Tulip Grove and Belair Drives, Bowie, Maryland. County/parish: Prince George's.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 16, 1977. NRIS 77001520.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Belair Mansion, located in the historic Collington area and in Bowie, Maryland, United States, built c. 1745, is the Georgian style plantation house of Provincial Governor of Maryland, Samuel Ogle. Later home to another Maryland governor, the mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Belair is recognized as the only great colonial estate where breeding of race horses was conducted over the course of three centuries. The estate significantly influenced the development of thoroughbred horse racing in the new world, having one of only two stables to raise two Triple Crown champions. The mansion and its nearby stables both serve as museums, operated by the City of Bowie.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/106777910