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A Guide to Biltmore Estate
Author | : Rachel Carley |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1885378017 |
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Biltmore Estate
Author | : John Bryan |
Publsiher | : Rizzoli |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 1994-09-15 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : UOM:39015032099114 |
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Original architectural drawings, sketches, plans, 19th century photographs, and new color photographs give the history and description of this architectural landmark.
Guide to the Biltmore Estate
Author | : Rachel Carley,Rosemary G. Rennicke |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 119 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Asheville (N.C.) |
ISBN | : OCLC:85838690 |
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Biltmore Estate
Author | : Ellen Erwin Rickman |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0738517496 |
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Presents a pictorial look at the history of the Biltmore Estate and the lives of the Vanderbilt family.
The Mystery of Biltmore House
Author | : Carole Marsh |
Publsiher | : Gallopade International |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2002-09-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0635013479 |
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Accelerated Reader: Reading Level 4.4, 3 Points.
Biltmore Estate The Gardens and Grounds
Author | : Bill Alexander |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781467134484 |
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Hundreds of ornately decorated rooms, gardens and greenery and more--Walk through the history of the Biltmore Estate, one of America's many displays of personal wealth and decadence. In the spring of 1888, George Washington Vanderbilt returned to New York after spending weeks exploring the countryside near Asheville, North Carolina. Thinking it was the perfect place to build his home, Vanderbilt promptly sent his agent to begin quietly buying contiguous tracts of land until he had several thousand acres. Soon, he began constructing what would become America's largest private residence. He commissioned two of America's preeminent designers, architect Richard Morris Hunt and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, to collaborate with him in planning his estate, which he named Biltmore. To complement the 250-room French Renaissance-style chateau, Olmsted worked closely with Hunt to create a vast landscape of pleasure gardens and grounds with miles of scenic drives through parklands, productive farms, and the country's first scientifically managed forest. Today, Biltmore is a National Historic Landmark privately owned by Vanderbilt's descendants.
The Last Castle
Author | : Denise Kiernan |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 457 |
Release | : 2017-09-26 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781476794068 |
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A New York Times bestseller with an "engaging narrative and array of detail” (The Wall Street Journal), the “intimate and sweeping” (Raleigh News & Observer) untold, true story behind the Biltmore Estate—the largest, grandest private residence in North America, which has seen more than 120 years of history pass by its front door. The story of Biltmore spans World Wars, the Jazz Age, the Depression, and generations of the famous Vanderbilt family, and features a captivating cast of real-life characters including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, Teddy Roosevelt, John Singer Sargent, James Whistler, Henry James, and Edith Wharton. Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York’s best known families. She grew up in Newport and Paris, and her engagement and marriage to George Vanderbilt was one of the most watched events of Gilded Age society. But none of this prepared her to be mistress of Biltmore House. Before their marriage, the wealthy and bookish Vanderbilt had dedicated his life to creating a spectacular European-style estate on 125,000 acres of North Carolina wilderness. He summoned the famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to tame the grounds, collaborated with celebrated architect Richard Morris Hunt to build a 175,000-square-foot chateau, filled it with priceless art and antiques, and erected a charming village beyond the gates. Newlywed Edith was now mistress of an estate nearly three times the size of Washington, DC and benefactress of the village and surrounding rural area. When fortunes shifted and changing times threatened her family, her home, and her community, it was up to Edith to save Biltmore—and secure the future of the region and her husband’s legacy. This is the fascinating, “soaring and gorgeous” (Karen Abbott) story of how the largest house in America flourished, faltered, and ultimately endured to this day.
Biltmore Estate Specialities of the House
Author | : Oxmoor House |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 0848712463 |
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Taste the grandeur and opulence of the Victorian Era by visiting the pages of this exquisite cookbook. Discover delicious historic recipes from the private collection of Mrs. George Washington Vanderbilt, updated to accommodate life in the 1990s. They are joined by the renowned recipes of Deerpark Restaurant, located on the Biltmore Estate.