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This is a list of the 100+ largest extant and historic houses in the United States, ordered by area of the main house. The list includes houses that have been demolished, houses that are currently under construction, and buildings that are not currently, but were previously used as private homes.
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 ...
Cornelius Vanderbilt II House: the largest private residence ever constructed in New York City was home to the eldest grandson of tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt; Dark Island: fantasy castle by Ernest Flagg "(Singer Castle") Eagle's Nest: the residence of William Kissam Vanderbilt II in Centerport, New York, now home to a museum and planetarium
Pensmore is a 72,000 square feet (6,700 m 2) home in the Ozark Mountains near Highlandville, Missouri.One of the largest homes in the United States, it has five stories, contains 14 baths, 13 bedrooms; has exterior walls 12 inches thick, and was designed to survive earthquakes, tornadoes, and bomb blasts.
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Versailles house in 2014. Built on a constructed hill on 10 acres (4.0 ha) of lakefront property, [4] [11] the residence is expected to include nine kitchens, [2] 14 bedrooms, [12] three indoor pools, two outdoor pools, a video arcade, [4] a ballroom with a capacity of 500 to 1,000 people, [3] a two-story movie theater with a balcony inspired by the Palais Garnier, a 20,000-bottle wine cellar ...
The Pritzker Estate is a private residence located at 1261 Angelo Drive in the city of Los Angeles, in which the structure ranks as the second largest private residence. [citation needed] This is also the third largest home in the entire Los Angeles metropolitan area.
The mansion was, and remains, the largest private residence ever built in New York City. Thirteen years after moving into his new home (he also lived at The Breakers , a 125,000 sq. ft. summer "cottage" in Newport, Rhode Island ), Cornelius suffered a stroke that left him confined to a wheelchair for the remaining three years of his life.