Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/NRIS information issues Batch report No. 1

This covers first big batch of requested changes: how it was submitted, what were reported results.

drafted request
(draft, not exactly as was sent) To the National Register Reference Team:

I and other volunteers who develop articles about NRHP places in the online wikipedia have identified a number of apparent typos or other errors in the NRIS system. Typos in names of places listed on the National Register cause various difficulties. Although we believe we have caught and corrected these typos for our basic work describing these places in wikipedia, the errors cause mis-matches in automated processes that we also seek to use. For example, a typo can cause a place to be omitted from some automatically generated wikipedia listings of places having similar names, which we want to use to assist readers in finding the specific article they are looking for. And, outside of wikipedia, we note that the typos appear to cause errors to be echoed with the mispelling in other webpage systems that also use NRIS public domain data, such as those of http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com's listings, and the similar listings at www.archiplanet.org.

I would like by this email to report to you the following specific apparent 20 errors. I am hoping that you may be able to correct them in the NRIS system and let me know that they have been fixed. Please do contact me with any questions. Although we have identified more problems like these, I thought it best to try to just provide one batch of 20 to address. Also, I would like to receive any feedback from you about how best to make future reports about other problems.

1. NRIS includes "Truck Line Bridge No. 1" (and this is echoed in NRHP.COM) for the bridge actually named "Trunk Line Bridge No. 1, also known as Peshekee River Bridge, in Marquette County, Michigan. That it is supposed to be Trunk not Truck is clear in Michigan Department of Transportation's webpage about this bridge and in the National Register's own Highway Bridges in Michigan MPS document.

2-4. Three church properties mispelled with "Epsicopal" in the name, where it should be as "Episcopal":
 * 1) 98000130 Calvary Epsicopal Church, in McDonough, NY
 * 2) 98001395 Emmanuel Epsicopal Church, in Elmira, NY
 * 3) 84002213 St. Thomas Epsicopal Church, in Taunton, MA

5-7. Three more church properties mispelled with "Epicopal" in the name, where it should be as "Episcopal":
 * 1) Bloomville Methodist Epicopal Church (Bloomville, New York)
 * 2) St. Barnabas Epicopal Church (Troy, New York)
 * 3) St. Mary's Epicopal Church (Flandreau, South Dakota)

8. "Bethlehem Lutheran Church" in Aitkin, Minnesota, misspelled in NRIS as "Bethelhem Lutheran Church", refnum 82002928

9. *"Newwark Valley Municipal Building and Tappan-Spaulding Memorial Library", of Newark Valley, NY, in Tioga County, NY, is listed in NRIS, with typo misspelling Newark as Newwark.

10. NRIS includes "Main Street Historic Distrct" for Addison, New York, in which the word "District" is misspelled, omitting an "i".

11. NRIS lists "Hendrikus DuBoris House" in Ulster County new york, when it should be "Hendrikus DuBois House".

12. For "Russell Sage Memorial Church" in Queens, NY, NRIS reports it as: "Russell Sage Sage Memorial Church" with "Sage" repeated. Its NRHP Inventory/Nomination form (available from New York State's system at http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7399 ) shows it as "Russell Sage Memorial Church", also known as "First Presbyterian Church of Far Rockaway".

13-14. In Armstrong County, PA, there are 5 similarly named NRHPs: with misspelling/minor edit fixes needed in two. For No. 5, fix typo to spell as "Lock" rather than "Locka". For No. 8, spell as "No. 8" rather than "No.8".
 * "Allegheny River Locka and Dam No. 5"
 * "Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 6"
 * "Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 7"
 * "Allegheny River Lock and Dam No.8"
 * "Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 9"

15. The NRIS lists a "State Steet Bridge" in Erie, Kansas, acknowledging that it's on "State St. over Neosho River tributary" — plainly a simple typo for "State Street Bridge".

16. A "Convenanter Church" is listed in Stafford, Kansas, and the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Vernon (in Wisconsin) is listed, at least by http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com, with an alternate name of "Convenanter". In the past, "Covenanter" was a common term used by members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America for themselves and their church, so "Convenanter" is plainly a typo.

17. The "Neponset Valley Parkway, Metorpolitan Park System of Greater Boston" in Boston. Typo is spelling that should be Metropolitan instead of Metorpolitan.

18. "St. Mildred's Court-West Lexington Avenue Historic Distric t", in Danville, Kentucky, inexplicably has a space in the middle of the last word — i.e. "Distric t" not "District".

19. "Neveda-California-Oregon Railway Locomotive House and Machine Shop" in Reno, Nevada, should be "Nevada" rather than "Neveda".

20. "Gen. Beauregard Equestrian Statue", in New Orleans, Louisiana, listed in NRIS as "Beauregard, Gen., Equestrain Statue", misspelling Equestrian.

Thanks, sincerely yours,

NOT addressed, from the section on Name errors:

 * Berkshie Mill No. 1 is listed in Berkshire County, MA. Clearly should be Berkshire Mill No. 1.  Nyttend (talk) 00:01, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Essex Insitiute Historic District in Essex County, Massachusetts. Nyttend (talk) 15:08, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Cambridge Common Historic District Amendment in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Nyttend (talk) 02:58, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Nativity of Holy Theolokos Church in Afognak, Alaska; the proper term is Theotokos. Nyttend (talk) 05:17, 23 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Sunflower Ranger Station is listed with typo of Staiton rather than Station. It's in Punkin Center in Maricopa County, Arizona. doncram (talk) 11:52, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Gakona Roadhouse in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area (Alaska) is listed as being in Gahona, Alaska; proper spelling is Gakona, Alaska. Nyttend (talk) 21:12, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Several properties in Alaska's North Slope Borough are listed as being in Wainright, Alaska: plainly Wainwright, Alaska. Nyttend (talk) 20:20, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * There are two sites listed in the NRIS as in "South Boston (independent city), Virginia": Reedy Creek Site and South Boston Historic District. As of 1995, South Boston's official designation changed from independent city to town. It is now part of Halifax County and has no independent government. --sanfranman59 (talk) 02:29, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Old Providence Presbyterian Church is misspelled in the NRIS database as Presybterian. --sanfranman59 (talk) 02:30, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Another typo: Rockinghan County Courthouse in Harrisonburg, Virginia should be Rockingham County Courthouse. --sanfranman59 (talk) 04:25, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Marsh Heights Historic District in Nogales, Arizona is identified as being in "Nogalez". Nyttend (talk) 21:58, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Wickenburg-Boetto House in Wickenburg, Arizona is identified as being in "Wichenburg, Arizona". Nyttend (talk) 23:31, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Water Gap Staion in Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania; listing now corrected. Nyttend (talk) 02:40, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Church of Our Savio-Episcopal in National Register of Historic Places listings in Morrison County, Minnesota. Nyttend (talk) 00:07, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
 * U.S. Post Office in Des Moines, IA is supposedly located in Des Noines, Iowa. Nyttend (talk) 03:30, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Horace Anthony House in Clinton County, Iowa, supposedly listed in Camache, Iowa; the real name is Camanche, Iowa. Nyttend (talk) 21:01, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Des Moines River Bridge in Humboldt County, Iowa, supposedly listed in Humbolt, Iowa; the real name is Humboldt, Iowa. Nyttend (talk) 22:35, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Chicago Great Western Railroad-Waterloo Frieght Depot in Waterloo, Iowa. Nyttend (talk) 16:28, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Building at 101 North Riverview Street is listed in Belleview, Iowa; proper spelling is Bellevue, Iowa. Nyttend (talk) 01:47, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * East Hill House and Carraige House in Riverdale, Iowa. Nyttend (talk) 02:51, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Farm No. 1, Iowa Men's Reformatory is listed in Ahnamosa, Iowa; the proper spelling is Anamosa, Iowa. Nyttend (talk) 03:27, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Williges Building is listed in Siouz City, Iowa; the proper spelling is Sioux City, Iowa. Nyttend (talk) 04:47, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Woodland Place Historic District is listed in De Moines, Iowa; the proper spelling is Des Moines, Iowa. Nyttend (talk) 19:03, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Kanehoe Naval Air Station, Kanehoe Ranch Building, and a property in Kanehoe, Hawaii: all should be Kaneohe, Hawaii. Nyttend (talk) 21:52, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Racoon Creek RDA in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, should be spelt "Raccoon". Nyttend (talk) 23:15, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
 * House at 391 Williams Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts, should be William Street; the address is likewise 391 Williams rather than 391 William. Nyttend (talk) 02:05, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * In Maine, Coburn, John G. is listed in Elkman and in NRIS's own interface. Presumably this is supposed to be John G. Coburn House or something like that? doncram (talk) 08:34, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Sessions-Pope-Sh ei ld House in Yorktown, Virginia should be Sessions-Pope-Sh ie ld House --sanfranman59 (talk) 00:13, 17 February 2009 (UTC)


 * (NEED TO CHECK IN NRIS DIRECTLY) NRIS or at least Elkman generator lists "Carll Burr Jr." for what should be termed either the Carll Burr, Jr., House or perhaps "Carll Burr Jr. House", refnum 85002503 in Commack, New York in Suffolk County, New York. Name on NYS registration document is "Carll Burr Jr. House".  NRHP.COM gets correctly as "Carll Burr, Jr., House".  doncram (talk) 22:15, 7 September 2008 (UTC)


 * NRIS? / Elkman lists "Van derzee, Cornelius and Agnietje House" on a Van Derzee street in Albany County, New York.  I think there probably should be capitalization of Derzee.  Am putting into Albany County list as Cornelius and Agnietje Van Derzee House. doncram (talk) 17:50, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * NRIS? / Elkman lists "Lafayette Park Historic" in Albany. Surely it is meant to be Lafayette Park Historic District? doncram (talk) 18:44, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * This is not an NRIS problem. NRIS lists various places with # sign in their names, e.g. "Schoolhouse #6" in Albany County, NY.  However, this does not work in Wikipedia article names, one goes to the "Schoolhouse" article.  So i have to change it to Schoolhouse No. 6, i believe. doncram (talk) 01:09, 11 September 2008 (UTC)


 * There's a Millanville-Skinners Falls Bridge listed in Millanville, Pennsylvania (Wayne County, while another site is listed in Milanville, Pennsylvania. The GNIS demonstrates that there is a Milanville in Wayne County, but there is no Millanville.  Nyttend (talk) 03:46, 2 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Battle of Sacremento Battlefield is listed in McLean County, Kentucky, although the community nearby is named Sacramento. Nyttend (talk) 14:19, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Reported results
Following are reports back about what the National Register staff said:
 * NRIS includes "Truck Line Bridge No. 1" (and this is echoed in NRHP.COM) for the bridge actually named "Trunk Line Bridge No. 1, also known as Peshekee River Bridge, in Marquette County, Michigan. That it is supposed to be Trunk not Truck is clear in Michigan Department of Transportation's webpage about this bridge and in the National Register's own Highway Bridges in Michigan MPS document. doncram (talk) 19:59, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
 * submitted in batch01:01, reported by NRHP_RT to be fixing in NRIS as of 3/4/2009. doncram (talk) 23:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

doncram (talk) 09:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Three church properties mispelled with "Epsicopal" in the name, where it should be as "Episcopal":
 * 1) 98000130 Calvary Epsicopal Church, in McDonough, NY
 * 2) 98001395 Emmanuel Epsicopal Church, in Elmira, NY
 * 3) 84002213 St. Thomas Epsicopal Church, in Taunton, MA
 * submitted in batch01:2-4, reported by NRHP_RT to be fixing in NRIS as of 3/4/2009. doncram (talk) 23:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Three more: doncram (talk) 13:27, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Three more church properties mispelled with "Epicopal" in the name, where it should be as "Episcopal":
 * 1) Bloomville Methodist Epicopal Church (Bloomville, New York)
 * 2) St. Barnabas Epicopal Church (Troy, New York)
 * 3) St. Mary's Epicopal Church (Flandreau, South Dakota)
 * submitted in batch01:5-7, reported by NRHP_RT to be fixing in NRIS as of 3/4/2009. doncram (talk) 23:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * refnum 82002928 Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Aitkin, Minnesota, misspelled as "Bethelhem Lutheran Church" --Elkman (Elkspeak) 17:54, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
 * submitted in batch01:08, reported by NRHP_RT to be fixing in NRIS as of 3/4/2009. doncram (talk) 23:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * "Newwark Valley Municipal Building and Tappan-Spaulding Memorial Library", of Newark Valley, NY, in Tioga County, NY, listed in NRIS, with typo misspelling Newark as Newwark. doncram (talk) 09:52, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * submitted in batch01:09, reported by NRHP_RT to be fixing in NRIS as of 3/4/2009. doncram (talk) 23:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * NRIS includes "Main Street Historic Distrct" for Addison, New York, in which the word "District" is misspelled, omitting an "i". This causes it to be omitted from some automatically generated pages, such as Elkman's suggested disambiguation for Main Street Historic District, and to be echoed with the mispelling in other automatically generated pages, e.g. NRHP.COM's Steuben County, NY listings. doncram (talk) 16:38, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
 * submitted in batch01:10, reported by NRHP_RT to be fixing in NRIS as of 3/4/2009. doncram (talk) 23:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * NRIS lists "Hendrikus DuBoris House" in Ulster County new york, when it is Hendrikus DuBois House. Corrected in the List of Registered Historic Places in Ulster County, New York article by Daniel Case. doncram (talk) 16:48, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
 * submitted in batch01:11, reported by NRHP_RT to be fixing in NRIS as of 3/4/2009. doncram (talk) 23:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * For Russell Sage Memorial Church in Queens, NY, NRIS, Archiplanet and other echoes report: "Russell Sage Sage Memorial Church" with "Sage" repeated.  Its NRHP Inventory/Nomination form available at NYS shows it as "Russell Sage Memorial Church", also known as "First Presbyterian Church of Far Rockaway".  It was Ralph Adams Cram designed and has Tiffany stained glass windows.  The church is known as First Presbyterian Church (formerly the Russell Sage Memorial building) at 1324 Beach 12 street, Far Rockaway, Queens. doncram (talk) 02:00, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * submitted in batch01:12, reported by NRHP_RT to be fixing in NRIS as of 3/4/2009. doncram (talk) 23:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

with misspelling/minor edit fixes needed in two. For No. 5, fix typo to spell as "Lock" rather than "Locka". For No. 8, spell as "No. 8" rather than "No.8". This probably is reflected in NRHP.COM's listings. doncram (talk) 16:53, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * In Armstrong County, PA, there are 5 similarly named NRHPs:
 * Allegheny River Locka and Dam No. 5
 * Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 6
 * Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 7
 * Allegheny River Lock and Dam No.8
 * Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 9
 * submitted in batch01:13-14, reported by NRHP_RT to be fixing in NRIS as of 3/4/2009. doncram (talk) 23:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * The NRIS lists a "State Steet Bridge" in Erie, Kansas, acknowledging that it's on "State St. over Neosho River tributary" — plainly a simple typo for "State Street Bridge". Nyttend (talk) 04:54, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * submitted in batch01:15, reported by NRHP_RT to be fixing in NRIS as of 3/4/2009. doncram (talk) 23:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * A "Convenanter Church" is listed in Stafford, Kansas, and the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Vernon (in Wisconsin) is listed, at least by http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com, with an alternate name of "Convenanter". In the past, "Covenanter" was a common term used by members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America for themselves and their church, so "Convenanter" is plainly a typo.  Nyttend (talk) 23:40, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * submitted in batch01:16, reported by NRHP_RT to be fixing in NRIS as of 3/4/2009. doncram (talk) 23:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * St. Mildred's Court-West Lexington Avenue Historic Distric t in Danville, Kentucky inexplicably has a space in the middle of the last word — i.e. "Distric t" not "District". Nyttend (talk) 22:40, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * submitted in batch01:18. NRHP_RT reports that apparently the length of the property name is more than the NRIS system handles properly, so this may not be fixed, 3/4/2009. doncram (talk) 23:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Neponset Valley Parkway, Metorpolitan Park System of Greater Boston in (surprisingly) Boston. Nyttend (talk) 18:36, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * submitted in batch01:17, reported by NRHP_RT to be fixing in NRIS as of 3/4/2009. doncram (talk) 23:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Neveda-California-Oregon Railway Locomotive House and Machine Shop in Reno, Nevada, should be "Nevada" rather than "Neveda". Nyttend (talk) 03:19, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * submitted in batch01:19, reported by NRHP_RT to be fixing in NRIS as of 3/4/2009. doncram (talk) 23:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Gen. Beauregard Equestrain Statue, in New Orleans, Louisiana, listed in NRIS as "Beauregard, Gen., Equestrain Statue", misspelling Equestrian. doncram (talk) 00:36, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * submitted in batch01:20, reported by NRHP_RT to be fixing in NRIS as of 3/4/2009. doncram (talk) 23:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)