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    Biltmore Estate is a historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. The main residence, Biltmore House (or...
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    largest privately owned home in the United States, which he named Biltmore Estate. George W. Vanderbilt II was the youngest child of William Henry Vanderbilt...
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  • Biltmore Estate, in Biltmore Forest, near Asheville The Biltmore Company, owner of the above estate Biltmore Farms, dairy farm and real estate company...
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    Asheville, North Carolina. It is adjacent to the main entrance of the Biltmore Estate, built by George W. Vanderbilt, one of the heirs to the Vanderbilt...
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    The Biltmore Company is an American firm that owns and operates Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. The company is owned by the family of William...
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    family who inherited the Biltmore Estate. She was known for her eccentric behavior. Cornelia was born at the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina on August...
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  • Bowman-Biltmore Hotels was a hotel chain created by the hotel magnate John McEntee Bowman. The name evokes the Vanderbilt family's Biltmore Estate, whose...
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    Biltmore Estate Office is a historic office building located at Biltmore Village, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect...
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  • British-–American businessman. He was the owner of the Biltmore Estate through his company, The Biltmore Company. William A. V. Cecil was the younger son of...
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    the completion of the inn's construction, Fred L. Seely purchased Biltmore Estate Industries from Edith Vanderbilt, wife of George Washington Vanderbilt...
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  • Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina, where he built his famed Biltmore Estate, America's largest residence. Based on his passion for creating sustainable...
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    Carolina, damaged the Biltmore Estate. The Biltmore Company sold the affected land to lessen the upkeep and tax burden. The town of Biltmore Forest was chartered...
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  • George was given the choice of taking over Biltmore Farms (the family dairy) or the Estate. Leaving the estate for his younger brother William Amherst Vanderbilt...
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    The New York Biltmore Hotel was a luxury hotel at 335 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The hotel was developed by the New York Central...
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  • Morris Hunt and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to construct Biltmore Estate on 125,000 acres (51,000 ha) near Asheville, North Carolina. The 250...
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  • The Biltmore Mound is a historical and archaeological site on the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. The Biltmore Mound is a platform mound...
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  • and grounds at which most of Richie Rich is filmed are those of the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. Some scenes, however, are filmed in Chicago...
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  • American estates include: Biltmore, Asheville, North Carolina; estate of George Washington Vanderbilt II Hearst Castle, Central Coast of California; estate of...
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    known she was the mistress of the Biltmore Estate. She was very involved with the families who worked on the Biltmore Estate, as well as the surrounding community...
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    Louisville, Kentucky; Walnut Hill Park in New Britain, Connecticut; the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina; the master plans for the University of...
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    this school of "practical forestry" in 1896 on George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate near Asheville, North Carolina. The school grounds are now part of...
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    French Broad, now within the grounds of the 8,000-acre Biltmore Estate in Asheville. The estate encompasses numerous ancient Native American sites, including...
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  • that the animal wranglers observed. Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, the biggest privately owned estate in the US, was chosen to signify the...
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    upscale hotel that opened in 1922 as the Providence Biltmore Hotel, part of the Bowman-Biltmore Hotels chain. It is located on the southern corner of...
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    Fifth Avenue mansions since destroyed. Hunt is also renowned for his Biltmore Estate, America's largest private house, near Asheville, North Carolina, and...
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    releases soon following, the first being the live album Christmas at the Biltmore Estate in 1997, followed by All on a Wintry Night in 2000. Collins combined...
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  • American architect, noted for his association with George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate and Asheville, North Carolina. Smith worked for some of America's important...
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    more than $3 million in damage. Areas flooded included part of the Biltmore Estate, and the company that ran it sold some of the property to lower their...
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    from Frederick Law Olmsted's drives at the Arnold Arboretum and the Biltmore Estate of George Washington Vanderbilt II. John D. Rockefeller Jr. sought...
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  • Biltmore Estate George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil, owner and chairman of Biltmore Farms William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil, operator of the Biltmore Estate...
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