"Z" Crescent--Foundation Plan
Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- "Z" Crescent--Foundation Plan
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Original Format:
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Microforms
- Extent:
- 13 5/16 X 13 _
- Item identifier:
- aam_RS0044_0002
- Architect:
- Smith and Carrier more info on Smith and Carrier
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural drawings
Foundation plans
- Digital Project:
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Beaux Arts to Modernism
Source information
- Repository:
- Asheville Art Museum
- Collection:
- Richard Sharp Smith Collection (aam_RS) held by Asheville Art Museum
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from the Asheville Art Museum.
- Funding:
- Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Building: Biltmore Estate (Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina)
- Architect:
- Smith, Richard Sharp, 1852-1924 more info on Smith, Richard Sharp, 1852-1924
- Stonemason:
- Bean, Samuel Isaac, 1867-1947 more info on Bean, Samuel Isaac, 1867-1947
- Architect:
- Hunt, Richard Morris, 1828-1895 more info on Hunt, Richard Morris, 1828-1895
- Stonemason:
- Corbin, John T., circa 1871-1955 more info on Corbin, John T., circa 1871-1955
- Builder:
- Guastavino, Rafael, 1842-1908 more info on Guastavino, Rafael, 1842-1908
- Architect:
- Hunt, Richard Howland more info on Hunt, Richard Howland
- Landscape architect:
- Olmstead, Frederick Law, Sr. more info on Olmstead, Frederick Law, Sr.
- Built:
- Street:
- 1 Lodge Street
- Community:
- Biltmore
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 28803
- Provenance note:
- George Washington Vanderbilt (heir to railroad fortune), first owner
- Architectural note:
- The mansion provides a preeminent example of elite architecture, decorative arts, and domestic arrangements. Guastavino provided the design for the self-supporting tiled vaults.
- Historical note:
- The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historical Landmark.
- Location:
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Biltmore (Asheville, N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Historic sites
National Historic Landmarks
National Register of Historic Places
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.566899, -82.544711
