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List of largest houses in the United States

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List of the top 20 largest historic houses by square footage

Rank Square Footage Name Location Built By Year Completed Architectural Style Architect
1 175,000 Biltmore Estate Asheville, North Carolina George Washington Vanderbilt II 1895 Châteauesque Richard Morris Hunt
2 110,000 Mar-A-Lago Palm Beach, Florida Marjorie Merriweather Post 1927 Mediterranean Marion Sims Wyeth
3 109,000 Oheka Castle Huntington, New York Otto Kahn 1919 Châteauesque Delano and Aldrich
4 100,000+ Whitemarsh Hall Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania Edward T. Stotesbury 1917 Beaux-Arts Horace Trumbauer
5 100,000+ Arden House Harriman, New York Edward Henry Harriman 1906 Gothic Carrère and Hastings
6 96,582 Winterthur Winterthur, Delaware Henry Francis du Pont 1932 Manor house Henry Francis du Pont
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 Lynnewood Hall Elkins Park, Pennsylvania Peter A. B. Widener 1900 Neoclassical Horace Trumbauer
11 68,000 Il Palmetto Palm Beach, Florida Joseph E. Widener 1930 Mediterranean Maurice Fatio
12 65,000 Carolands Hillsborough, California Harriet Pullman Carolan 1914 Beaux-Arts,Second Empire Sanson,Ernest; Polk,Willis
13 65,000 The Breakers Newport, Rhode Island Cornelius Vanderbilt II 1895 Italian Renaissance Revival Richard Morris Hunt
14 65,000 Rosecliff Newport, Rhode Island Theresa Fair Oelrichs 1902 Beaux-Arts McKim Mead & White
15 64,500 Stan Hywet Hall Akron, Ohio Frank Seiberling 1915 Tudor Revival Charles Sumner Schneider
16 64,000 Elstowe Manor Elkins Park, Pennsylvania William L. Elkins 1898 Italian Renaissance Revival Horace Trumbauer
17 62,000 Blairsden Peapack, New Jersey Clinton Ledyard Blair 1903 Louis XIII Carrère and Hastings
18 60,645 Hearst Castle San Simeon, California William Randolph Hearst 1919 Mediterranean Revival Julia Morgan
19 60,000 Whitehall Palm Beach, Florida Henry Morrison Flagler 1902 Beaux-Arts Carrère and Hastings
20 46,000 Nemours Wilmington, Delaware Alfred I. du Pont 1910 Louis XVI, Rococo Carrère and Hastings

Largest privately owned houses by square footage

Rank Square Footage Name Location Owner Year Completed Architectural Style Architect
1 175,000 Biltmore Estate Asheville, North Carolina William A.V. Cecil 1895 Châteauesque Richard Morris Hunt
2 109,000 Oheka Castle Huntington, New York Gary Melius 1919 Châteauesque Delano and Aldrich
3 88,198 Versailles Windermere, Florida David A. Siegel Under Construction French Provincial
4 84,626 La Reverie Palm Beach, Florida Sydell Miller 2001 Jeff Smith
5 72,215 Pensmore Highlandville, Missouri Steven T. Huff Under Construction Châteauesque
6 68,000 Il Palmetto Palm Beach, Florida James H. Clark 1930 Mediterranean Maurice Fatio
7 67,033 2000 S Ocean Blvd Manalapan, Florida Unknown
8 66,395 Fairfield Sagaponack, New York Ira Rennert 2003 Ferguson and Shamamian
9 66,000 Xanadu 2.0 Medina, Washington Bill Gates 1995 Pacific lodge James Cutler
10 65,000 Carolands Hillsborough, California Charles Bartlett Johnson 1914 Beaux-Arts,Second Empire Sanson,Ernest; Polk,Willis
11 63,599 545 N County Road Palm Beach, Florida Nelson Peltz
12 62,000 Blairsden Peapack, New Jersey Unknown 1903 Louis XIII Carrère and Hastings
13 61,946 N. Ocean Boulevard Ocean Ridge, Florida Alvin Malnik
14 61,774 Maison de L'Amitie Palm Beach, Florida Dmitry Rybolovlev 1990
15 61,403 51 Winding Brook Drive Saratoga Springs, New York John Breyo
16 60,000 Château des Flores Bellagio Road, Los Angeles, CA Under Construction Chateauesque William Hefner
17 60,000 Rio Vista Drive Alpine, New Jersey Unknown
18 57,000 Eschman Meadows Nashport, Ohio Tami Longaberger 2001 Georgian George Acock, Phil White
19 56,500 The Manor Beverly Hills, California Petra Ecclestone 1988 Châteauesque James Langenheim & Associates
20 55,965 Hala Ranch Aspen, Colorado Bandar bin Sultan 1991 Hagman Yaw
21 54,000 Evander Holyfield Highway Fairburn, Georgia Evander Holyfield
22 52,800 Walker McCune Mansion Paradise Valley, Arizona Family of George A. Hormel 1962
23 51,657 50 Poplar Hill Drive Farmington, Connecticut Curtis Jackson 1985
24 50,900 Avon Mountain Road West Hartford, Connecticut Arnold Chase
25 50,022 7030 Tomiyasu Lane Las Vegas, Nevada Eric Peterson

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