Talk:Villard Houses

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Kingsif (talk) 18:29, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

(

• Comment or view
• Article history

)

Villard Houses

• ... that railroad magnate Henry Villard only lived in his Villard Houses (pictured) for a few months before he went bankrupt and had to leave? Source: "A City Mansion of 50 Years Ago: The Setting Sentiment and History Individual Contributions Fortune Writes in Some Asterisks". The Christian Science Monitor. August 18, 1934. p. 10.
  • ALT1:... that an entrance to one of the Villard Houses (pictured) was turned into an exit because it was too close to a chapel of St. Patrick's Cathedral? Source: Oser, Alan S. (June 8, 1977). "About Real Estate". The New York Times.
  • ALT2:... that the Villard Houses (pictured), despite being relatively nondescript, has been described as "one of New York City's architectural treasures"? Source: Weisman, Steven R. (March 12, 1971). "Villard Houses, City Landmark, Are Purchased by Archdiocese". The New York Times.
  • ALT3:... that before integrating the Villard Houses into the Helmsley Palace Hotel, developer Harry Helmsley twice wanted to destroy the houses' ornate interiors? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Mellins, Thomas; Fishman, David (1995). New York 1960: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial. New York: Monacelli Press. p. 1129. See also Template:Did you know nominations/Lotte New York Palace Hotel
  • ALT3A:... that before integrating the Villard Houses (pictured) into the Helmsley Palace Hotel, developer Harry Helmsley twice wanted to destroy the houses' ornate interiors? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Mellins, Thomas; Fishman, David (1995). New York 1960: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial. New York: Monacelli Press. p. 1129.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/John Rolph (politician)
• Comment: More hooks pending. ALT3 is combined with Template:Did you know nominations/Lotte New York Palace Hotel

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 17:48, 7 July 2021 (UTC).

• 5x expansion and a new GA to boot. Article is well sourced throughout, neutrally written, and violation unlikely per Earwig's tool. Hook facts are all cited inline. QPQ is done. On to the next NYC building... – Muboshgu (talk) 16:42, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Villard Houses/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Some Dude From North Carolina (talk · contribs) 16:39, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

• Add a short description and add alt text to every image.
• Add a serial comma after Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
• Wikilink The New York Times.
• "a 11⁄2-story" → "an 11⁄2-story"
• Add a hyphen between "reddish brown".
• Be consistent with "McKim, Mead and White" and "McKim, Mead & White"
• "still remained" - is "still" necessary?
• Add "the" before "British magazine".
• Wall Street Journal → The Wall Street Journal
• Mark references from The New York Times with "|url-access=limited".
• Mark references from The Wall Street Journal with "|url-access=subscription".
• Wikilink Christopher Gray, Paul Goldberger, Ada Louise Huxtable, James B. Stewart, Kate Kelly (journalist), and David Enrich.
• Ping when done. Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 01:25, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

  Some Dude From North Carolina, thanks. I have done all of these. Epicgenius (talk) 16:11, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Zodiac clock

I uploaded an image of the clock (located in the first-floor hallway of the south wing) here, but that section of the article is a bit busy image-wise as it stands. Seasider53 (talk) 10:39, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the image. I've rearranged or resized some of the images, though if you have other suggestions for arranging these pictures, I welcome them. – Epicgenius (talk) 20:16, 8 December 2025 (UTC)