bowman-biltmore hotels was a chain created by hotel magnate john mcentee bowman. the name evokes the vanderbilt family's biltmore estate, whose buildings and gardens within are privately owned historical landmarks and tourist attractions in asheville, north carolina, united states. the name has since been adopted by other unrelated hotels. for a time, the bowman-biltmore hotels corporation was a publicly traded company. == arizona == * the arizona biltmore hotel was opened on february 23, 1929 by warren mcarthur jr. and his brother charles mcarthur along with john bowman. the arizona biltmore was co-designed by their brother the chicago architect albert chase mcarthur, who asked frank lloyd wright to collaborate.beth weitzman, apr 04 - get healthy getaway, active.com. accessed 11 july 2008. == california == * the los angeles biltmore â is located on pershing square in downtown los angeles. when it opened in 1923 it was the largest hotel west of chicago in the united states. it was designed by the architectural firm of schultze & weaver. the los angeles biltmore hotel was the "nerve center" of the 1960 democratic national convention; the headquarters of the democratic national committee, the tv networks, and the candidates including john f. kennedy, lyndon b. johnson, and adlai stevenson. room 8315 was used by the john kennedy campaign.white, theodore h., the making of the president 1960, atheneum house, 1961. * the santa barbara biltmore â located in montecito, california, on the pacific coast just south of santa barbara. a masterful synthesis of the spanish revival, mediterranean revival, spanish colonial revival and moorish revival styles of architecture and landscape architecture. 'the biltmore' opened in 1927. (four seasons hotels bought the santa barbara biltmore in 1987. ty warner acquired ownership of the hotel through his ty warner hotels & resorts in 2000, with a historically sensitive major restoration and services updating following. * the flintridge biltmore hotel â in la caÃ±ada flintridge, atop the san rafael hills. site of the present day flintridge sacred heart academy campus, with some of the historic hotel buildings still in use. designed by architect myron hunt in 1926, in the mediterranean revival and spanish colonial revival architecture styles, and commissioned by owner senator frank putnam flint
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