Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Biltmore Estate: Gardens And GroundsISBN13:9781531678401ISBN10:1531678408Author:Alexander, Bill (Author)Description: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 Binding:Hardcover, HardcoverPublisher:ARCADIA LIB EDPublication Date:2015-11-09Weight:0.91 lbsDimensions:0.38'' H x 9.61'' L x 6.69'' WNumber of Pages:130Language:English
Price: 31.07 USD
Location: USA
End Time: 2025-01-02T19:58:42.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Return policy details:
Book Title: Biltmore Estate : Gardens and Grounds
Item Length: 9.6in.
Item Height: 0.4in.
Item Width: 6.7in.
Author: Bill Alexander
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Landscape, Buildings / Residential
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Architecture, History
Item Weight: 14.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 130 Pages
