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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 Estate is owned by The Biltmore Company. The estate has been in the Vanderbilt family since construction in the 1890's and remains family-owned.
George Vanderbilt’s Country Estate. George Vanderbilt, grandson of famed shipping entrepreneur and industrialist Cornelius “the Commodore” Vanderbilt, first visited Asheville, North Carolina, in 1888. Captivated by the area’s natural beauty, he slowly began purchasing land, ending up with 125,000 acres for what would become his country ...
The estate’s primary building, Biltmore House—a 250-room château clocking in at a whopping 175,000 square feet (it has 43 bathrooms, if you were wondering)—was completed in 1895, after being commissioned by the magnate George Washington Vanderbilt II. Due to these sheer dimensions, it remains the largest privately owned home in the U.S ...
Nestled in the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina, Biltmore is the largest privately owned home in the United States, and was the vision of George Washington Vanderbilt. Learn more about this National Historic Landmark.
The story of the Biltmore estate starts with the man who dreamed it up, George W. Vanderbilt. The grandson of Cornelius "the Commodore" Vanderbilt, who built his fortune as a shipping and railroad magnate, Vanderbilt fell in love with the scenery of Asheville, North Carolina.
Who owns Biltmore now? Who lives at Biltmore today? Cornelius Vanderbilt built his initial fortune on a $100 loan that would be valued at nearly $3,000 today (public domain) 1. The Vanderbilt family built their fortune on a $100 loan.