Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laird-Dunlop House


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The result was   Keep. Cirt (talk) 13:07, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Laird-Dunlop House

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Non-notable. House not on NRHP. No sources epicAdam (talk) 19:39, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep - I'm not really sure about the notability rules on individual buildings but it seems to have a lot of book mentions -Hunting dog (talk) 19:49, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Washington, D.C.-related deletion discussions.   —• Gene93k (talk) 20:20, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep and source. Not an NRHP listed building but abundant WP:RS coverage found in Google and Google Books searches. "...some of Georgetown's most exemplary 18-century architecture..." It appears to be a contributing part of its historic district. • Gene93k (talk) 20:31, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
 * KeepIt has many references in books, but these are only visible in "snippet view" except for two, the above cited and one other which has a couple of sentences. In addition the National Park Service has a paragraph about it . It was the home of a judge removed by Lincoln as a southern sympathizer. It was the longterm home of Linclon's son Robert Todd Lincoln, a notable attorney and industrialist. It was the home of Washington Post publisher Ben Bradlee.It got a paragraph in the Washington Post which described it as "historic." . It is called a "historic residence" in "Washington Spaces" . It is listed in the District of Columbia inventory of historic sites.  It is included in guidebooks. Absence from being listed on the National Trust does not require deletion. Edison2 (talk) 21:44, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - there's a good chance it's a contributing property to the Georgetown Historic District, which is a National Historic Landmark district. I don't have any definitive proof that it's a contributing property, but given that it's listed in a National Park Service walking tour of Georgetown, that makes it look notable enough.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 00:00, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per all the references indicated above. Buildings can be notable per Wikipedia inclusion standards even if they are not on the NRHP.  (If that weren't the case, then bye-bye Verizon Building and Hollywood Bowl) --Oakshade (talk) 01:07, 31 August 2008 (UTC)


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