Belair Mansion (Bowie, Maryland)
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.
Front of Belair Mansion, August 2007
Belair in 1936
Detail of central section, 1936
Benjamin Ogle Family Cemetery
Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 58,329. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the U.S. state of Maryland. In 2014, CNN Money ranked Bowie 28th in its Best Places to Live list.
Old Town Bowie, as seen from the intersection of Maryland Route 564 and Chapel Avenue in January 2008
I-595/US 50 eastbound in Bowie
Image: Belair Mansion 1
Image: Belair Stables