Belair Stable Museum

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caption = Front of Belair Stable Museum, August 2007
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location = 2835 Belair Drive in Bowie, Maryland, USA
nearest_city = Bowie, Maryland
area =Architecture, Sport - Horse Racing Citation
last = Fiehler
first = Leonard E
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title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Belair Stables PG:71B-5
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publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service
year = 1972
volume =PG:71B-5
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url = http://www.mdihp.net/cfm/dsp_display.cfm
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built = circa 1907
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architecture = Georgian
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The Belair Stable Museum is located at 2835 Belair Drive in Bowie, Maryland. It is operated by the City of Bowie, Maryland. The building once housed the Belair Stud Farm until 1957 when the Woodward family sold the Belair Estate to Levitt & Sons for the construction of Belair at Bowie.

This U-shaped sandstone stable was built in 1907 for James T. Woodward, then owner of the Belair Mansion. The elaborate stable building reflects Belair’s long and distinguished association with thoroughbred horse racing and breeding.Citation
last = Lavoie
first = Catherine C.
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title = Historic American Building Survey: Belair Stables
place = Washington, D.C.
publisher = National Park Service
year = 1991
volume = MD-87A
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The stable sits on convert|2|acre|m2 located about 1000 northeast of the Belair Mansion. Once part of the large estate, the stable building is now surrounded by residential development. The building itself is a U-shaped structure with a one-and-a-half story main block and single story flanking wings, forming an open exercise yard to the center.

Further reading

cite book
last = Harrison
first = Fairfax
coauthors = Lasker, Edward; Lasker, Cynthia
title = The Belair Stud 1747-1761
publisher = Old Dominion Press
date = 1929
location = Richmond, Virginia
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url = http://books.google.com/books?id=ESxTGQAACAAJ
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OCLC=3367781

References

External links

* [http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/ National Register of Historic Places]
* [http://www.cityofbowie.org The City of Bowie, Maryland]
* [http://www.cityofbowie.org/museum/ Museums in the City of Bowie, Maryland]
* [http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=3580 Belair Stable Historical Marker]

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