who built the biltmore house
Biltmore Estate & George Vanderbilt History. In the late 1880s, George W. Vanderbilt, then a young man of 25, came upon the perfect spot in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains for a 250-room French Renaissance chateau to be built by his friend, architect Richard Morris Hunt.
Biltmore Estate & George Vanderbilt History. The Vision. In the late 1880s, George W. Vanderbilt, then a young man of 25, came upon the perfect spot in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains for a 250-room French Renaissance chateau to be built by his friend, architect Richard Morris Hunt.
Biltmore is the creation of George Washington Vanderbilt (son of William H.; grandson of The Commodore, Cornelius), who visited Asheville in the mid-1880s while in his 20s and fell in love with one spot in the mountains, which had a fine view.