Fairview Plantation

Infobox Historic building
name = Fairview Plantation

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caption = Fairview Plantation in August 2007
map_type = Maryland
latitude =38.95167
longitude = -76.78417
location_town = Collington, Maryland
location_country = United States
architect =
client = Baruch Duckett
engineer =
construction_start_date =
completion_date = c. 1800
cost =
structural_system =
style = Federal/Greek revival plantation home
cemetery=yes
materials=
size =

Fairview Plantation was built around the year 1800 by Baruch Duckett in Collington, Maryland. [cite book
last =Arnett
first =Earl
coauthors =Brugger,Robert J., Papenfuse, Edward C.
title =Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State
publisher =The Johns Hopkins University Press
date =March 22, 1999
pages =401
isbn =978-0801859809] The house is a transitional federal/Greek revival design considered to be a significant part of the Prince George's County heritage. [cite web
title =Heritage Themes
date= September 2006
publisher = Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
url = http://www.mncppc.org/county/Illustrated_Inventory906/Heritage_Themes.pdf
accessdate = 2007-08-16 ] Fairview is a two-story stuccoed brick plantation house with flush end chimneys and a unique stepped gable at one gable end. Its Georgian plan interior features fine Federal style trim. [Citation
title = Illustrated Inventory 906
pages = 86
publisher = Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
url = http://www.mncppc.org/county/Illustrated_Inventory906/74_101.pdf
accessdate = 2007-08-17]

History

Upon his death in 1810 at Fairview, Duckett left the estate to his son-in-law, Captain William Duckett Bowie. The will stipulated that William Duckett Bowie and his sons should have Fairview as long as they did not cut down certain trees standing near the house but "if the said Bowie, or any of his children should fell the trees, then the property shall go to my brother, Isaac Duckett."cite book
last =Hall
first =Clayton Colman
title =Baltimore: Its History and Its People, vol.3
publisher =Lewis Historical Publishing Co
date =1912
pages =303-306
url =http://books.google.com/books?id=DMcLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA304&vq=%22oden+bowie%22&dq=thomas+fielder+bowie#PPA304,M1
isbn = ] Bowie's son, Maryland Governor Oden Bowie was born at Fairview in 1826 and was buried on the grounds in 1894. [cite web
title =The Prince George's Hall of Fame
publisher =Prince George's County Historical Society
date =2003
url =http://www.pghistory.org/HallofFame
accessdate = 2007-08-16 ] In the 1980s, land that made up the plantation consisted of a turf farm and woods. The owners of the estate sold most of the land to the Rouse Company who built a housing development that bears the name Fairwood on the site. [cite web
title =The History of Fairwood
publisher =General Growth Properties
url =http://www.fairwoodcommunity.com/vis1.htm
accessdate = 2007-08-16 ] While not currently on National Register of Historic Places, the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission] is the local authority and considers the house and cemetery to be a historic site, #71A-13. [cite web
title =Prince George's County Planning Board No.04-29 File No. DSP-03068 Resolution
publisher =Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
url =http://www.mncppc.org/pgco/planning/agendas/2004%20Resolution%20PDFs/04-29.pdf
accessdate = 2007-08-16 ]

The descendants of Baruch Duckett live in the house as of 2006. [Citation
title = Illustrated Inventory 906
pages = 86
publisher = Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
url = http://www.mncppc.org/county/Illustrated_Inventory906/74_101.pdf
accessdate = 2007-08-15]

ignificance in Thoroughbred Racing

Oden Bowie, perhaps inspired by Samuel Ogle's nearby Belair Stables and the Belair Stud, founded a stable at Fairview that produced successful race horses including Belle D'Or, Oriole and Crickmore. [cite book
last =Arnett
first =Earl
coauthors =Brugger,Robert J., Papenfuse, Edward C.
title =Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State
publisher =The Johns Hopkins University Press
date =March 22, 1999
pages =401
isbn =978-0801859809]

Further reading

*Citation
last = Raghavan
first = Sudarsan
title = Faded Sketch Propels Families Across a Racial Divide: Search for Md. Ancestors Reveals Old Memories, New Bonds
newspaper = The Washington Post
pages = A01
year = 2005
date = August 19, 2005
url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/18/AR2005081801981_pf.html
accessdate = 2008-02-09
*cite book | last = Bowie | first = Walter Worthington | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Bowies and Their Kindred; A Genealogical and Biographical History. | publisher = Polyanthos | date = 1971 | location = | pages = | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=eyo3AAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 | doi = | id = | isbn = 9780832819636

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