Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/White House architectural plan

White House architectural plan[edit]

Reason: High resolution file of an architectural design for an early expansion upon an important structure. Restored version of File:Latrobe White House.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: White House, Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Creator: Benjamin Henry Latrobe

Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 05:26, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - good ev, high quality image. I'd love to see later ones as well showing the progression from this to it's current appearance if anyone has those... Gazhiley (talk) 11:30, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Only the first floor?--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 13:29, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- My understanding of the caption's description "Principal Storey" means just that - it's for the first floor... As the nom's description states this was due to a planned extension - if it was only affecting one floor it would only include one floor... Ronseal? Gazhiley (talk) 16:38, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - This is the equivalent of the current State Floor, which includes the Blue Room, Red Room, Green Room, and State Dining Room. This can be determined by the doorways at the north and south porticos, which today are on the State Floor. Note: When viewing the South Portico, this would be considered the "second" floor. The ground floor exits directly to the blacktop drive on this side. On the north side, this floor would be considered the "ground" floor. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 04:20, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Of the 211 architectural designs by Benjamin Henry Latrobe in the Library of Congress's collection, only a tiny number are available in high resolution digitized format. The restoration on this one took several days' labor. I've also been working on a 118.9MB .tif file of his presentation for the United States Capitol. It suffered much more extensive damage and I've been reconstructing sections of the facade. After 35 hours' labor on the other image I realized that restoration was only half finished, so turned to this. It would be wonderful if LoC scanned all the Latrobe material at high resolution. By featuring one or two, perhaps we could persuade them to do more. Durova^Charge! 23:21, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Lovely — use it on 20 January 2009. Cheers, Jack Merridew 06:10, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Weren't there plans for a Barack Obama FP to be used? Spencer^Merry^Christmas! 20:50, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Yes, Barack Obama will be the FP that day. Durova^Charge! 21:03, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Nice restoration and an interesting subject that a historical floorplan adds a lot of EV to. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 23:40, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Intothewoods29 (talk) 23:52, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose because it sounds like Hoban not Latrobe designed the actual porticos, making it unclear what if anything this design was used for. I'm not sure I want to feature this picture if it was not a design that was actually used (though it is still pretty interesting). Fletcher (talk) 02:57, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

North Portico

Comment - I very much want to support this for its exceptional EV and high quality (and I will if I get a clear answer), but I'm wondering what's going on:
1. Latrobe's article states he designed the east and west colonnades, but I'm not aware of east and west colonnades on the White House. I thought the only colonnades were the north and south ones (which are labeled as porticos, but the stacks of columns supporting the porticos are colonnades). I'm assuming these colonnades (porticos) are those shown in the images at right, the north and south porticos of the White House. Now if that's the case, the article needs changing (and referencing).
2. If Latrobe did only design the colonnades, then this image is misleading b/c the caption implies that he designed the architectural plan, even if he is the creator of this blueprint. I think that should be mentioned in the caption.
3. Also, as much as I like the image, I'm well aware that it is not the current floor plan of the first floor of the White House. Being the case, this should be mentioned in the caption so it is clear that this was either overridden, or possibly replaced (maybe the destruction during War of 1812? - I can't see the Truman renovations completely changing the floor plan, but maybe?).

Granted this will need a long caption to be complete. But on that note, I'd like to see what FPC reviewers have to say about captions by commenting here. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 04:20, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the Colonnades, in this context, refer to the structures now connecting the main building (Executive Residence) to the East and West Wings. (The colonnades Latrobe did preceded the two wings; the White House article says they were used for utilitarian purposes like laundry and stables.) See diagram here. Fletcher (talk) 23:52, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support, but it's huge. Wonderful find, and it looks great. But why is it 23 MB? Surely it could be a small fraction of that without any noticeable quality loss.--ragesoss (talk) 04:22, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Latrobe White House cropa2.jpg --Wronkiew (talk) 04:21, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]