Template:Did you know nominations/Ansorge Hotel

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 talk 11:04, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Ansorge Hotel

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The Ansorge Hotel in 2007

• ... that the Ansorge Hotel's (pictured) pressed tin siding likely saved the hotel from burning in 1911?

• Source: Kettle River Journal 7/15/1911 "The Ansorge Hotel across the street was badly scorched, but owing to the metal covering was saved."

The Spokesman-Review 7/14/1911 "The Ansorge Hotel, across the street, was badly scorched, but owing to the metal covering was saved. The heat broke all of the windows and scorched the casings"

• • ALT1: ... that a red light in the corner bay window of the Ansorge Hotel (pictured) told rumrunners of revenue men in town? Source: "Ansorge hotel". Ferry County Historical Society. "When the "revenuers" were staying at the Ansorge the propriators placed a red light in a second floor corner window to notify the bootleggers that barrel retrieval in town was not safe."
  • ALT2: ... that the Ansorge Hotel (pictured) may have hosted Henry Ford on the night of July 31, 1917? Source: Ghost towns of the Pacific Northwest pg65 "The Ansorge claimed Henry Ford as one of its guests in 1917"
    Exploring Washingtons Past pg32 "The Ansorges greatest glory came in 1917 when Henry Ford checked in while visiting relatives who lived in the area."
    NRHP catalogue page 5 of nomination form "The guest register for july 31, 1917 bears the signature of a "Henry Ford, Detroit Mich." and local residents agree that this was the Ford of the Ford Motor Company"
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Randrianasolo's sportive lemur

5x expanded by Kevmin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 359 past nominations.

Kevmin § 16:07, 19 September 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: All of the hooks have clear sources, though I personally think ALT1 is the most interesting one out of the three. I would link rumrunners at least. Reconrabbit 14:50, 10 October 2024 (UTC)