Biltmore Estate
This photograph of Biltmore Estate was taken by William Henry Jackson, c1902. It is located near Asheville, N.C. It was built for George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895. Its extravagance is representative of Gilded Age architecture.
![Biltmore House A photograph of Biltmore Estate, 1902. It is Gothic revival style.](https://dev.ncpedia.org/sites/default/files//styles/anchor_images/public/biltmore%20loc%201902.jpg?itok=_fO4rrFe)
Detroit Publishing Co., Copyright Claimant, and Publisher Detroit Publishing Co, Jackson, William Henry, photographer. Biltmore House. United States Asheville North Carolina, ca. 1902. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016801996/.
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