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iltmore House, one of the showplaces of the nation, is the architectural masterpiece erected as the home of George W. Vanderbilt in 1895. The mansion, following in detail the lines of French Renaissance chateaux, was designed by Richard M. Hunt, of New York. The landscape setting of the edifice and the layout of the estate was planned by Frederick Law Olmsted, designer of Central Park, New York. Originally opened to the public in 1930, the house was closed with the start of gasoline rationing on Jan. 9, 1943, and reopened March 15, 1946.
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he Kenilworth Inn was reopened for business as a major tourist hotel in the early 1920s. The original hotel was destroyed by fire in 1909. Later, the site was the location for Appalachian Hall.
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