|  | Biltmore Estate
| Status: | | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1889 | | Finished | 1895 | | Floor Count | 5 | | Basement Floors | 1 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - residential | | - garden | | - museum | | Structural Types | | - lowrise |
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Description
Architect: Richard Morris Hunt
Architect: Frederick Law Olmsted
Largest private residence in the United States.
The house has 250 rooms and features 35 guest and family bedrooms, 43 bathrooms, 65 fireplaces, 3 kitchens, 250 acre wooded park, 5 pleasure gardens and an indoor swimming pool on 8,000 acres.
One of the oldest Otis Elevators in operation is inside this home. The elevator is all original, including the original motor. Only the cables were changed.
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