{"nrhp_refnum":"79001668","name":"Biltmore Estate Office","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10 Biltmore Plaza","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.56765283400006,"lon":-82.54272523499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-11-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story office building at 10 Biltmore Plaza in Biltmore Village, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, built by 1896 as the business office for the Vanderbilt estate. It is one of four village structures designed by Richard Morris Hunt.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its association with George W. Vanderbilt, Biltmore House and Richard Morris Hunt, and as one of only four Hunt-designed structures in the village. It is also cited as a large example of the pebbledash and half-timbering motifs used across the village plan.","narrative":"Built by 1896 in Biltmore Village outside Asheville, North Carolina, the Biltmore Estate Office was designed by Richard Morris Hunt and served as the business office for the operations of the Vanderbilt estate. The one-and-one-half story building combines pebbledash wall surfaces, half-timbering, brick trim and chamfered, bracketed porch posts. A hipped roof rises above a molded cornice and is pierced by oversized hipped dormers. A recessed full porch shelters a paneled and molded entrance with a three-light transom. The building is one of only four structures in the village that Hunt designed. It is valued for its link to George W. Vanderbilt and Biltmore House, and as one of the village's larger buildings using the overall village design motifs. The rear porte cochère has since been converted into a firehouse garage.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Richard Morris Hunt (architect)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"The rear porte cochère has been converted into a firehouse garage.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.058037-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/16/7173/47717316/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001668.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001668/e793ccc8b0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001668/e793ccc8b0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Biltmore_Estate_Office.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu08</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Biltmore_Estate_Office.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717316","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biltmore_Estate_Office","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17985903"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/biltmore-estate-office-79001668/"}