Talk:Nevada-California-Oregon Railway Co. General Office Building

A fact from Nevada-California-Oregon Railway Co. General Office Building appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 June 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the N.C.O. Building (pictured) in Alturas, California, has a single metal bell in its belfry and several wooden ones?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nevada-California-Oregon Railway Co. General Office Building.

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Chris857 (talk) 03:16, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Description

Design

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The design of the building is transitional between the older Mission Revival style and the newer Spanish Colonial Revival style. The building's Mission Revival elements are its arches and curved gable; Churrigueresque ornamentation at the side entrance shows Spanish Colonial Revival influence. The roof is tile and at the corner is a bell tower. At the time of construction, the belfry was in need of a set of bells; a single one is metal, but the rest are wooden dummies turned by the company.[5] The building is fronted with a well maintained lawn along the east face.[5]

More information, please. Write the absolutely obvious stuff, as if there was no picture.

Describe those elements of the building for which you do not require references. e.g.

It is a two story building with gables at...... where-ever. It has porticos/porches/verandas at this and this location. The main front/entrance has a portico with ? arches. To whichever side there is a square tower of ? storeys. Is there anything notable about the shape/decoration of the windows or doors?
Building materials. It is built of whatever coloured brick and has a roof of whatever material.

Note, the tower is not in any way linked to the material of the roof, or, in this case, to the structure of the roof, so don't mention the tower in the same sentence as slate. It belongs in the section with the form of the building.

The building itself, and the pictures of the building serve as valid primary sources for your description. On the other hand, as soon as you state the quarry that the slates came from, or a specific name or manufacturer for the type of bricks, you need a reference.
The statement that the building is in a particular style, also requires a reference (unless the date or location of the building fixes it to a period e.g. Romanesque).

Amandajm (talk) 09:20, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

With regards to referencing, the entire paragraph is sourced to reference [5] (page 2 of NRHP nomination). Chris857 (talk) 13:35, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]