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Did you know... that a future U.S. president and a future British king both visited the Van Cortlandt House during the American Revolution?

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Copy and pasted from external site

I noticed that the original version of this article is text copied from http://www.vancortlandthouse.org/ --JBrown23 (talk) 09:08, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 00:09, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The Van Cortlandt House

... that a future U.S. president and a future British king both visited the Van Cortlandt House during the American Revolution? Source: Van Cortlandt House (Report). National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service. December 24, 1976. p. 5; Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (2010). The Encyclopedia of New York City (2nd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press.
- ALT1: ... that the Van Cortlandt House once served as a barracks for police who were guarding bison? Source: Lewis, John (February 22, 1985). "Van Cortlandt home stands on civic duty". Daily News. p. 227
- ALT2: ... that the Van Cortlandt House, now a museum, once housed bison? Source: Bankoff, H. Arthur; Winter, Frederick A.; Ricciardi, Christopher (1992). Archaeological Excavations at Van Cortlandt Park, The Bronx, 1990-1992 (PDF) (Report). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. p. 3
- ALT3: ... that the caretaker of the 18th-century Van Cortlandt House was chided for adding a satellite dish? Source: Nir, Sarah Maslin (April 20, 2012). "For Caretakers, a Rent-Free Life in New York's Historic Homes". The New York Times.
- ALT4: ... that the Van Cortlandt House is the oldest known surviving house in the Bronx? Source: Critchell, David (February 13, 2000). "Neighborhood Report: Riverdale; Seeking Laurels for an Outpost of the Revolution". The New York Times.
- ALT5: ... that the Van Cortlandt House, the oldest known surviving house in the Bronx, was once in Westchester? Source: Bankoff, Winter & Ricciardi 1992, p. 3.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wrap Me Up (Jimmy Fallon and Meghan Trainor song)

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 15:50, 1 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Van Cortlandt House; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Low earwig score, and 5x expanded. Neutral and well written with the correct inline citations. ALT0 is confirmed and interesting - I found it cited in the article. QPQ is done. The image is clear and free and it is in the article. Bruxton (talk) 16:22, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

External photos

Hello Epicgenius, thanks for yet another fine article expansion. I have a question about the two b&w external photos. Both have captions saying they are views "from the southwest" but appear to be different aspects? The 1937 photo is documented as from southwest but there is no indication of view direction of the 1949 photo? JennyOz (talk) 23:04, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Passed. Ghosts of Europa (talk) 07:47, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Reviewer: Ghosts of Europa (talk · contribs) Hello Epicgenius! I'm looking forward to reviewing one of your articles. 05:12, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (inline citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Excellent work on this article! I've been to New York, but I never made it up to the Bronx. I'll have to visit next time I'm in town.

Well written, extremely thorough, and neutral.
Extensively cited. I spot checked 20 randomly chosen sources and found no source-text integrity issues.
No edit wars.
Great images, all public domain or permissively licensed.
Earwig gives a 23% similarity to the NPS website, but this looks like it's just keying off the proper names and architectural terms of art. I checked the article for specific phrases and didn't see any sign of copying.

I'm happy to pass this without any changes. However, if you want some picky feedback for a future FAC:

When Philipse's wife died, he remarried Olof Stevense Van Cortlandt's daughter, herself a widow - This is the first mention of Olof, but it's written like I should know who he was. More context might be helpful here.
The grounds were used by Patriot militia leaders Comte de Rochambeau, Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington (the last of whom would become the first president of an independent United States) - This long parenthetical is awkward ("and future president George Washington"?), especially since you don't mention Grover Cleveland's presidency when talking about him. I'm guessing more readers will know about Washington's presidency than Cleveland's.
The Dames also announced plans to build an annex to the house, but Park Board landscape architect Charles Downing Lay vetoed these plans in April 1912. The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks) received bids for the annex's construction in 1913 but rejected all of them. The annex, consisting of a caretaker's apartment adjacent to the main house, was finished in 1916 or 1917, just before World War I - This is confusing. If the plans were vetoed and the bids were rejected, how did it get built? It feels like a sentence is missing here.

Honestly, I think that's all I have. Great work! Ghosts of Europa (talk) 07:45, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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