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The Biltmore Estate gardens and grounds /
- Title
- The Biltmore Estate gardens and grounds / Bill Alexander.
- Author
- Alexander, Bill, 1950-
- Publication
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2015]
- ©2015
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | F264.A8 A445 2015 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 127 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In the spring of 1888, George Washington Vanderbilt returned to New York after spending weeks exploring the countryside near Asheville, North Carolina. Thinking it was the perfect place to build his home, Vanderbilt promptly sent his agent to begin quietly buying contiguous tracts of land until he had several thousand acres. Soon, he began constructing what would become America's largest private residence. He commissioned two of America's preeminent designers, architect Richard Morris Hunt and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, to collaborate with him in planning his estate, which he named Biltmore. To complement the 250-room French Renaissance-style chateau, Olmsted worked closely with Hunt to create a vast landscape of pleasure gardens and grounds with miles of scenic drives through parklands, productive farms, and the country's first scientifically managed forest. Today, Biltmore is a National Historic Landmark privately owned by Vanderbilt's descendants." -- from the publisher.
- Series Statement
- Images of America
- Uniform Title
- Images of America.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Illustrated works.
- Pictorial works.
- Contents
- A vision is born -- Breaking ground -- The approach road -- The home grounds and gardens -- The glen and deer park -- A model farm and forest -- A tribute to Chauncey Beadle.
- ISBN
- 1467134481
- LCCN
- 9781467134484
- 2015949614
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library