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So a little while back, my wife, George and I spent some time touring the 120-year-old

built more estate in Asheville, North Carolina.

This is a 175,000 square foot home on 8,000 acres and is still the largest privately owned

house in all of the United States.

Built owned by George Vanderbilt's descendants, it stands today as one of the most prominent

remaining examples of the gilded age.

Of course, my inquiring mind wanted to know how.

Although much of the Robert Barron wealth is from his grandfather Cornelius Vanderbilt,

earned through shipping and railroads back in the early 1800s, most of that has dissipated

through their heirs.

The built more estate continues to thrive because it was founded on a vision of sustainability.

While many of the gilded age estates have been reduced to rubble or taken over by the

state or sold to non-profit entities, built more remains a privately owned for-profit

working estate.

Sustainability is the capacity to endure, to be diverse and productive over time exhibiting

the potential for long-term maintenance and well-being.

George Vanderbilt's vision wasn't only to build the largest private home in America,

which it is still today, a hundred years later, but to also have it be self-supporting.

In addition to the grandest state, George also built on the site, the Built More School,

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