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Chances are when you think of Biltmore Village, your mind drifts to the restaurants and shops that make up the quaint historical area known for brick sidewalks, decorative streetlamps and Victorian charm.
But the center of the village has been and always will be the Cathedral of All Souls, an Episcopal church that Biltmore Estate founder George Vanderbilt erected to serve the residents of the village he’d built to house estate workers. Opened in 1896, the ornate brick, stone and pebbledash church was literally intended to serve all the souls of the area…