 1800 block of U.S. 6. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | Tree blown over. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | Law enforcement reported trees down in Bremen. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | Large tree blown down. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | Several trees down in the northern part of the county, |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | Trees were blown down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | Two 6-inch-diameter trees were blown down. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bremen Commercial Historic District | 0.1 miles | 2017 | |
| Center Street Stone & Concrete Arch Bridge | 0.2 miles | 2026 | |
 | Bremen Water Tower | 0.2 miles | 2013 |
| Bremen Residential Historic District | 0.3 miles | 2017 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78000023 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Marshall County | All 34 listed properties in this county. |
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