Foxhill Park is a 45-acre park in
Bowie, Maryland
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 c ...
, operated by the
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) is a bi-county agency that administers parks and planning in Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland.
History
The commission was formed in 1927 by the Maryland G ...
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It is adjacent to the
Belair Mansion.
Woodward Pond
The park includes Woodward Pond, a man-made pond, also referred to as Foxhill Lake.
It is formed by the damming of an east–west flowing tributary of
Collington Branch Collington Branch is a stream that flows into the Western Branch of the Patuxent River in Prince George's County, Maryland.
Inflows
Woodward Pond, sometimes referred to Foxhill Lake drains into Collington Branch.
Allen Pond is a ten-acre man-m ...
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Foxhill Park Bridge
Foxhill Park Bridge is an historic bridge over Woodward Pond and is eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
under Criterion C.[ The bridge is a five-span ]arch bridge
An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side. A viaduct ...
made of concrete
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and faced with sandstone
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Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicat ...
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Official historians believe the bridge most likely carried a private road or path to the Belair Mansion, the large estate which until 1958 contained the pond and the land that is now Foxhill Park.][ Architectural evidence suggests that the bridge was built circa 1920.][
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See also
* Belair Mansion
* Allen Pond Park
References
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Bowie, Maryland
Parks in Prince George's County, Maryland
Historic sites in Maryland