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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 ...
The Biltmore Company. 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.
George Washington Vanderbilt II (November 14, 1862 – March 6, 1914) was an American art collector and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, which amassed a huge fortune through steamboats, railroads, and various business enterprises. [ 1] He commissioned the construction of a 250-room mansion, the largest privately owned home in the ...
Vanderbilt family. The Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained prominence during the Gilded Age. Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthropy. Cornelius Vanderbilt's descendants went on to build grand mansions on Fifth ...
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This English Tudor-style mansion in the town of Biltmore Forest sold for an all-time Asheville-area record price on Monday, March 6, 2023, according to Premier Sotheby’s International Realty.
He used his family's wealth to build the nation's largest privately owned home ever, the Biltmore Estate. With 250 rooms and 4 acres of indoor space, it takes a good six to eight hours to fully ...
Cornelius' youngest grandson through William, George Washington Vanderbilt II, built the 250-room Biltmore Estate in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina, as his main residence with part of his inheritance from his grandfather. It still retains the title of the largest privately owned home in the United States, though it is open to the ...