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A fact from Kentuck Knob appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 May 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the second owner of Kentuck Knob, a house by Frank Lloyd Wright, "fell in love with the outside" and wanted to see the inside so urgently that he decided to purchase it?

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The result was: promoted by History6042 talk 13:31, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Kentuck Knob

... that Frank Lloyd Wright claimed he could "shake a design out of my sleeve" when he was designing Kentuck Knob? Source: Uricchio, Marylynn (January 9, 2020). "Kentuck Knob". Pittsburgh Quarterly.
- ALT1: ... that Kentuck Knob's second owner "fell in love with the outside" and wanted to see the inside so urgently that he decided to purchase it? Source: Levere, Jane (January 6, 2017). "Frank Lloyd Wright's Kentuck Knob house celebrates its 60th anniversary". The Architect's Newspaper.
- ALT2: ... that Kentuck Knob's architect visited the site exactly once for three hours, then never returned? Source: "Western Pa. offering Wright 'trinity' tour". Lancaster New Era. Associated Press. September 3, 2007. p. 10.
- ALT3: ... that Kentuck Knob has been called "a homily to the hexagon" and compared to a ship's prow? Source: Multiple; see article
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Elizabeth Harcourt Mitchell
- Comment: Thanks to Narutolovehinata5 and Rusalkii for suggesting the ideas for ALT0 and ALT1 respectively. More hooks are also welcomed.

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 720 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 18:04, 2 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting house and hooks, I love ALT1 about love, thank you User:Narutolovehinata5. I don't think, though, that the image makes clear why he fell in love, - how about the one with the stone facade? Review to be continued. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:32, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fine article, on excellent sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed, but see above. Small details I'd suggest in the article:

"The driveway is illuminated by a copper lamppost designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, who also designed the house." - made me smile, but I don't think it belongs in the section about "Geography and site usage".
Wright claimed he could "shake a design out of my sleeve" - I'm no friend of "he" in the sentence and "my" in the quote.
ref numbering 52-40 in "Facade" while ascending everywhere else that I saw. Epicgenius, what do you think about a different image for ALT1? Do you plan to write about the houses in the Usonia Historic District? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:22, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review, Gerda Arendt. For (1), I moved that detail, and for (2), I changed it from third-person to first-person. For (3), I changed the ref numbers, and I can suggest File:Kentuck Knob 20190516 (28) - "Up In My Grille".jpg. Maybe I'll write about the Usonian district in the near future - I have a few more FLW projects on my radar. Epicgenius (talk) 15:39, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kentuck Knob detail

- ALT1 preferred. Thank you for the changes! I re-added the image I had in mind, - in stamp, size, resolution doesn't matter too much. Both images are properly licensed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:58, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]