Named for the 18C Swiss porcelain tile overmantel Third Floor Living Hall was for the guests In 1900 they had a daughter, Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt. George Vanderbilt was 36 years old when he married 25-year old Edith Stuyvesant Dresser in 1898 in Paris. Mrs Vanderbilt's Bedroom in Louis XV style With high backs and adjustable sides, based on the Knole The Oak Sitting Room contained peculiar pieces of furniture, George Vanderbilt loved reading books, traveling, and collecting. George Washington Vanderbilt was the youngest child of industrialist William Henry Vanderbilt, and grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. Yes - real fires in many of the fireplaces There are many tapestries throughout the house The Triumph of Faith (1525-1535 in Flanders) One of three tapestries in the Tapestry Gallery, (c 1882) and Child with an Orange (c 1882) The right) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Young Algerian Girl The disadvantage is that it is too dark for photos.īreakfast Room with two paintings (the small ones on The advantage of a "candlelight" tour is that you can see the lighted Christmas displays. It's getting dark and almost time for ourĪttempt at night photography with a nearly full moon (KSS) View from the South Terrace of the Biltmore HouseĪnd its wisteria arbor on the open loggia Wisteria arbor on the open loggia, and a view straight Richard Morris Hunt, in French Château styleĪ peek into the Italian Garden with a lotus pool (being still owned by the descendents of George Vanderbilt)Ī fountain is centered on the front lawn (KSS) View of the Biltmore House from the rampe douce thisīuilding is the largest single-family home in the country,Īnd the largest privately-owned house in the world To a grassy hill above the front lawn, had three Rampe douce, a double terraced staircase that leads As the landscape architect, Olmsted designed not only the entrance/approach drive, but all the formal and informal gardens, and also the layout of the Biltmore Village. While it took five minutes to drive to the entrance of the Biltmore Estate, you were to give yourself 45 minutes to reach the house along a three-mile winding road through a managed forest, conceived by Frederick Law Olmsted. The Roycroft Artisan Community in East Aurora, NY)Īfter 16:30, we headed to the Biltmore Estate for the main event. In Arts and Crafts style including furnishings from We drove along winding roads on the mountainside,įinally, across the Grove Park Golf Course, we hadĪ glimpse of the Grove Park Inn (1912-1913, byįred Loring Seely, son-in-law of Edwin Wiley Grove, Whoa! A picture may be worth a thousand words, but $25?! We arrived at the shaded side of the hotel, and were told our options were valet parking, or self-parking for $25. It was recommended that we visit the Grove Park Inn, so we made our way up Sunset Mountain. Kent tried a new Sierra Nevada IPA, Hazy Little Thing IPAįried Green Tomato BLT with Bacon Pea Salad Who designed and installed an electrical heating systemįor George Vanderbilt at the Biltmore House The parents of Charles Waddell, the civil and electrical engineer (2010) by the Obamas, in a house (c 1895) that belonged to Lunch was at the Corner Kitchen (2004), once visited It's been a long time since we have traveled by plane without having to make connecting flights!īiltmore Village, located near the entrance to the BiltmoreĮstate, was established as a "company town" forĮstate workers, and was designed to resemble anĮnglish country village with shops, train station,Ĭhurch, school, and hospital, among other services Using flight credits, we flew to Asheville, NC today.
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