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During the late 1950s, Levitt and Sons developed the community known as "Belair at Bowie," in Bowie, Maryland. In 1957 they acquired the historic Belair Mansion and estate, home of Maryland's colonial Governor Samuel Ogle and his Belair Stables. [20] In 1959 the community was annexed by Bowie. The company went public in 1960.
In 1952, people started buying over 17,000 Levitt-built homes in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. In addition, the company built Willingboro, New Jersey, which still has street names such as Levitt Parkway. During the late 1950s, Levitt and Sons constructed "Belair at Bowie" in Bowie, Maryland. [10]
Bowie (/ ˈ b uː i /) is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. [3] Per the 2020 census, the population was 58,329. [4] Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city [5] and third largest city by area in the U.S. state of 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. [1]
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Belair Development is an historic site in Prince George's County, Maryland. [1]It consists of 7 planned communities: Meadowbrook, Tulip Grove, Kenilworth, Somerset, Buckingham, Heather Hills and Foxhill built by Levitt & Sons in what is now Bowie, Maryland, [1] constructed between 1957 and 1965.