Talk:Adelaide L. T. Douglas House
Latest comment: 11 months ago by Bruxton in topic Did you know nomination
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Did you know nomination
edit- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 21:19, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
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- ... that the Adelaide L. T. Douglas House, built for a New York City socialite, housed the United States Olympic Committee before being sold to Guatemala? Source: Several, including [http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1045.pdf Pearson, Marjorie (1979). "Adelaide L.T. Douglas Residence" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ALT1: ... that Adelaide L. T. Douglas's New York City house was financed and owned by the man with whom she had an affair? Source: Strouse, Jean (2014). Morgan: American Financier. New York: Random House. pp. 611–612.
- ALT2: ... that the Guatemalan mission to the United Nations occupies a former Olympic House? Source: [http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1045.pdf Pearson, Marjorie (1979). "Adelaide L.T. Douglas Residence" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ALT3: ... that the Adelaide L. T. Douglas House was once described as "ideally matched" with its owner because of the latter's "real turn-of-the-century mentality"? Source: Maher, Charles (February 25, 1973). "Olympic House: Is the turn-of-the-century building on Park Avenue perfectly matched to the mentality of its occupants?". Los Angeles Times. p. E1
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Gyula Bajó
Created by Transpoman (talk). Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 15:28, 8 September 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Adelaide L. T. Douglas House; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
- Hook, length, date (should be 4 Sep, but no problem), qpq, close paraphrase check ok. Image free on Commons. I prefer the original hook. --Soman (talk) 19:06, 9 September 2023 (UTC)