The Biltmore Estate is home to the largest privately-owned house in the United States. George Vanderbilt, a prominent businessman from the late 19th and early 20th century, began constructing the ...

The small English-inspired village functioned as an independent and self-sustaining community, as well as the entrance to George Vanderbilt’s Biltmore Estate, according to ...

ASHEVILLE - Biltmore Estate, coined "America's largest home," has reopened after Tropical Storm Helene closed it for more than a month. George Vanderbilt's Biltmore House was among many Western ...

George Vanderbilt's Biltmore House was among many ... N.C., Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. The Biltmore Estate reopened to the public last weekend. The annual Christmas at Biltmore holiday program ...

When landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted was planning the grounds of George Vanderbilt's new home in Asheville, he knew family and guests would be spending many a winter day, particularly during ...

Although George Vanderbilt was heavily involved in both the planning and construction of the Biltmore Estate, most of the heavy lifting fell to the family’s go-to architect, Richard Morris Hunt.

“Unfortunately, very little of George Vanderbilt’s clothing survives ... The Gilded Age” is included with regular admission to the Biltmore Estate, and the audio tour is included with ...

ASHEVILLE – George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil, a member of the famed Vanderbilt family who headed the Biltmore Farms development company for decades, died at home Oct. 19. He was 95 years old.

Biltmore Estate was once home to the Vanderbilt ... the richest American until his death in 1877. His grandson, George ...

ASHEVILLE, N. C., May 20.-A fire on George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore estate to-day destroyed the lumber yard and several hundred thousand feet of lumber. Two fire companies were called out ...

George Vanderbilt's Biltmore House was among ... Amid the storm and estate closure, Biltmore staff members were temporarily furloughed. The company employed nearly 2,400 workers before Helene.