Biltmore by the numbers

This is a huge house Kaila, David and I visited on our trip to North Carolina.


Here's a few interesting facts ("by the numbers") about the Biltmore Estate:

George Vanderbilt did everything on a grand scale. The largest home in America together with its vast estate adds up to some astounding numbers.

House:

• 3
• Kitchens
• 3
  
• Laundry rooms
• 4
• Acres of floor space
• 15
• Workrooms and pantries
• 35
• Guest and family bedrooms
• 43
• Bathrooms
• More than 60
• Staff rooms
• 65
• Fireplaces
• 72
• Light bulbs in the wrought iron chandelier over the Grand Staircase
• 100
• Feet per minute that the electric dumbwaiter would travel as it carried meals up from the Kitchen Pantry
• 102
• Steps on the Grand Staircase inside Biltmore House
• 250
• Rooms
• 2,000
• Square feet covered by the ceiling painting in the Library
• More than 10,000
• Books in the Library today (George Vanderbilt collected more than 23,000 in total)
• 70,000
• Gallons of water that filled the indoor swimming pool

Construction

• 6
• Years it took to build the house
• 50
• Cents earned each day by local laborers working on the house (stonecutters earned $4.00 a day, cabinetmakers earned between $2.25-$2.75; and carpenters earned $2.25 a day)
• 32,000
• Bricks produced each day by the onsite kiln for the construction of the house
  

People

• 0
• People who live in Biltmore House today
• 3
• Vanderbilts who lived in the house once George married and had a family
• 40 to 50
• Servants who normally lived and worked in the house
• More than 1,500
• People employed by Biltmore Estate today
• 900,000
• Guests who visit Biltmore Estate each year
  

Estate

• 3
• Miles in our "driveway" (the Approach Road to the house)
• More than 100
• Miles of trails in the estate today
• 8,000
• Acres that comprise the estate today
• 125,000
• Acres that comprised the estate in the 19th century
  

Winery

• 80
• Cows that could be milked in the milking parlor before it became the Tasting Room of our winery
• Over 350
• Number of awards Biltmore wines have won
• 300
• Tons of grapes that are picked by hand each year in our vineyards
• 140,000
• Cases of wine produced each year by our winery Gardens
• 250
• Acres of landscaped gardens
• 2,300
  
• Roses in our Rose Garden
• Approx. 1,000
• Azaleas in the Azalea Garden