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Biltmore Estate, North Carolina

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At 66, Olmsted began designing a landscape garden surrounding the Biltmore Estate, a 120,000-acre English Manor-style property owned by George Vanderbilt in Asheville, North Carolina. Unlike many projects Olmsted had worked on, the designs were privately funded entirely by Vanderbilt himself. National Park Service

From: Olmsted “Paints With Lakes” | Summer 2023, Volume: 68, No: 4

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