Talk:Youth's Companion Building

A fact from Youth's Companion Building appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 November 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Pledge of Allegiance was first published in 1892 in the popular magazine which gave its name to the Youth's Companion Building (pictured)?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/November.

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H.H. Richardson

I have removed the following sentence:

The five story building was designed by architect Henry Hobson Richardson who also designed the nearby Trinity Church and Sever Hall at Harvard University.

because it is unreferenced and the subject building was built seven years after H. H. Richardson's death. I suspect that the editor has conflated William Cummings Richardson and Henry W. Hartwell, which is certainly easy to do.. . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs) 15:35, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I was drawn to this page by today's main page link.

What connection, if any, is there between William Cummings Richardson and Henry Hobson Richardson? Is a building designed by WCR "Richardsonian," or is that designation reserved for buildings designed by HHR? I added a link to "Richardsonian Romanesque." Maybe I should not have.155.103.6.254 (talk) 17:33, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what connection, if any there was. I am not an architecture expert, but, of course, HH Richardson is well documented, and WC Richardson is not anywhere near as well known. I think one can say that a building is Richardsonian Romanesque, even if not designed by either Richardson -- it's the style that counts, not the person, I think. Adding the link was fine (despite my reversing it and then realizing that you had just added a link, not the style, and therefore, going back to your version), thank you.