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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 m 2) of floor space and 135,280 sq ft (12,568 m 2 ...
Asheville (/ ˈæʃvɪl / ASH-vil) is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. [ 7 ] Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the most populous city in Western North Carolina, and the state's 11th-most-populous city. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was ...
Added to NRHP. April 20, 2005. Municipal Golf Course, also known as Buncombe County Golf Course, is a historic golf course and national historic district located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses one contributing building (the Clubhouse (1927)) and one contributing site associated with a course designed by ...
The Omni Grove Park is a historic resort hotel on the western-facing slope of Sunset Mountain within the Blue Ridge Mountains, in Asheville, North Carolina. The hotel has been visited by various Presidents of the United States. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the hotel was built in the Arts and Crafts style. The inn's 140 ...
Beaverdam Creek. First flooded. 1923. Surface area. 50 acres (20 ha) Max. depth. 28 feet (8.5 m) Beaver Lake is a freshwater lake in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. [1][2] The community of Lakeview Park, which was built around Beaver Lake, is now a subdivision of Asheville. [3]
88 Clingman Avenue & Fletcher Owens House, 2021. Clingman Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The district encompassed 33 contributing buildings in a historically African-American residential section of Asheville. It was largely developed in the early-20th century and ...
September 30, 2024 at 8:18 PM. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said devastation in Western North Carolina was “beyond belief” in a press conference Monday, as he visited Asheville in the ...
Buncombe County (/ ˈbʌŋkəm / BUNK-um) [1][2] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is classified within Western North Carolina. The 2020 census reported the population was 269,452, making it the 7th-most populous county in North Carolina. [3] Its county seat is Asheville. [4]