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Delavan Terrace Historic District

 * ... that the destruction of the oldest house in the Delavan Terrace Historic District (Otis and Borland Houses, pictured) led to new attempts to promote historic preservation in Yonkers, New York?
 * ALT1:... that actress Billie Burke liked living on Delavan Terrace (pictured) in Yonkers, New York, because it reminded her of St. John's Wood in London?
 * Reviewed: Henry Brown (New Zealand politician)

Created/expanded by Daniel Case (talk). Self nom at 04:48, 9 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Good to go. Excellence in writing, a model for NRHP Historic District articles. The quality befits a high-class architectural magazine
 * QPQ done by Daniel Case on August 10, 2012
 * Created by Pubdog on January 2, 2011; Prior to expansion, article had 614 characters of readable prose
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 * Both hooks are interesting and short enough, and sourced at the end of the paragraphs
 * All paragraphs sourced in the article
 * Duplication Detector run, no copyvio
 * Image on nomination is author's own work
 * Total time spent on this review approximately 45 minutes
 * Maile66 (talk) 21:33, 17 August 2012 (UTC)