250 rooms were in the biltmore house.
how many rooms is in the biltmore house?
250
biltmore has four acres of floor space and 250 rooms in the house, including 35 bedrooms for family and guests, 43 bathrooms, 65 fireplaces, three kitchens and 19th-century novelties such as electric elevators, forced-air heating, centrally controlled clocks, fire alarms, and a call-bell system. the principal rooms of the house are located on the ground floor. to the right of the marbled entrance hall, the octagonal sunken winter garden is surrounded by stone archways with a ceiling of architecturally sculptured wood and multifaceted glass. the centerpiece is a marble and bronze fountain sculpture titled "boy stealing geese" created by karl bitter. on the walls just outside the winter garden are copies of the parthenon frieze. the banquet hall is the largest room in the house, measuring 42 feet wide and 72 feet long, with a 70-foot-high barrel-vaulted ceiling. the table could seat 64 guests surrounded by rare flemish tapestries and a triple fireplace that spans one end of the hall. on the opposite end of the hall is an organ gallery that houses a 1916 skinner pipe organ. left unfinished with bare brick walls, the music room was not completed and opened to the public until 1976. it showcases a mantle designed by hunt, and a large engraving by albrecht dürer called the "triumphal arch" commissioned by holy roman emperor maximilian i. the mantle had been stored in the stable for over 80 years.
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the complex was sold to novare group in january 1998, who gutted and transformed the main hotel building into office space, reopening it in 1999. due to extensive renovations over the years, there were only two remaining historic public rooms, the two main floor ballrooms. they were fully restored and are used as public function rooms, known as the biltmore ballrooms. the adjoining biltmore suites hotel was closed in 1998 and converted to condominiums known as biltmore house, which opened in 1999.





















































on june 13, 2016, the biltmore was purchased from novare by the georgia institute of technology.





















































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