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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 ...
The Biltmore Company is an American firm that owns and operates Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. The company is owned by the family of William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil, the younger grandson of George Washington Vanderbilt II. In 1999, the company formed a new business group, the Biltmore Estate Brands Group.
Located in Asheville, N.C., the Biltmore Estate is a 250-room property built for George Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895. Over the years, the estate, which is still owned by Vanderbilt's ...
William A. V. Cecil was the younger son of Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt (1900–1976) and English-born aristocrat John Francis Amherst Cecil (1890–1954). He was the grandson of George Washington Vanderbilt II and Lord William Cecil, the great-grandson of William Henry Vanderbilt and William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter.
Biltmore and its family owners launched the Biltmore Relief Fund for WNC, pledging a $2 million gift to local Helene recovery, and sponsored the sold-out, star-studded “Concert for Carolina ...
The once tree-lined entrance to the Biltmore Estate is seen on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, bare and still stained with dried mud after Tropical Storm Helene caused historic flooding in Asheville, North ...
Owner Year completed Architectural style Architect Image 1: 178,926 sq ft (16,622.8 m 2) [2] Biltmore Estate: Asheville, North Carolina: George Washington Vanderbilt II: The Biltmore Company [3] 1895: Châteauesque: Richard Morris Hunt and Frederick Law Olmsted: 2: 109,000 sq ft (10,100 m 2) [4] Oheka Castle: West Hills, New York: Otto Hermann ...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – More than three weeks after remnants of Hurricane Helene ravaged western North Carolina, Biltmore Estate, one of the area's most popular tourist attractions and largest ...