Biltmore Estate

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	Biltmore Estate
Designer	Hunt, Richard Morris
Location	Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Date	1898
Building Type	Housing
Construction System	Limestone, Stucco, Brick, Wood
Architectural Style	Chateauesque
Street Address	One Biltmore Plaza, off Highway 25 Walk Score
Notes	also known as Biltmore Estate and Biltmore Forestry School Site

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Building Details
Awards	America's Favorite Architecture 2007; Ranked 8 of 150.

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See http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Biltmore_House.html for a collection of historical images.

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National Register of Historic Places
Name	Biltmore Estate
ID Number	66000586
NRHP Status	Listed In The National Register
Certification Date	10/15/1966
Level of Significance	National
NRHP Documents	Text (pdf) ; Photos (pdf)

"In 1888, George W. Vanderbilt, capitalist, conservationist, and amateur architect of sorts, began purchasing land in the mountains of western North Carolina, eventually amassing an estate of more than 125,000 acres. Frederick Law Olmsted helped develop the property, and in 1891 Vanderbilt appointed Gifford Pinchot superintendent of forestry management. Pinchot, fresh from studying managed forests in Europe, soon proved for the first time in America that scientific forest management was profitable. In 1898, Vanderbilt established the Biltmore Forest School, the first of its kind in the country. Vanderbilt’s princely mansion, Biltmore House, was designed by Richard Morris Hunt and built between 1890 and 1895. Resembling a French chateau, the house, now open to the public, is one of the nation’s most impressive and best-preserved mansions of the Gilded Age." — National Park Service