Talk:Highland (James Monroe house)

Ash Lawn-Highland pictures

Searched for about an hour trying to find a picture of the house in the public domain. I'm starting to believe it may be one of the least photographed presidential homes in history. If someone could provide an image of the house, that'd be fantastic, be it from some other source or driving up and snapping a picture. Worse comes to worse, I'll have a chance in August to do so myself, but I'll hope for one of my fellow Wikipedians to do so before hand. ~ The Rebel At ~ 18:55, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Found a technical drawing of the home from the Park Service...better than nothing, but an actual photograph or painting of the house would be superb. The Ash Lawn-Highland Foundation, as well as the Commonwealth of Virginia tourism site both display a painting of the house. Perhaps its old enough, or perhaps the "fair use" doctrine can be put into effect? ~ The Rebel At ~ 03:54, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Slaves

How many slaves did Monroe own? Funny, there's no mention of that in this page, Monroe's page, or the external sites. Yet he was a Virginian plantation owner and based on Washington, Madison and his neighbor Jefferson's household staff composition, slaves had to be somewheres. Truth is not selective, people are. 122.26.128.126 05:45, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

I made the page. I have no idea how many slaves Monroe had. I suppose I could be faulted for not adding in, "He had slaves," to the page. Just because a source fails to mention something, does not mean it was by intent or design. If you want to research the matter, and add referenced information concerning the role of slaves at Ash Lawn-Highland, please, do so. At the time I made this page, I did not have such information at hand, hence its absence. However, its poor form to run around implying that articles are intentionally white washed. While handing out judgments of people, you may want to glance in the next mirror you pass. ~ (The Rebel At) ~ 03:36, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

I recently toured Ash Lawn-Highland, and our docent said that the plantation had about forty slaves, I think. If I can find documentation in a reputable source, I will add it. But the William & Mary folks administering the site are quite frank about matters, and are working to restore that part of the property so that the issue can be discussed and explored more openly. Monroe was indeed a slave owner, which must figure in to consideration of his record as a President, and certainly bears mention on a page about his Virginia plantation. 72.49.66.68 (talk) 03:34, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Sounds good, please do!~ (The Rebel At) ~ 18:44, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

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Moved to Highland (James Monroe house) to make disambiguation consistent with Monroe's other Virginia property. See general agreement below to rename this article, and the nom appears to be amenable to "Highland" as much as to "James Monroe's Highland". Have a Great Day and Happy Publishing! (nac by page mover)  Paine Ellsworth  ^put'r there  17:46, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

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Ash Lawn–Highland → James Monroe's Highland – The name of this historic house museum was officially changed in April of 2016. See highland.org for additional information. As the content of the page suggests, Ash Lawn was a name given to the property after Monroe sold it. JamesMonroeHighland (talk) 19:19, 7 June 2018 (UTC)--Relisting. –Ammarpad (talk) 05:23, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

• Highland (Monroe) or Highland (James Monroe) per brevity and common name may be the best choice here. As the nom points out, "Ash Lawn" was added after Monroe moved. The proposed target seems like a promotional name rather than what Monroe called it, so "Highland (Monroe)" or "Highland (James Monroe)" rings a bit truer. Randy Kryn (talk) 10:50, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
• If it is known by the name Ash Lawn–Highland, I'm not sure why it matters that it came to be called that after the time of James Monroe. What is the most common name in English for the property? We do not necessarily use the official name, per WP:OFFICIAL. Further, can you explain your connection to the topic of the article, given the username you have chosen? (Please see WP:ORGNAME for more information this.) Dekimasuよ! 16:16, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
• I would agree that Highland (James Monroe) would make more sense. The property has been called Highland, Ash Lawn, and Ash Lawn-Highland. Highland being the oldest (and now current) name. To clarify my role, I am the Marketing & Events Manager for Highland.JamesMonroeHighland (talk) 20:58, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
  • Monroe's other Virginia home is titled Oak Hill (James Monroe House), so if this is moved we might want to consider a parallel format. Station1 (talk) 06:59, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
• Support I don't ultimately care what the final result is, but it appears WP:COMMONNAME shifted to just Highland recently per official websites (appears to have been Ash Lawn in the 1970's), so I support some sort of move. SportingFlyer talk 00:28, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

• Official websites are generally not useful in determining the WP:COMMONNAME, since the common name is based on usage in reliable secondary sources independent of any organizations involved. Dekimasuよ! 04:22, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

• Secondary sources use James Monroe's Highland: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] My take is I'm fine with removing the "Ash Lawn" part. SportingFlyer talk 06:24, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

• Most of these are not really independent secondary sources, though. History and C-SPAN are certainly independent, but History only uses "James Monroe's Highland" in attributing photos to the organization, and does not use that name in relation to the house itself. C-SPAN uses it only in the transcript of comments made by the Executive Director of the organization (and they call her "Sara Bon-Harper, Executive Director, Ash Lawn-Highland" while they call the home "James Monroe's Highland home") and the title of the video. Dekimasuよ! 01:39, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

• It's not as if these are the only sources, though. This is a news article using the new name: [6] Google Arts and Culture calls it James Monroe's Highland: [7] and a news article about the rename: [8] A blog post says the name was changed after discovering more historical documents showing the original house burned down: [9]. SportingFlyer talk 04:44, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

• The first appears to be a press release, so it's a primary source, as is the second. The blog is of course not a reliable source whether or not it's primary. So we still have no evidence that any reliable secondary sources use the new name, and not for lack of looking! And what we need is evidence that sources generally use the new name, not just that a few do. So it does not look good, frankly. Andrewa (talk) 08:57, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

There's also a 2016 Washington Post article I don't have access to, but credits a photo to "James Monroe's Highland." I believe it looks a lot better than you think, and having done a google trend search I have no problem with a notable company who doesn't get all that many hits asking to have its name changed after two years. SportingFlyer talk 17:36, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

• Comment: Nom is an spa with a possible COI and possibly inappropriate username. Andrewa (talk) 22:09, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
  • That's been noted and disclosed above. I don't see any problem with proposing a move on the talk page; in fact, I think it's the recommended course of action in those circumstances, rather than moving it himself. Station1 (talk) 05:55, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
    • So it is I am the Marketing & Events Manager for Highland - I missed that, thank you. Agree that it's the recommended course of action in those circumstances. IMO we'll need to fix the username in the light of that, but that shouldn't affect this RM... it's an innocent mistake which many make. Andrewa (talk) 08:49, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

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This is Monroe's estate and home.

The title Highland (James Monroe house) is incorrect. His house burned down in the 1800's. Highland was his estate and home, but there is no original house that remains. It should read Highland (James Monroe estate) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cbuoscio (talk • contribs) 18:22, 9 September 2019 (UTC)