Template:Did you know nominations/1891 State Normal School at Cheney fire


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:01, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

1891 State Normal School at Cheney fire

 * ... that the 1891 State Normal School at Cheney fire destroyed the school's only building? Attested to by the Spokane Chronicle and Spokane Review, publishing articles about the fire the day it burned down.
 * ALT1:... that a fire in 1891 forced the State Normal School at Cheney to hold classes in a local office building for two years? The two years spent in the Pomeroy office block are described in J. Orin Oliphant's History of the State Normal School at Cheney. I'll note that there's a public domain photograph of the Pomeroy block, which could be used as a picture accompanying this hook, although I'm not sure it's super compelling.
 * ALT2:... that, after a fire in 1891, it took six years for the state government to rebuild the State Normal School at Cheney? Also a citation from Oliphant's history of the institution, published in 1924.
 * Reviewed: Angolan African dormouse

Created by Jwrosenzweig (on behalf of the students/staff who worked on the recent EWU edit-a-thon) (talk). Nominated by Jwrosenzweig (talk) at 05:57, 22 February 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg New enough, long enough, neutral and well-written. The hook is short and eye-catching. Article is well-cited. I think it's ready, just waiting for QPQ review? Citobun (talk) 16:41, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Done. Good to go! Citobun (talk) 03:32, 28 February 2017 (UTC)