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Biltmore House, Asheville: interior. Front facade of Biltmore House at Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, United…
1/7 · Interior · Front facade of Biltmore House at Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, United StatesPhoto: WillThomas · CC BY 4.0 · source
Biltmore House, Asheville: exterior. Biltmore Estate
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Biltmore House, Asheville: exterior. silver gelatin print
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Biltmore House, Asheville: exterior. Asheville, North Carolina
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Biltmore House, Asheville: interior. Biltmore Estate Drive, Asheville, United States
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Biltmore House, Asheville: plan
6/7 · PlanPhoto: Hunt, Richard Morris, 1828-1895, architect · Public domain · source
Biltmore House, Asheville: model. Asheville, North Carolina
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Biltmore House

Richard Morris HuntbyRichard Morris Hunt (house); Frederick Law Olmsted (landscape)Asheville, United States ↗

1895

Key featuresChateauesque house of Indiana limestone with Guastavino tile vaulting; the largest private house in the US.

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Architect
Richard Morris Hunt (house); Frederick Law Olmsted (landscape)
Place
Asheville, United States
Year
1895
Typology
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Movement
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Region
Americas

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