User talk:Dthomsen8/Archive 5

Holme Avenue Bridge plus 2 more to go!
I'm sorry, I should have asked before I replaced your bridge photo with mine, but after climbing to the bottom of the creek... I walked a half block south near the PHMC sign for Thomas Holme and followed a steep path down – it was a bit risky, but it looked like about the only way to get any picture at all. I made it down ok, but the vegetation and curves in the creek made it impossible to get anything. However there was a path under the bridge so I could shoot the other side, and I didn't really get wet. On the other side the light was very strong in my eyes, and the sides of the bridge were in very strong shadows, but at least I got a few shots. I considered uploading another shot which has the whole tunnel effect well lit, but the street level gets nearly wiped out by the light. The trip up on the other side was probably the worst part, but I didn't fall, so all's well. And on the other side was another PHMC marker for "greenwood knolls" or (something similar) so I got a few shots of that.

Tomorrow, I'll try for the last 2 pix on the Philly list. Smallbones (talk) 21:47, 12 October 2010 (UTC)


 * There is a Carnegie Library, now a nursing home, on Germantown Avenue, 5818 or something like that, that you could take today if you are out there rather than in the northeast. Your determination to get that bridge photo is amazing. I would never have tried that. --DThomsen8 (talk) 10:30, 13 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Amazing how I can brag about being a klutz! Got the last 2 Philly pix.  Also a bunch in Germantown, including the library. Smallbones (talk) 01:03, 14 October 2010 (UTC)




 * Thank you for adding the photo to the List of Carnegie libraries in Philadelphia, but apparently it is a senior citizen center, not a nursing home. Did you see a sign? The possible nursing home is the Manayunk branch, not the Germantown branch. That is the last one that could have a photo taken, but there are some others that lack a historic photo, such as Broad and Spring Garden. --DThomsen8 (talk) 23:43, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Canal commissioner article
Yes. Notability should not be a problem. I have two or three books in my collection that might be of use. Just a quick glance through The Pennsylvania Mainline Canal by Robert McCullough and Walter Leuba, for example, yields the names of the first three commissioners, who were appointed in 1824: James Clarke, Jacob Holgate, and Charles Trecziyulny. If you write the article and want me to look something up in this book, Petrillo's book on the North Branch Canal, or Shank's book on the Pennsylvania canals in general, I'd be glad to. Finetooth (talk) 02:51, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation
As I understand it there can't be a real conflict of lists here. The NRHP has its list for Washington County – and nobody can really force them to change it. WCH&LF can have any list that it wants, but can't dictate the NRHP list. A parallel is the National Register of Historic Places listings in Chicago and the List of Chicago Landmarks. WCH&LF is less official than the City of Chicago, but otherwise it's the same: 2 different lists. The only complication that I can see is that the owner of the properties (the University in this case) can stop a property from becoming NRHP. I doubt that they can remove them from the NRHP however. Smallbones (talk) 03:42, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Peale House
The Charles Willson Peale House is on the 2 lists National Register of Historic Places listings in North Philadelphia (#95)and List of National Historic Landmarks in Philadelphia (#38). It looks like Belfield should be merged into Peale House, but we better be sure first. If you've got more info for it – go for an FA! I'd be happy to proofread. Smallbones (talk) 01:39, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
 * How would we decide whether Belfield should be merged into the Peale House article? Yes, you are right, I could merge these two articles, and make substantial improvements. --DThomsen8 (talk) 01:43, 29 November 2010 (UTC)