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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1976_belair-mansion_Bowie-MD.html
Belair was built circa 1740 by Samuel Ogle, Governor of Maryland. Through the years the mansion became known as the "House of Governors" because governors Thomas Bladen, Benjamin Tasker Sr., Benjamin Ogle I, Oden Bowie and Christopher Lowndes were…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1974_belair_Bowie-MD.html
Governor Samuel Ogle (1692-1752) owned Belair, built circa 1745. The Georgian Palladian style house stands on a tobacco plantation that included gardens, a vineyard, deer park, horse stables and numerous dependencies. Ogle's son, Benjamin (1748-18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1972_belair-on-the-home-front_Bowie-MD.html
When the Civil War began, Prince George's County was full of Southern sympathizers. To keep Maryland in the Union, President Abraham Lincoln imposed martial law, and as the Prince George's Planters' Advocate on May 8, 1861, noted, "Maryland is thu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1970_belair-stable_Bowie-MD.html
In 1747 Maryland's Provincial Governor Samuel Ogle (1692-1752) brought to Belair the first documented breeding pair of thoroughbred horses, Spark and Queen Mab. Hailed as the Cradle of American Thoroughbred Racing, Belair's legacy continued with O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18GM_the-bowie-caboose_Bowie-MD.html
This is the former Norfolk and Western Railroad's CF Class Caboose #518-303. It was built at the N&W East End Shops in Roanoke, Virginia, in April 1922. The N&W did not serve Bowie but did enter Maryland at Hagerstown. After nearly fifty years of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM180L_william-levitt-and-sons-belair-at-bowie_Bowie-MD.html
The Levitt family revolutionized the building industry beginning in the 1920s. During World War II they created an efficient production-line assembly of houses establishing the post-war look of American suburbs. The first Levittown of Long Island …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17ZU_the-belair-stud-farm_Bowie-MD.html
Colonial Manor where breeding for the turf was carried on for three centuries. Laying the foundation of American thoroughbred racing. Samuel Ogle original owner, imported the stallion "Spark", the filly "Queen Mab" and other prize horses. His brot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15UV_melford-and-cemetery_Bowie-MD.html
Built in 1840s, Melford is a two-and-one-half-story brick plantation house of side-hall and double parlor plan. It is distinguished by a two-story semi-circular bay and a parapetted double chimney at one gable end. It was built for Richard Duckett…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKVX_sacred-heart-chapel-white-marsh_Bowie-MD.html
Sacred Heart Chapel was built about 1741 by Jesuit Priests on the property known as White Marsh. The priests turned their 2,000 acre bequest into a thriving plantation. During the 1780's the American clergy met several times at White Marsh, and he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3UN_bowie-railroad-station-museum_Bowie-MD.html
The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, chartered in 1853, inaugurated train service on July 2, 1872 with a line to Washington, and on January 1, 1873 opened the Pope's Creek line to southern Maryland. At the junction of the two lines the town of Bowi…
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