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  2. Biltmore Estate - Wikipedia

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    Biltmore Estate is a historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina, United States.The main residence, Biltmore House (or Biltmore Mansion), 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 m 2) of floor space and 135,280 sq ft ...

  3. List of Gilded Age mansions - Wikipedia

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    Was the third mansion of P.T Barnum, was demolished in 1889 for his new mansion, Marina. Samuel Clemens House (Mark Twain) 1874 Victorian Gothic: Edward Tuckerman Potter: Hartford: Today, a museum Marina 1889 Romanesque and Queen Anne: Longstaff and Hurd: Bridgeport: Was the fourth and last mansion of P.T Barnum in Bridgeport, was demolished in ...

  4. Pensmore - Wikipedia

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    In 2008, the Steven T. Huff Family LLC applied for a construction permit to begin construction of the Pensmore mansion—made unique because it is an insulated concrete form structure designed to showcase sustainable construction techniques on a large scale, with it being designed to be earthquake resistant, bullet resistant, blast resistant, capable of withstanding an EF5 tornado, bug ...

  5. List of largest houses in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Hayes Mansion - San Jose, a Curio Collection by Hilton: San Jose, California: Mary Hayes Chynoweth [142] JMA Ventures [143] 1905: Mediterranean Revival: George Page: 78 (tie) 41,000 sq ft (3,800 m 2) [144] NYIT de Seversky Mansion: Old Westbury, New York: Alfred I. du Pont [145] New York Institute of Technology [146] 1918: Georgian Revival ...

  6. List of plantations in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Lebanon Plantation House: January 29, 1973 Near Erwin: Harnett: Built in 1824 (circa). Preservation NC [22] Ashwood Plantation (William T. Smith House) Godwin: Cumberland: Built in 1835 (circa). 05001030 Thompson House: September 15, 2005 Wake Forest: Wake

  7. List of castles in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The brick Tudor Revival mansion was designed by Kirtland Cutter for Chester Thorne, who had the bricks from a dismantled 15th century Elizabethan manor house in England shipped to the site for the construction. The substructure is concrete and steel. The mansion was used as a set for the Stephen King miniseries Rose Red. [73]

  8. Hampton National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    The remaining 62.04-acre (25.11 ha) estate, straddling Hampton Lane, is now managed by the National Park Service and open to the public, with ample free parking, a gift shop, and wheelchair accessibility at the mansion. Visitors are provided a guided tour of the mansion, where the original furnishings owned by the Ridgelys may be seen, along ...

  9. Nemours Estate - Wikipedia

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    The Nemours Estate is a 200-acre (81 ha) country estate with jardin à la française formal gardens and a French neoclassical mansion in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Built to resemble a French château , its 105 rooms on four floors occupy nearly 47,000 sq ft (4,400 m 2 ).