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Call it an early holiday gift swap. A crew from Asheville’s Biltmore Estate has decorated the set of ABC-TV’s “Good Morning America,” bringing some local cheer to a national TV audience. And in return, the show will broadcast its weather segments live 7-9 a.m. Dec. 9 from the Biltmore House. The “GMA” weather segments, hosted live by show weatherman Sam Champion, will be “done in different spots around the house,” said Biltmore spokeswoman Kathleen Mosher. The TV broadcast will take place before the estate opens for the day, and will not have any impact on visitation, she said. For now, “GMA” visitors can tune into the program each morning through the holidays, to get a taste of Biltmore’s holiday flavor. A team from Biltmore’s floral department traveled to New York City last Friday to decorate two “GMA” sets. This is the third year that Biltmore has dressed the sets. “We are excited for the privilege of sharing our decorations in such a national venue,” Mosher said. The decorations wi
Biltmore House is a French Renaissance-style mansion near Asheville, North Carolina, built by George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895. It is the largest privately-owned home in the United States, at 175,000 square feet (16,300 m2) and featuring 250 rooms. Still owned by one of Vanderbilt’s descendants, it stands today as one of the most prominent remaining examples of the Gilded Age. In 2007, it was ranked eighth on the List of America’s Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects. Contents [hide] * 1 History * 2 Tourist attraction * 3 Movie roles * 4 References * 5 External links [edit] History In the 1880s, at the height of the Gilded Age, George Washington Vanderbilt, youngest son of William Henry Vanderbilt, began to make regular visits with his mother, Maria Louisa Kissam Vanderbilt (1821–1896), to the Asheville, NC area. He loved the scenery and climate so much that he decided to create his own summer estate in the area, which he called his “little
Biltmore House is a French Renaissance-style mansion near Asheville, North Carolina, built by George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895. It is the largest privately-owned home in the United States, at 175,000 square feet (16,300 m2) and featuring 250 rooms. Still owned by one of Vanderbilt’s descendants, it stands today as one of the most prominent remaining examples of the Gilded Age. In 2007, it was ranked eighth on the List of America’s Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects.
