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Biltmore Estate | |
![]() Biltmore Estate in Buncombe County, North Carolina | |
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Location | Buncombe County, North Carolina, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 35°32′24″N 82°33′07″W / 35.54000°N 82.55194°W |
Built | 1889–1895 |
Architect | Richard Morris Hunt (house) Frederick Law Olmsted (landscape) |
Architectural style | Châteauesque |
Website | biltmore |
NRHP reference No. | 66000586[1] |
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.
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