Biltmore Nursery, Biltmore, N.C.
Author | : Biltmore Nursery (Biltmore, N.C.) |
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Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Conifers |
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Author | : Biltmore Nursery (Biltmore, N.C.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Conifers |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Biltmore Nursery (Biltmore, N.C.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Flowers |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Biltmore Nursery (Biltmore, N.C.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Conifers |
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Author | : Bill Alexander |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1467134481 |
Hundreds of ornately decorated rooms, gardens and greenery and more--Walk through the history of the Biltmore Estate, one of America's many displays of personal wealth and decadence. 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.
Author | : Samuel Todd Walker |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2008-08-26 |
Genre | : Gardening |
ISBN | : 1435755766 |
Quality Reprint of a 1910 Biltmore Hardy Garden Flowers Nursery Catalog. Many photos around Biltmore Estate and possibly George W Vanderbilt's Maine estate, Pointe D'Acadie. Very interesting 60 plus page book.
Author | : Bill Alexander |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Gardening |
ISBN | : 9781596292383 |
"Includes the 1912 Biltmore nursery catalog."
Author | : Samuel Todd Walker |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1435755758 |
Author | : Bill Alexander |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738568539 |
More than a century ago, George W. Vanderbilt transformed the sleepy crossroads settlement known as Best, or Asheville Junction, on the Swannanoa River into an idyllic model village near the entrance to his vast Biltmore Estate near Asheville. The initial concepts and design for Biltmore Village were the collaborative efforts of Vanderbilt, architect Richard Morris Hunt, and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The finished village included more than 40 residences, a business district, a church, a school, and a hospital. It was centrally located among the developing towns of Victoria, Kenilworth, South Biltmore, and later Biltmore Forest. It characterized the elegance and prosperity of the building booms that flourished in the south Asheville area before and after both world wars.
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Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Gardening |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Bill Alexander |
Publisher | : Arcadia Library Editions |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2015-11-09 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781531678401 |
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.