The Biltmore Estate

When I got home from school, it just so happened that my mom was already planning a trip to the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. The Biltmore Estate was built by Goerge Vanderbilt between 1889 and 1895, and the architect hired to design the house was Richard Morris Hunt. It is the largest privately owned residential home in the U.S. The house is 135,000 square feet and has 250 rooms. We were able to take a tour through the house and it was absolutely amazing to see. Every single room was full of intricate designs and details. Fire places where large enough to stand in and the arches on a bookshelf/mantel were at least three stories high. The house really belittles its viewers. The design was beautiful in so many different ways, but the tour was not nearly enough to enjoy all of the detail in the house. We were not allowed to take pictures inside the house, but here is a picture of the outside.