{"product_id":"around-biltmore-village-bill-alexander-9780738568539","title":"Around Biltmore Village","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver 100 years ago, George W. Vanderbilt, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Richard Morris joined forces to turn an unsuspecting mountain town into a model village of elegance and prosperity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a century ago, George W. Vanderbilt transformed the sleepy crossroads settlement known as Best, or Asheville Junction, on the Swannanoa River into an idyllic model village near the entrance to his vast Biltmore Estate near Asheville. The initial concepts and design for Biltmore Village were the collaborative efforts of Vanderbilt, architect Richard Morris Hunt, and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The finished village included more than 40 residences, a business district, a church, a school, and a hospital. It was centrally located among the developing towns of Victoria, Kenilworth, South Biltmore, and later Biltmore Forest. It characterized the elegance and prosperity of the building booms that flourished in the south Asheville area before and after both world wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0738568538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780738568539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Bill Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981152256255,"sku":"9780738568539","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4079d206-8b24-46d5-832a-d43ddddbeb00.jpg?v=1683253944","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/around-biltmore-village-bill-alexander-9780738568539","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}