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Biltmore Estate | |
 Biltmore Estate in Buncombe County, North Carolina | |
 Interactive map showing the mansion's location | |
| Location | Buncombe County, North Carolina, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 35°32′24″N 82°33′07″W / 35.54000°N 82.55194°W |
| Built | 1889–1895 |
| Architect | Richard Morris Hunt (house) Frederick Law Olmsted (landscape) |
| Architectural style | Châteauesque |
| Website | biltmore |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000586[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
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 m2) of floor space and 135,280 sq ft (12,568 m2) of living area.[3] Still owned by George Vanderbilt's descendants, it remains one of the most prominent examples of Gilded Age mansions.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
- ^ "Room at the inn for education | Family Business Magazine". www.familybusinessmagazine.com. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- ^ Buncombe County Tax Records, http://www.buncombetax.org/ Archived August 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, 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 Archived September 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine