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Biltmore House is a French Renaissance-inspired chateau near Asheville, North Carolina, built by George Washington Vanderbilt II in September between 1888 and 1895. It was the largest privately-owned home in the United States, at 175,000 square feet. Still owned by Vanderbilt's descendants, it stands today as one of the most prominent remaining examples of the Gilded Age. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic - President George Walker Bush (R) - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from...
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Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area Ranked 28th - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²) - Width 150 miles (240 km) - Length 560[1] miles (901 km) - % water 9. ...
George W. Vanderbilt II George Washington Vanderbilt II (November 14, 1862 – March 6, 1914) was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family. ...
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History
In the 1880s, at the height of the Gilded Age, George Washington Vanderbilt II, youngest son of William Henry Vanderbilt, began to make regular visits with his mother to the Asheville area. He loved the scenery and climate so much that he decided to create his own summer estate in the area, as his older brothers and sisters had built opulent summer houses in places such as Newport, Rhode Island, and Hyde Park, New York. The Breakers, a gilded-age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. ...
George W. Vanderbilt II George Washington Vanderbilt II (November 14, 1862 – March 6, 1914) was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family. ...
William H. Vanderbilt (May 8, 1821 – December 8, 1885) was a businessman and a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family. ...
Downtown Asheville bustles with activity at midday while smog silently obscures the Smoky Mountains to the west. ...
Biltmore house The Breakers, Newport, RI Marble House Newport, RI From the late 1870s to the 1920s, the Vanderbilt family employed Americas best Beaux-Arts architects and decorators to build an unequalled string of New York townhouses and East Coast palaces in the United States. ...
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Vanderbilt's idea was to replicate the working estates of Europe. He commissioned Richard Morris Hunt, who had previously designed houses for various family members, to design the house in imitation of several Loire Valley chateaux, including the Chateau de Blois. Wanting the best, Vanderbilt also employed Frederick Law Olmsted to design the grounds, including the deliberately rustic three-mile Approach Road, and Gifford Pinchot to manage the forests. Intending that the estate could be self-supporting, Vanderbilt set up scientific forestry programs, poultry farms, cattle farms, hog farms and a dairy. The estate included its own village (today Biltmore Village) and even a church. Family members and friends invited from all over the United States and beyond came to experience the opulent estate with the splendor of Olmsted's sweet-smelling gardens, rich foods at the 64-seat banquet table, and the stunning beauty of Vanderbilt's mountainous grounds. Famous guests through the years include author Edith Wharton, novelist Henry James, Presidents McKinley, Wilson, Nixon, and Charles, Prince of Wales. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...
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Loire Valley (French: Vallée de la Loire) is known as the Garden of France and the Cradle of the French Language. ...
The Royal Ch teau de Blois is located in the Loir-et-Cher d partement in the Loire Valley, in France. ...
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Gifford Pinchot (August 11, 1865 – October 4, 1946) was the first Chief of the United States Forest Service (1905–1910) and the Republican Governor of Pennsylvania (1923–1927, 1931–1935). ...
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Biltmore Village is a small village that is now entirely in the city limits of Asheville, North Carolina. ...
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Vanderbilt paid little attention to the family business or his own investments, and the construction and upkeep of Biltmore depleted much of his inheritance. After Vanderbilt died of complications from an emergency appendectomy in 1914, his widow, Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt, finalized the sale of much of the original 125,000 acres (506 km²) to the federal government (begun by Vanderbilt before his death), which became the nucleus of Pisgah National Forest. An appendicectomy (or appendectomy) is the surgical removal of the vermiform appendix. ...
Edith Stuyvesant Dresser Vanderbilt (17 January 1873-21 December 1958), nee Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, and also known as Edith Gerry was a descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, the first governor of Dutch colonial New York, and also the great-niece of Hamilton Fish. ...
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The Pisgah National Forest covers 1,076,711 acres (4,357 km²) of mountainous terrain across western North Carolina. ...
The estate today covers approximately 8,000 acres (32 km²) and is split in half by the French Broad River. It is owned by The Biltmore Company, which is controlled by Vanderbilt's grandson, William A.V. Cecil, II. In 1963, it was designated a National Historic Landmark. The French Broad River flows from near Rosman in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into Tennessee. ...
The Biltmore Company in Asheville, North Carolina, owns and operates 8,000-acres of land and business. ...
William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil (born 1928) is the younger son of Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt and operator of the Biltmore Estate through his company, The Biltmore Company. ...
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Tourist attraction
 View of the west side of the house from the Shrub garden In an attempt to bolster the Depression-riven economy, Vanderbilt's only child, Cornelia Vanderbilt Cecil, and husband John Amherst Cecil opened Biltmore House to the public on March 15, 1930. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2705x1156, 652 KB) Description View of the gardens of the Biltmore Estate. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2705x1156, 652 KB) Description View of the gardens of the Biltmore Estate. ...
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The house was occupied less and less permanently until 1956, when it was permanently opened to the public as a house museum. Visitors from all over the world continue to be amazed at the 70,000 gallon indoor swimming pool, bowling alley, turn-of-the-century exercise equipment, two-story library, and other rooms filled with art works, furniture, and 19th century novelties like elevators, forced-air heating, centrally-controlled clocks, fire alarms, and an intercom system. It remains a major tourist attraction in western North Carolina, with over 1,000,000 visitors each year. Bowling is the common name for several sports that involve rolling a ball towards a target or to knock down pins. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area Ranked 28th - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²) - Width 150 miles (240 km) - Length 560[1] miles (901 km) - % water 9. ...
In 2005 the fourth floor of the house was opened by the Department of Museum Services headed by Ellen Rickman, the director. The floor reveals the life of a Biltmore House maid with a Servants’ Hall, Servants’ Bedrooms and Bathrooms, and three house closets. The Architectural Model Room showcases Hunt’s 1889 model of Biltmore House, while the Observatory offers views of the estate from a central vantage point at the top of the main tower. A maidservant or in current usage maid is a female employed in domestic service. ...
Besides the house, the grounds also feature gardens and a winery that are also both open to the public, and the Inn on Biltmore Estate, a Mobil Travel Guide four-star and AAA four-diamond 213-room hotel. Mobil gas station in the Loisaida section of the East Village of New York City Mobil was a major American oil company which merged with Exxon in 1999 to form ExxonMobil. ...
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Future plans include the restoration of the Oak Sitting Room (Spring 2009) and Second Floor Living Hall (2012), as well as the opening of the Library Wing guest rooms.
The Biltmore Estate ranked 8th in a 2007 poll by the American Institute of Architects of the top 150 favorite structures in the United States. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. ...
Movie roles Biltmore Estate's grounds and buildings have appeared in a number of major motion pictures: Promotional poster for The Clearing The Clearing is a 2004 drama / thriller film, and is a directorial debut by Pieter Jan Brugge, an Academy Award nominated producer. ...
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