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This is a list of the 100+ largest extant and historic houses in the United States, ordered by area of the main house. The list includes houses that have been demolished, houses that are currently under construction, and buildings that are not currently, but were previously used as private homes. [1]
Harbor Hill: the Gold Coast, Long Island estate of Clarence Hungerford Mackay was one of the 10 largest residences in America; Hempstead House: the massive Gould-Guggenheim estate, and now park, on Long Island's gold coast in Sands Point, New York; Hyde Park: the Hudson Valley estate of Frederick W. Vanderbilt.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the United States of America that are national memorials, National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places or other heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
One of the oldest timber-frame houses in America. The oldest part of the house was built between 1640 and 1653 by Joseph Loomis, who came to Connecticut Colony from England in 1638. Later additions to the Loomis house were made around the turn of the 18th century. It is now a part of the Loomis Chaffee School. Newman–Fiske–Dodge House: Wenham
At a whopping 52,245 square feet, it's currently the second biggest house in America on the market. %Gallery-168055% Stacey Matthews of the Matthews Group has the listing .
Biltmore Estate is a historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina, United States.The main residence, Biltmore House (or Biltmore Mansion), is a Châteauesque-style mansion built for George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895 [2] and is the largest privately owned house in the United States, at 178,926 sq ft (16,622.8 m 2) of floor space and 135,280 sq ft ...
The assembly hall of the Airbus A380, the world's largest airliner. [4] Aerium Germany: 1999–2000 Halbe, Brandenburg: 70,000 m 2 (750,000 sq ft) 5.2 million m 3 (184 million cu ft) A hangar originally intended to house the construction of a giant airship, this building now houses the indoor theme park Tropical Islands Resort. [5]
The people and organizations who own the most land in the world own millions -- and in the case of the top landowner -- billions of acres of land. Many of the top 10 largest landowners are...