Biltmore estate is a historic house museum and tourist attraction in asheville north carolina biltmore house 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 178 926 square feet 16 622 8 m 2 of floor space 135 280 square feet of living area. As our guest you re invited to enjoy a self guided tour of the house as well as the beautiful gardens and grounds surrounding it which were designed by renowned landscape architect frederick law olmsted. Biltmore house is truly a wonder of architecture and hospitality.
Completed in 1895 george vanderbilt s 250 room chateau is as impressive today as it was more than a century ago. As a century old model for forest conservation and more recently for sustainability thanks to nine acres of solar panels biltmore continues to honor george vanderbilt s legacy of environmental protection. Our horticultural experts continually work to preserve olmsted s original vision for the gardens and grounds including our rose garden that features more than 250 varieties.
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Olmsted had completed new york s central park boston s emerald necklace university of chicago and stanford before he was approached by young george vanderbilt in the 1880s. Frederick law olmsted our country s father of landscape architecture designed his last and largest project at biltmore. Download a pdf map of biltmore s gardens.
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