N. Clare Bowen lived most of her life in a house at N. Calhoun and Virginia Streets. She graduated in the 1905 class at Florida State College, the last coeducational class before the institution became Florida State College for Women (FSCW). Her house, prefabricated in New York and built on the site in 1832, was at one time owned by the prominent plantation owner and merchant, James Kirksey. Ms. Bowen's father, N. M. Bowen acquired it in the 1880s at a time when he was editor and publisher of the Tallahassee Floridian.
Further background may be found in these issues of the Tallahassee Democrat: May 8, 1971. Letter to the editor from Ms. Bowen, "Goodbye to the Gulf Wind;" March 12, 1972, page 3e, "She Lives in City's First Prefabricated House" by Martee Wills. (With photo of house and Ms. Bowen); April 6, 1972, page 8, biographical details as candidate for Tallahassee Woman of the Year. (Taken from short biography written by Clifton L. Paisley)
From the guide to the N. Clare Bowen Interview, 1971-1972, (Repository Unknown)
