#georgewashingtonvanderbilt

[countrymadefoods]

Americas Castles Biltmore Estate

Although this show is an old A & E production from the 1980′s, the history of this American castle remains through time, today it is a place where guests are welcome to visit. Unfortunately, the owner of the Biltmore Estate, William A.V. Cecil (grandson of George Washington Vanderbilt III) passed away October, 2017. (https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2017/10/31/biltmore-estate-owner-dies-william-cecil/817659001/)

[countrymadefoods]

Vanderbilt built what is still the largest private home in the United States on 125,000 acres. He moved into his 250-room house in 1895 as a bachelor and married Edith Stuyvesant Dresser three years later. (After he died, Edith sold 87,000 acres to the federal government, which led to the creation of Pisgah National Forest.) Their only child, Cornelia, was born in 1900. Cornelia married British diplomat John Francis Amherst Cecil in 1924, and they opened the home to the public in 1930 to increase tourism to the area during the Great Depression. Their descendants still own and operate the estate, and they have been welcoming guests ever since.

Farming at Biltmore estate is where the fine dining starts | CNN Travel