User talk:JPRiley

architects

This is an awful lot of good work you're doing. Lockley (talk) 18:11, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much, honestly. It's nice to get recognition. JPRiley (talk) 04:32, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

You might find the architects mentioned here of interest. I see you have created a page for one of them http://www.torringtonhistoricalsociety.org/architectural-drawings.html Buckyboot (talk) 07:07, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

William R. Walker (architect)

Nice work on William R. Walker (architect). I'll see if I can add a bit to him. One little thing: Intro says he was from Providence, but the bio says he lived most of his life in Pawtucket. So I think that means the intro is wrong? I think the distinction is important. - Kzirkel (talk) 18:16, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

I chose to say that he was a Providence architect because that is where his firm's office always was. Pawtucket was where he lived, and he would have commuted. JPRiley (talk) 18:32, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

George C. Mason & Son

Thanks for writing this article. I did the individual pages on father & son but it didn't occur to me to create a separate page for the firm.Alafarge (talk) 15:09, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

How to reach you about an inquiry?

Hi JP,

I plan on writing about Saratoga Springs' Universal Preservation Hall, and I see that you've edited the article in regards to the building's architecture. I'm interested in asking you some questions about the subject if you have the time and inclination.

Thanks,

Coleman Colemanakey (talk) 17:09, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Right here is fine, I'm happy to help. JPRiley (talk) 19:58, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Alaska architects/Manley & Mayer

To echo the first comment on this page, great work. Just a few things, though. Most importantly, the expansion of coverage of Alaska is quite extensive for not even acknowledging Edwin Butler Crittenden. Is there something I'm missing? I wouldn't consider him to be as notable as Linn Forrest, but certainly a lot more notable than most Alaska-based architects, including many of those you've been writing about. Also, a number of the years you list in the Manley & Mayer article appear to conform to when construction began, not when the building was completed. Is this supposed to reflect when design occurred? If so, this should be clarified, because to the uninitiated, those years may contradict other available information about those buildings. The Municipality of Anchorage has its property records online, which may help, including offering information about the Commerce and Simpson buildings. Denali Elementary, along with Nordale Elementary, were torn down and replaced with new buildings a little over a decade ago. I'm not sure what "Woodland Park Elementary School (Old)" refers to. I know for sure that it hasn't been a school in a long time: it's currently the state headquarters and main Anchorage facility for the Boys & Girls Club. I'm not sure whether they're in the 1954 building, as it could have been torn down and rebuilt following the earthquake or possibly later. Also, the "North Terminal" at Anchorage International confused me. There was only one terminal when I first lived in Anchorage in the late 1970s, though it was obviously built in several disjointed segments. The pre-1970s portions were demolished in the 1990s/2000s reconstruction projects. "North Terminal" typically refers to the current terminal where international arrivals/departures take place, also frequently known by its original name, the "Satellite Terminal". That was built in the early or mid 1980s. Speaking of the 1980s, the statement "A number of their Anchorage buildings were demolished during the population boom of the 1980s" may need tweaking. Those years didn't see a population boom so much as it did a building boom, as there were multiple waves of in/outmigration throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Anchorage's real population boom occurred when the military bases were built and for a number of years afterward. Things crashed hard a few years after the early 80s building boom and many folks left. Anna MacKinnon's husband has been heard recently on political advertising talking about people leaving the keys behind in their houses and leaving town in droves, a statement not quite as hyperbolic as it may appear on the surface (Extreme Conditions by John Strohmeyer can back this up, for one). Anyway, most of the demolition was on account of major investments by oil-related interests plus "Project 80s", a major public works campaign conducted by the MOA during the Sullivan and Knowles administrations. I spent my earlier years in Anchorage living in the neighborhood along I Street between 6th and 9th avenues. That neighborhood pretty much disappeared in one fell swoop in 1983 to make way for the ARCO Tower, the Hunt Building and associated parking. Finally, I've been scanning publications which have fallen out of copyright in recent weeks and have period photos of a number of these buildings. The folks on Commons have proven to be of zero help for what to do about the burden that is Upload Wizard, but I think I might have figured out on my own that there's a more palatable interface. Now I just have to find the time it would take to crop and upload what's getting to be a rather substantial queue. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 07:18, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Ditto on the nice work part! I got an alert about the Manley & Mayer article because it connected to the Linn A. Forrest one, which I had started. I put in a reciprocal note there to the one you wrote, i.e. inferred that L.A.F. had Manley & Mayer as associates on the 1959 building, and copied your source to there, but without access / without consulting it. Could you possibly please check what I added there for accuracy? And if you had time it would be great if you'd add more. Either way, thanks, and keep up the good work! --doncram 00:26, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Having dug a little deeper, it appears that the Manley & Mayer (1959) version of the project was a no-go: I found a reference in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner from the groundgreaking (1962, apparently), that only lists Forrest's office as designers, as does Hoagland's book. I'll fix that on both pages. JPRiley (talk) 00:50, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Miller & Beal

Thanks for the nice article on Miller & Beal. Until now, I had no idea that Wells Junior High School apparently has at least two identical siblings: the schools in Cape Elizabeth and Tewksbury. Do you know if there are (or were) any other schools that used the same design? 64.185.129.173 (talk) 20:01, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

The Cape Elizabeth and Tewksbury schools are the only ones I've found, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were others scattered around the state.JPRiley (talk) 23:46, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

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West Presbyterian Church (New York City)

Thank you for your valuable contribution! Vzeebjtf (talk) 00:32, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Charles Bevins attribution

JPRiley: Impressive work. Your attribution of 24 Emerson Road, Jamestown, RI to Bevins cites "American Architect and Building News", 14 August, 1897. I have read that issue and do not see a Bevins or Jamestown reference. "Historic and Architectural Resources of Jamestown, Rhode Island" cites a possible attribution of the house to Creighton Withers, which seems more likely stylistically than Bevins. Can you help on this attribution? Thanks for all you have done. James Buttrick68.109.23.49 (talk) 01:17, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

On page xvi, fourth item under "houses". Best, JPRiley (talk) 22:06, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Eiford v. Alford

Can you telp me the source for this change? I am working on Draft:Frank O. Weary. Also seems.to be spelled Alvord.. Thanks. FloridaArmy (talk) 17:29, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

The named partners in Weary & Alford were Edwin Delos Weary and William Hedley Alford, as per directories and other sources, especially the article "Weary & Alford in New Quarters," Bankers Monthly, July 1919, 36. That source notes that Weary was an Akron native, and Frank Orlando Weary, Smith-Weary Chronology: Chronological Story of an Old Line Patriotic Pioneer, All-American Family With a Historic Published Record Extending Back Two Full Centuries (Akron, OH: 1921): 17. indicates that Frank O. and Edwin D. were brothers - and Frank O. had no involvement in Weary & Alford. Eiford and Alvord are both typos and refer to Alford. Best,JPRiley (talk) 21:47, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Great!!! Thanks. FloridaArmy (talk) 22:42, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

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Chase R. Whitcher

Moin, JPRiley. I see you have Chase R. Whitcher under construction and was wondering if you might be so kind and notify me once you're done, because I might just want to steal your work and cobble a stub together at the de:wp. I'm not certain if such would stand the trial of deletion hell (that's a de:wp thing), but I've The Balsams on my might-do-it-perhaps-even-sometimes-soon-list, and Whitcher appears to be responsible for one of the more significant buildings there. Regards, --G-41614 (talk) 20:18, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

I think it makes more sense for me to finish it up and publish it, and then you come in and add the info you have. Doing it the way you describe sounds like it could cause problems and I'd like to avoid that. In that case I can still let you know when it is out in the world. Not sure on a timeline but I am trying to finish up some of my WIPs so hopefully soon? But who's to say. Best, JPRiley (talk) 15:56, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

I was waiting for it to be reviewed to let you know this, but it hasn't been yet. Chase R. Whitcher is in mainspace now. I added a little more about the Balsams than I had last you saw. Best, JPRiley (talk) 17:46, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! Sorry, took me a while to get back to you. Most of the time I get geo-blocked or something like that when I try to edit en:wp. --G-41614 (talk) 12:15, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

And another apology - I got nothing to add to your work, unfortunately. If I had, I would have added it once you moved your article to the mainspace just like you suggested. Now that you did, I might, at some point in the future, given time etc., use the sources you so kindly researched and provided and do an article at the german-language Wikipedia. Or just have yours imported and translate it. Suffice to say should I ever find anything suitable to add, I shall do so. --G-41614 (talk) 12:23, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

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