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George Merrick (right) posed with Biltmore golf course professional Alec Smith.
This December 1924 photograph captured the east side of the Miami-Biltmore Country Club. Excavation for the swimming pool is in the foreground.
Front view of the Biltmore

In 1943, a recovering airman enjoyed the view from the terrace overlooking the golf course. A volunteer offered refreshments.
Patients in the former hotel lobby await transfer to various wards.
A military helicopter during the Biltmore's days as a Veterans Hospital lands on the golf course.

A temporary construction elevator was installed on the right front of the hotel where the windows were being knocked out.
Renovation to the courtyard included the removal of the corrugated steel roofing that was installed during hospital days to enclose the area for a cafeteria.
A photograph shows the Biltmore pool as it looked after the VA hospital moved to its new location.

When this photograph was taken in August 1973, demolition of the two neuro-psychiatric wings by Cuyahoga Wrecking Company was well underway.
The Alhambra ballroom as it appeared at the time renovation began in 1986. It had been used during hospital days as an auditorium and movie theater.
Columns in the Biltmore main lobby prior to painting gave the illusion of a Roman ruin.

In this May 1986 photograph, the demolition phase of the long-awaited renovation was well underway.
Skip Billings and Tom Mattina prepare for new plumbinb on the 10th floor, site of the hospital's operating rooms.
David Gallegos Campo works on the main lobby ceiling.

Autographed postcard from former President Bill Clinton to the Biltmore staff.
The Biltmore Pool
The Biltmore Donald Ross Golf Course

2008 Facade Reparations
2008 Facade Reparations
2008 Facade Reparations