Belair Stable Museum (Bowie, Maryland)

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Belair Stables

| nrhp_type =

| image = Belair Stables.jpg

| caption = Front of Belair Stable Museum, August 2007

| coordinates = {{coord|38|57|58|N|76|44|36|W|display=inline,title}}

| location = 2835 Belair Drive in Bowie, Maryland, USA

| nearest_city = Bowie, Maryland

| area =Architecture, Sport - Horse Racing {{Citation

| last = Fiehler

| first = Leonard E

| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Belair Stables PG:71B-5

| publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service

| year = 1972

| volume =PG:71B-5

| url = https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-163.pdf

}}

| built = circa 1907

| architect =

| architecture = Georgian

| designated =

| added =

| established =

| visitation_num =

| visitation_year =

| refnum =73002163

| mpsub =

| governing_body =

}}

The Belair Stable Museum is located at 2835 Belair Drive in Bowie, Maryland. It is operated by the City of Bowie, Maryland. The building once housed the Belair Stud Farm until 1957 when the Woodward family sold the Belair Estate to Levitt & Sons for the construction of Belair at Bowie.

This U-shaped sandstone equine stable was built in 1907 for James T. Woodward, then owner of the Belair Mansion. The elaborate stable building reflects Belair's long and distinguished association with thoroughbred horse racing and breeding.{{Citation

| last = Lavoie

| first = Catherine C.

| title = Historic American Buildings Survey: Belair Stables

| place = Washington, D.C.

| publisher = National Park Service

| year = 1991

| volume = MD-87A

| url = http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhdatapage&fileName=md/md1400/md1403/data/hhdatapage.db&recNum=1&itemLink=S?ammem/mcc,gottscho,detr,nfor,wpa,aap,cwar,bbpix,cowellbib,calbkbib,consrvbib,bdsbib,dag,fsaall,gmd,pan,vv,presp,varstg,suffrg,nawbib,horyd,wtc,toddbib,mgw,ncr,ngp,musdibib,hlaw,papr,lhbumbib,rbpebib,lbcoll,alad,hh,aaodyssey,magbell,bbcards,dcm,raelbib,runyon,dukesm,lomaxbib,mtj,gottlieb,aep,qlt,coolbib,fpnas,aasm,scsm,denn,relpet,amss,aaeo,mffbib,afc911bib,mjm,mnwp,rbcmillerbib,molden,ww2map,mfdipbib,afcnyebib,klpmap,hawp,omhbib,rbaapcbib,mal,ncpsbib,ncpm,lhbprbib,ftvbib,afcreed,aipn,cwband,flwpabib,wpapos,cmns,psbib,pin,coplandbib,cola,tccc,curt,mharendt,lhbcbbib,eaa,haybib,mesnbib,fine,cwnyhs,svybib,mmorse,afcwwgbib,mymhiwebib,uncall,afcwip,mtaft,manz,llstbib,fawbib,berl,fmuever,cdn,upboverbib,mussm,cic,afcpearl,awh,awhbib,sgp,wright,lhbtnbib,afcesnbib,hurstonbib,mreynoldsbib,spaldingbib,sgproto:@FIELD(OTHER+@od1(+levitt+

}}

The stable sits on {{convert|2|acre|m2}} located about 1000  feet northeast of the Belair Mansion. Once part of the large estate, the stable building is now surrounded by residential development. The building itself is a U-shaped structure with a {{frac|1|1|2}}-story main block and single-story flanking wings, forming an open exercise yard to the center.

Image:Belair Stables interior.jpg