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Revision as of 15:38, 11 February 2014

This list of largest houses in the United States is split into two categories, with some overlap: largest historic houses and largest privately owned houses.

Largest historic houses by square footage

Rank Square footage Name Location Built by Year completed Architectural style Architect
1 175,000 Biltmore House Asheville, North Carolina George Washington Vanderbilt II 1895 Châteauesque Richard Morris Hunt
2 112,895 Oheka Castle Huntington, New York Otto Kahn 1919 Châteauesque Delano and Aldrich
3 105,000 Whitemarsh Hall Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania Edward T. Stotesbury 1917 Beaux-Arts Horace Trumbauer
4 100,000 Arden House Harriman, New York Edward Henry Harriman 1909 Carrère and Hastings
5 96,582 Winterthur Winterthur, Delaware Henry Francis du Pont 1932 Manor house Henry Francis du Pont
6 90,000 Shadow Lawn West Long Branch, New Jersey Hubert Templeton Parson 1927 Beaux-Arts Horace Trumbauer
7 90,000 Inisfada North Hills, New York Nicholas Frederic Brady 1919 Tudor Revival John Torrey Windrim
8 88,000 Meadow Brook Hall Rochester Hills, Michigan Matilda Dodge Wilson 1929 Tudor Revival Smith Hinchman & Grylls
9 80,000 Harbor Hill Roslyn, New York Clarence Hungerford Mackay 1899 Châteauesque McKim Mead & White
10 75,000 Indian Neck Hall Oakdale, New York Frederick Gilbert Bourne 1908 Federal Revival/Georgian Ernest Flagg
11 72,450 Ochre Court Newport, Rhode Island Ogden Goelet 1892 Châteauesque Richard Morris Hunt
12 70,000 Lynnewood Hall Elkins Park, Pennsylvania Peter A. B. Widener 1900 Neoclassical Horace Trumbauer
13 70,000 Idle Hour Oakdale, New York William K. Vanderbilt 1901 English Country Style Richard Howland Hunt
14 65,000 The Breakers Newport, Rhode Island Cornelius Vanderbilt II 1895 Italian Renaissance Revival Richard Morris Hunt
15 65,000 Carolands Hillsborough, California Harriet Pullman Carolan 1914 Beaux Arts - Second Empire Ernest Sanson and Willis Polk
16 64,500 Stan Hywet Hall Akron, Ohio Frank Seiberling 1915 Tudor Revival Charles Sumner Schneider
17 62,500 [1] Mar-A-Lago Palm Beach, Florida Marjorie Merriweather Post 1927 Marion Sims Wyeth, Joseph Urban
18 62,000[2] Blairsden Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey Clinton Ledyard Blair 1903 Châteauesque Carrère and Hastings
19 60,645 Hearst Castle San Simeon, California William Randolph Hearst 1947 Mediterranean Revival, Renaissance Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival Julia Morgan
20 60,000 Whitehall Palm Beach, Florida Henry Morrison Flagler 1902 Beaux-Arts Carrère and Hastings
21 60,000 Elstowe Manor Elkins Park, Pennsylvania William L. Elkins 1898 Italian High Renaissance Horace Trumbauer
22 60,000 The Elms Newport, Rhode Island Edward Julius Berwind 1901 Classical Revival Horace Trumbauer
23 55,000 Elm Court Lenox, Massachusetts Emily Vanderbilt Sloane 1886 Tudor Revival, Shingle Style Peabody & Stearns
24 50,000 Belcourt Castle Newport, Rhode Island Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont 1894 Châteauesque Richard Morris Hunt
25 50,000 Hempstead House Port Washington, New York Howard Gould 1909 Late 19th/20th Century Revivals August Allen

Largest privately owned houses by square footage

Rank Square footage Name Location Owner Year completed Architectural style Architect
1 178,926[3] Biltmore House Asheville, North Carolina William A.V. Cecil 1895 Châteauesque Richard Morris Hunt
2 109,000[4] Oheka Castle Huntington, New York Gary Melius 1919 Châteauesque Delano and Aldrich
3 90,000[5] Versailles Windermere, Florida David A. Siegel under construction Châteauesque
4 72,215 [6][7][8] Pensmore Highlandville, Missouri Steven T. Huff under construction Châteauesque
5 66,395 (main house)[9][10] Fairfield* Sagaponack, New York Ira Rennert 2003 Ferguson and Shamamian
6 66,000[11] Xanadu 2.0 Medina, Washington Bill Gates 1995 Pacific lodge James Cutler
7 62,000[2] Blairsden Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey T. Eric Galloway[12] 1903 Châteauesque Carrère and Hastings
8 61,774[13] Maison de L'Amitie Palm Beach, Florida Dmitry Rybolovlev 1990
9 61,403[14] 51 Winding Brook Drive Saratoga Springs, New York John Breyo 2006
10 60,000[15] Château des Fleurs Stone Canyon Rd, Los Angeles, CA under construction Chateauesque William Hefner
11 57,000[16] Eschman Meadows Nashport, Ohio Tami Longaberger 2001 Georgian George Acock, Phil White
12 56,500[17][18] The Manor Los Angeles, California Petra Ecclestone 1988 Châteauesque James Langenheim & Associates
13 52,800[19] Walker McCune Mansion Paradise Valley, Arizona Family of George A. Hormel 1962[20]
14 50,000[21][22] 7 Montagel Way Birmingham, Alabama Larry House 1997[23]
15 49,300[24] N Angelo Drive Los Angeles, CA Anthony Pritzker 2010 Contemporary Parisian architecture firm
16 60,000[25] 50 Poplar Hill Drive Farmington, Connecticut Curtis Jackson[26] 1985[27]
17 48,000[28] Le Belvedere Los Angeles, California 2006
18 48,000[29] Champ d'Or Estate Hickory Creek, TX 2002 Chateauesque
19 47,000[30] Le Reve Cumming, GA Rick Jackson 2005 Norman Askins
20 45,854[31] Villa Collina Moorestown, New Jersey Vernon Hill 2002 Italian Renaissance[31]
21 45,000[32] Fleur de Lys Los Angeles, California Suzanne Saperstein 2001 F. Richardson Robertson III
22 43,000[33] 9505 Lania Lane Beverly Hills, California Jeff Greene 2002 Bob Offenhauser
23 42,709[34] Paradisio del Mar Manalapan, Florida Tom Gerrard 1989 Randall Keller
24 42,471[35][failed verification] Evans Ridge Estate Parker, Colorado 1998
25 41,000[36][37] Meadowbrook Drive Burr Ridge, Illinois Nick Memeti under construction Rob Kirk
26 40,000[38][39] Le Manior sur le Lac Lake St. Louis, Missouri Harold C. Lewis[40] 2010 Châteauesque Schaub+Srote Architects
27 36,720[41][42] Villa Collina Knoxville, Tennessee Scott Boruff 2000 Italianate
  • The Fairfield estate is the largest residential compound currently in the US, but not a single structure.

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