One Biltmore Plaza, Asheville, North Carolina. County/parish: Buncombe.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000586.
56 contributing buildings. 31 contributing sites. 51 contributing structures.Also known as:
Biltmore Estate is a historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina. The main residence is the Biltmore House (or Biltmore Mansion), a Châteauesque-style mansion built for George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895. It 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. It is still owned by George Vanderbilt's descendants and remains one of the most prominent examples of Gilded Age mansions.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718757