Tagged: Biltmore

Biltmore House, present day

Highclere Castle, where Downton Abbey is filmed

John and Cornelia Vanderbilt Cecil with friends, 1925, in front of Biltmore House

The Crawley family and staff in front of Downton Abbey

Cornelia Vanderbilt, 1924

Edith Crawley, the middle daughter of Downton Abbey

Cornelia Vanderbilt's formal wedding portrait, 1924. She posed at the foot of the Grand Staircase in Bilmore House.

Edith Crawley in a wedding dress

Cornelia Vanderbilt and John Cecil's wedding celebration in Biltmore Village was heralded by townspeople from Asheville.

Sybil Crawley, Tom Branson, and their newborn daughter

George Vanderbilt and baby Cornelia, 1900

Herbert Noble, a British servant at Biltmore who lost his hand in World War I and was promised a job upon his return to the estate after the war

Servants in a scene from Downton Abbey. At Biltmore servants ate in a similar downstairs dining area beside the kitchen.

A servant's room at Biltmore bears a strong resemblance to those in Downton Abbey.

George Vanderbilt was an early adopter of modern technology. This is one of two electric elevators in the house.