Biltmore Estate

	Biltmore Estate
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark District
	Biltmore Estate in Buncombe County, North Carolina
	Interactive map showing the mansion's location
Location	Buncombe County, North Carolina, U.S.
Coordinates	35°32′24″N 82°33′07″W / 35.54000°N 82.55194°W
Built	1889–95
Architect	Richard Morris Hunt (house); Frederick Law Olmsted (landscape)
Architectural style	Châteauesque
Website	biltmore.com
NRHP reference No.	66000586
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966

Biltmore Estate is a historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina. Biltmore House (or Biltmore Mansion), the main residence, is a Châteauesque-style mansion built for George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895^[2] and is the largest privately owned house in the United States, at 178,926 sq ft (16,622.8 m²) of floor space and 135,280 sq ft (12,568 m²) of living area.^[3] Still owned by George Vanderbilt's descendants, it remains one of the most prominent examples of Gilded Age mansions.

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
^ "Room at the inn for education | Family Business Magazine". www.familybusinessmagazine.com. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
^ Buncombe County Tax Records, http://www.buncombetax.org/ Archived August 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Parcel ID 9637-94-40-00000, Residential Building 22 (mansion) and Commercial Building 9 (attached stable); see also http://www.biltmore.com/visit/house_gardens/house/faq.asp Archived September 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine