Around Biltmore Village by Alexander, Bill

Around Biltmore Village

Over 100 years ago, George W. Vanderbilt, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Richard Morris joined forces to turn...
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Author: Bill Alexander
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Around Biltmore Village by Alexander, Bill

Around Biltmore Village

$58.10

Around Biltmore Village

$58.10
Author: Bill Alexander
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Over 100 years ago, George W. Vanderbilt, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Richard Morris joined forces to turn an unsuspecting mountain town into a model village of elegance and prosperity.


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.



Author: Bill Alexander
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 11/26/2008
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780738568539

About the Author
Alexander, Bill: - A lifelong resident of Asheville, author Bill Alexander can trace his family roots to the organization of Buncombe County in 1792, when his fifth-great-grandfather was appointed as the first sheriff. Alexander grew up in the shadows of the Biltmore Estate and barely two miles from Biltmore Village. Employed by the estate for 30 years and in his current position as landscape and forest historian, he wrote his first book, The Biltmore Nursery: A Botanical Legacy, in 2007. Alexander has drawn from his wealth of knowledge from research of the Biltmore Estate's archives and various collections from North Carolina to Massachusetts, Florida, and California to publish Images of America: Around Biltmore Village.

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