Biltmore Estate (Images of America: North Carolina)

Brand: Arcadia Publishing

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UPC:
9780738517490
Binding:
Paperback
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Publication Date:
2/23/2005
Release Date:
2/23/2005
Author:
Ellen Erwin Rickman
Language:
english
Edition:
Edition Unstated
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Product Overview

Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, has captured the fascination of people everywhere for over 100 years. Created in the 1890s by George Washington Vanderbilt, a member of one of Americas wealthiest families, the estate combined a 250-room French Renaissancestyle chateau with 125,000 acres of gardens, forests, and working farms. Biltmore House served as Vanderbilts primary residence for almost 20 years. After Mr. Vanderbilts death in 1914, life at Biltmore continued for his wife Edith and daughter Cornelia. In 1930, Cornelia Vanderbilt Cecil and her husband, Hon. John Francis Amherst Cecil, opened Biltmore Housethe largest private home in the United Statesto the public, firmly establishing the Asheville area as a major tourist destination.