Biltmore Estate

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Gilded Age mansion country estate historic house tourist attraction

Biltmore Estate is a grand Gilded Age mansion and estate in Asheville, North Carolina, renowned as the largest privately owned house in the United States and a landmark of American architecture and landscape design.

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Surface form Occurrences
Biltmore House 3
Biltmore Estate attractions 1
Biltmore Estate farm complex 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gilded Age mansion ⓘ
country estate ⓘ
historic house ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architect Richard Morris Hunt ⓘ
architecturalStyle Châteauesque ⓘ
French Renaissance Revival ⓘ
associatedWith Cornelius Vanderbilt family ⓘ
George Washington Vanderbilt II ⓘ
completionDate 1895 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1889 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentEstateArea approximately 8,000 acres ⓘ
designatedAs National Historic Landmark ⓘ
floorArea approximately 178,926 square feet ⓘ
hasPart Antler Hill Village ⓘ
Biltmore Dairy Barn ⓘ
Biltmore Estate grounds and forests ⓘ
Biltmore Estate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Biltmore Gardens

Biltmore Estate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Biltmore House

Biltmore Winery ⓘ
landscapeArchitect Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Asheville, North Carolina ⓘ
Buncombe County, North Carolina ⓘ
notableFeature Biltmore Estate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Biltmore House winery

bowling alley ⓘ
conservatory ⓘ
extensive formal gardens ⓘ
indoor swimming pool ⓘ
largest privately owned house in the United States ⓘ
notableFor American architecture ⓘ
landscape design by Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
NRHPListingDate 1966 ⓘ
NRHPType National Historic Landmark ⓘ
numberOfBathrooms approximately 43 ⓘ
numberOfBedrooms approximately 35 ⓘ
numberOfFireplaces approximately 65 ⓘ
numberOfRooms approximately 250 ⓘ
openingDate 1895 ⓘ
originalEstateArea approximately 125,000 acres ⓘ
originalOwner George Washington Vanderbilt II ⓘ
owner Vanderbilt family ⓘ
primaryUse historic house museum ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
region Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ
significantPeriod Gilded Age ⓘ
state North Carolina ⓘ
visitorAttraction receives more than one million visitors annually ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vanderbilt family → builtProperty → Biltmore Estate ⓘ
Buncombe County, North Carolina → contains → Biltmore Estate ⓘ
Biltmore Village → developedFor → Biltmore Estate ⓘ
Biltmore Estate → hasPart → Biltmore Estate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biltmore House
Biltmore Estate → hasPart → Biltmore Estate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biltmore Gardens
Asheville, North Carolina → knownFor → Biltmore Estate ⓘ
Biltmore Dairy Barn → locatedIn → Biltmore Estate ⓘ
Biltmore Winery → locatedIn → Biltmore Estate ⓘ
Biltmore Winery → locatedOn → Biltmore Estate ⓘ
this entity surface form: historic Biltmore Estate
Antler Hill Village → near → Biltmore Estate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biltmore House
Biltmore Village → near → Biltmore Estate ⓘ
Biltmore Estate → notableFeature → Biltmore Estate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biltmore House winery
Frederick Law Olmsted → notableWork → Biltmore Estate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biltmore Estate landscape, Asheville
this entity surface form: Biltmore House
Richard Morris Hunt → notableWork → Biltmore Estate ⓘ
Catharine Clinton Howland → notableWork → Biltmore Estate ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Morris Hunt
George Washington Vanderbilt II → owned → Biltmore Estate ⓘ
Antler Hill Village → partOf → Biltmore Estate ⓘ
Biltmore Dairy Barn → partOf → Biltmore Estate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biltmore Estate farm complex
Biltmore Winery → partOf → Biltmore Estate ⓘ
Biltmore Winery → partOf → Biltmore Estate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biltmore Estate attractions
Bedford limestone → usedIn → Biltmore Estate ⓘ
Indiana limestone → usedIn → Biltmore Estate ⓘ