Talk:Harry F. Sinclair House

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the "fairy-tale palace" Harry F. Sinclair House (pictured), once home to magnates Isaac D. Fletcher and Harry F. Sinclair, later contained the Ukrainian American Institute?

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Name of the house

So the Isaac D. Fletcher House is known as the Harry Sinclair House because he was living there when the Teapot Dome Scandal made him notorious? Not really a very welcome precedent.--Wetman (talk) 05:15, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A redirect from Isaac D. Fletcher House now mitigates the precedent.--DThomsen8 (talk) 17:12, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/UES/UES062.htm

--DThomsen8 (talk) 01:50, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ukrainian Institute of America

Since the Harry F. Sinclair House is owned by the Ukrainian Institute of America, it would be very informative if an article could be created about the Institute.

Ukrainian Institute of America is the first source to consider.
NYC Arts - Ukrainian cultural events --DThomsen8 (talk) 00:53, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 21:27, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Isaac D. Fletcher House

... that the Ukrainian American Institute's 1955 purchase of the Harry F. Sinclair House (pictured) saved it from demolition when other Fifth Avenue mansions were being razed? Source: Duncan, Val (October 13, 1961). "The Glamor Is Fading on Fifth Avenue: Changing Face of 'Glamor Avenue'". Newsday. p. 1.
- ALT1:... that Isaac D. Fletcher, satisfied with the design of his residence (pictured), hired Jean-François Raffaëlli to create a painting of it? Source: Sterling, Charles (1966). French Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2, Nineteenth Century. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 218.
- ALT2:... that the "fairy-tale palace" Harry F. Sinclair House (pictured), once home to magnates Isaac D. Fletcher and Harry F. Sinclair, later contained the Ukrainian American Institute? Source: (1) Gray, Christopher (November 3, 1996). "Limestone Remnant of Fifth Avenue's Chateau Days" (2) Strausbaugh, John (December 14, 2007). "In the Mansion Land of the 'Fifth Avenoodles'". The New York Times.

Reviewed: I Am Real

Improved to Good Article status by Vami IV (talk). Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 17:24, 5 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Very nice and interesting article about a pretty house. GeneralPoxter (talk) 16:32, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]