Biltmore Estate - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Biltmore Estate - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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 and is the largest privately owned house in the United States, at of floor space and of living area.Buncombe County Tax Records, http://www.buncombetax.org/ , Parcel ID 9637-94-40-00000, Residential Building 22 (mansion) and Commercial Building 9 (attached stable); see also http://www.biltmore.com/visit/house_gardens/house/faq.asp Still owned by George Vanderbilt's descendants, it remains one of the most prominent examples of Gilded Age mansions. Read more on Wikipedia
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