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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See also Biltmore House.
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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
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National Register of Historic Places
[edit] External Links
http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceID=427&resourceType=District
http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/66000586.nl.pdf
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Biltmore_House.html
http://www.biltmore.com - The estate's own very commercial web site.
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/ncarolina/biltmore/biltmoreintro.html
Categories: Buildings | Buildings in USA | Buildings in North Carolina, USA | Buildings in Asheville, North Carolina, USA | America's Favorite Architecture | National Register of Historic Places | National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina, USA | National Register of Historic Places in Asheville, North Carolina, USA

