Biltmore Estate
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 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. Still owned by George Vanderbilt's descendants, it remains one of the most prominent examples of Gilded Age mansions.
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. |
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| Coordinates | 35°32′24″N 82°33′07″W |
| Built | 1889–95 |
| Architect | Richard Morris Hunt (house) Frederick Law Olmsted (landscape) |
| Architectural style | Châteauesque |
| Website | biltmore |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000586 |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
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