Quarries in Lumberville, Pennsylvania and Lawrenceville, New Jersey provided cut stone to be used for the sills and balustrades.

Previously visitors climbed an open stone spiral staircase to the observation point at the top of the tower.

Visitors must then climb a small and narrow 23-step stone spiral staircase to the tower roof.

There is no definitive source for the name Bowman, however there are several theories: Note: a Burial placard on the hill commemorates a John Pidcock, early settler of the area, and not Dr.

In 1854, an accident led to the discovery of a mine on the west side of Bowman's hill.