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General view, pool house-entry, looking southwest. - Belair Bath and Tennis Club, Southwest corner of Belair Drive and Tulip Grove Drive, Bowie, Prince George's County, MD
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General view, pool house-entry, looking southwest. - Belair Bath and Tennis Club, Southwest corner of Belair Drive and Tulip Grove Drive, Bowie, Prince George's County, MD
Description
Levitt and Son; Levitt, William J; Jacobs, James A
Depicted place Maryland; Prince George's County; Bowie
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS MD-1265-2
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  • Significance: The Belair Bath and Tennis Club is an original feature and the first of three similar clubs in the 'Belair at Bowie, Maryland,' community, built by famed Levitt and Sons beginning in 1960. Levitt and Sons completed the club in time for the 1962 swimming season as it proceeded with construction of the surrounding three sections of Belair. Facilities for recreation were a key element of the company's planning methods and marketing strategies since the 1930s. Intended from the beginning to be a member-owned club and described at the time as 'posh,' the facility related more to the community centers of the company's pre-World War II Long Island developments than to the large neighborhood pools sprinkled throughout the three Levittowns. The decision to fund a private club with a limited membership instead of community pools open to all homeowners showed financial caution in response to changed market conditions as well as a desire to court more affluent prospective buyers.
  • Survey number: HABS MD-1265
  • Building/structure dates: 1961-1962 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/md1769.photos.362046p
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