Template:Did you know nominations/Prospect House (Blue Mountain Lake (New York))

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:18, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Prospect House (Blue Mountain Lake (New York))

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... that the Prospect House at Blue Mountain Lake in New York was the first hotel anywhere to be equipped with electric lighting in all the guest rooms?
Source 1 - Sandler (2008). Henry Hudson "The younger Durant's Prospect House was the first hotel in the world with an electric light in every room; the design for the wiring and generating plant was personally overseen by Thomas A. Edison."

Source 2 - Crabbe (2005). The Empire of Shadows "The Prospect House was unique in a lot of ways, but first among those was that it had electric lights in every room. It was the first hotel in the world to boast of it."
- ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
Created by Doug Coldwell (talk). Self-nominated at 14:10, 6 January 2018 (UTC).
Reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Wilhelm Ehmann --Doug Coldwell (talk)

@Doug Coldwell: I will review this nomination. epicgenius (talk) 15:38, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

epicgenius (talk) 15:41, 8 January 2018 (UTC)