Biltmore Estate is located on Southside of Asheville, North Carolina.
The Biltomre Estate, located in Asheville, was originally built to be a vacation home for George Washington Vanderbilt, one of the heirs to the Vanderbilt industrial fortune.
George Washington Vanderbilt was fortunate enough to have been born into a life that offered him staggeringly vast amounts of money that he didn’t have to lift a single finger to earn. In 1886 he travelled to Asheville with his mother fell in love with the mountains and the town. He decided, at the tender age of twenty-six, that he would build a vacation home there. Thinking something with a little yard would be nice, he purchased 125,000 acres and called in the shovels. Vanderbilt would eventually spend a significant part of his inheritance constructing the estate, including building out a private railway line to bring his family and guests to the grounds, which were then far outside the bounds of Asheville.
George Vanderbilt’s ghost is sad to be seen in the library, usually when the skies are dark and there is an oncoming storm. During his life, Vanderbilt actively oversaw the management of the vast estate and would retreat into the library if he was out riding and saw a storm approaching. His ghost may be continuing this habit, and the ghost of his wife may also be continuing to play her part. Edith Vanderbilt was known to personally journey down to the library to remind him it was time to join his guests. Today, many people passing through the library have reported hearing a woman’s voice whisper the name “George.”
The parties may still be going on as well. There have been reports of the sounds of splashing and laughter coming from the estate’s now-empty swimming pool. It may be these supernatural swim parties that Edith Vanderbilt summons her husband to from the library.If the Vanderbilts are indeed continuing their lavish existence into the afterlife, it may be evidence that while you may not be able to take it with you, you also don’t necessarily have to leave it all behind.
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