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Fairview construction began around the year 1788 on an expanse of land owned by Baruch Duckett in
Fairview was one of the larger slave-holding plantations in the county, tended by over 100 enslaved at its production height; 47 during Oden Bowie's ownership.
In the 1980s, land that made up the 
Collington, Maryland
Collington is a now defunct settlement in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, dating from colonial times. Collington has been subsumed by the city of Bowie.
Geography
Collington is located at 38°58'6" North, 76°45'35" West (38.9684 ...
(now the census-designated place of Fairwood). The house is a transitional federal
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design considered to be a significant part of the Prince George's County
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, demonym = Prince Georgian
, ZIP codes = 20607–20774
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, founded date = April 23
, founded year = 1696
, named for = Prince George of Denmark
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, leader_name = Angela D. Alsobrook ...
heritage. Fairview is a two-story stuccoed brick plantation house
A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and e ...
with flush end chimneys and a unique stepped gable at one gable end. Its Georgian
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plan interior features fine Federal style trim.
History
Upon his death in 1810 at Fairview, Duckett left the estate to his son-in-law, CaptainWilliam Duckett Bowie
William Duckett Bowie (7 October 1803 – 18 July 1873), was an American politician. The eldest child of William Bowie and Kitty Beanes Duckett, he was born at Fairview Plantation in Prince George's County, Maryland.
Career and Wealth
His m ...
. 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."
Bowie's son, Governor of Maryland
The Governor of the State of Maryland is the head of government of Maryland, and is the commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard units. The Governor is the highest-ranking official in the state and has a broad range of appointive powers ...
Oden Bowie
Oden Bowie (November 10, 1826December 4, 1894), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 34th Governor of the State of Maryland in the United States from 1869 to 1872.
Childhood
He was born in 1826 at Fairview Plantation in Coll ...
, was born at Fairview in 1826 and was buried on the grounds in 1894.
Fairview was one of the larger slave-holding plantations in the county, tended by over 100 enslaved at its production height; 47 during Oden Bowie's ownership.
In the 1980s, land that made up the plantation
A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...
consisted of a turf farm and woods. The owners of the estate sold most of the land to The Rouse Company
The Rouse Company, founded by Hunter Moss and James W. Rouse in 1939, was a publicly held shopping mall and community developer from 1956 until 2004, when General Growth Properties (GGP) purchased the company.
Beginnings - Moss-Rouse Company
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who built a housing development that bears the name Fairwood on the site. While not currently on National Register of Historic Places
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, 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.
Descendants of Baruch Duckett remained in residence until 2017, when Fairview was offered for sale for the first time in its history. The home has exchanged ownership multiple times and is now under the care of Fairview Manor, LLC.
Thoroughbred racing
Oden Bowie, perhaps inspired bySamuel Ogle
Samuel Ogle (c. 1694 – 3 May 1752) was the 16th, 18th and 20th Proprietary Governor of Maryland from 1731 to 1732, 1733 to 1742, and 1746/1747 to 1752.
Background
The Ogle family was quite prominent for many centuries in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ...
's nearby Belair Stables and the Belair Stud
Belair Stud was an American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm founded by Provincial Governor of Maryland Samuel Ogle in 1747 in Collington, Prince George's County, Maryland, in Colonial America.
Colonial period
Queen Mab and ...
, founded a stable at Fairview that produced successful race horses including Belle D'Or, Oriole and Crickmore.
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