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 F... Read More
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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 F... Read More
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.
Details
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 24th November 2008
State: North Carolina
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738568539
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
Reviews
Title: Book Review: Around Biltmore Village Author: Staff Writer Publisher: The Laurel of Asheville Date: January 2009
Around Biltmore Village, by local author Bill Alexander, has just been released by Arcadia Publishing as part of its popular series "Images of America." The book chronicles the history of Biltmore Village with more than 200 vintage photographs.
Biltmore Village was built in the late 1890's near the entrance to George Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate. It was one of the first planned mixed-use communities in the nation where people could live, play and work, with stores, a post office, and churches all easily accessible. Over the years, the village has become a famous destination for tourists, with a variety of retailers and fine restaurants lining the tree-shaded streets.
Alexander (for 30 years a horticulturist and historian of the Biltmore Estate) is also the author of The Biltmore Nursery: A Botanical Legacy, published in 2007 by The History Press. He is a native of Asheville and grew up near Biltmore Village, and says he's always had an avid interest in history, including that of his own family. He's traced his family's roots back to the founding of Buncombe County, including a fifth-great grandfather who was the country's first sheriff.
In addition to providing valuable historical information, Alexander hopes Around Biltmore Village will help "evoke readers' memories of a special place and time in their own past..." It's important, he says, for people "to preserve their heritage for their children and grandchildren through photographic images, journals, newspaper articles, oral histories and books."
Around Biltmore Village is $21.99 and a set of 15 postcards of images from the book is $7.99. For more information, visit arcadiapublshing.com.
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.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 24th November 2008
State: North Carolina
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738568539
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
Title: Book Review: Around Biltmore Village Author: Staff Writer Publisher: The Laurel of Asheville Date: January 2009
Around Biltmore Village, by local author Bill Alexander, has just been released by Arcadia Publishing as part of its popular series "Images of America." The book chronicles the history of Biltmore Village with more than 200 vintage photographs.
Biltmore Village was built in the late 1890's near the entrance to George Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate. It was one of the first planned mixed-use communities in the nation where people could live, play and work, with stores, a post office, and churches all easily accessible. Over the years, the village has become a famous destination for tourists, with a variety of retailers and fine restaurants lining the tree-shaded streets.
Alexander (for 30 years a horticulturist and historian of the Biltmore Estate) is also the author of The Biltmore Nursery: A Botanical Legacy, published in 2007 by The History Press. He is a native of Asheville and grew up near Biltmore Village, and says he's always had an avid interest in history, including that of his own family. He's traced his family's roots back to the founding of Buncombe County, including a fifth-great grandfather who was the country's first sheriff.
In addition to providing valuable historical information, Alexander hopes Around Biltmore Village will help "evoke readers' memories of a special place and time in their own past..." It's important, he says, for people "to preserve their heritage for their children and grandchildren through photographic images, journals, newspaper articles, oral histories and books."
Around Biltmore Village is $21.99 and a set of 15 postcards of images from the book is $7.99. For more information, visit arcadiapublshing.com.
