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Frank Tilus House, built in 1875
This historic-house entry has both the wrong name and the wrong build year. Official Scottsdale and Arizona historical sources identify it as the Frank Titus House, built in 1892.
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The post says "Frank Tilus House, built in 1875". Scottsdale historical sources identify this property as the Frank Titus House and date its construction to 1892, not 1875.
The City of Scottsdale's historic significance report for the Titus House states that "The building was completed in 1892 by Frank Titus". The Arizona Memory Project, using material from the Scottsdale Public Library, likewise says "Frank Titus, a railroad investor, built the home in 1892".
So the article's wording is incorrect in two ways:
- the surname is Titus, not Tilus; and
- the house was built in 1892, not 1875.
2 sources
- Historic Significance and Integrity Assessment Report for Titus House (City of Scottsdale)
History The building was completed in 1892 by Frank Titus...
- Titus House - Scottsdale | Arizona Memory Project
Frank Titus, a railroad investor, built the home in 1892, four years after Scottsdale was first homesteaded by Chaplain Winfield Scott in 1888.
Scottsdale has a main branch and four branches within the Scottsdale Public Library System.
Scottsdale Public Library does not have five library locations. The library's official locations page lists four total libraries: Appaloosa, Arabian, Civic Center, and Mustang.
Full reasoning
The post says Scottsdale Public Library has "a main branch and four branches", which would mean five library locations.
The library's official Locations & Hours page lists only four Scottsdale Public Library locations:
- Appaloosa Library
- Arabian Library
- Civic Center Library
- Mustang Library
That means the system has four library locations total, not a main library plus four additional branches. A supporting Scottsdale Public Library source also describes the system as having four locations.
2 sources
- Locations & Hours | Scottsdale Public Library
Scottsdale Public Library Locations ... Appaloosa Library ... Arabian Library ... Civic Center Library ... Mustang Library.
- About Us | Friends of the Scottsdale Public Library
With four locations and 3.1 million items available, more than 1.3 million people visit a Scottsdale library branch each year.
SUSD serves 25,668 students in 33 schools and employs 3,862, including 1,551 teachers.
These Scottsdale Unified School District figures are outdated and incorrect. The district now says it has about 20,000 students across 29 physical campuses and one online high school, and employs about 3,000 people.
Full reasoning
The post gives current-looking SUSD figures of 25,668 students, 33 schools, and 3,862 employees. Scottsdale Unified's own district page now gives materially different numbers.
On its official About Our District page, SUSD says it has 20,000 students across 29 physical campuses and one online high school and employs 3,000 people including about 1,500 teachers. The same page breaks those schools down as 15 elementary, 3 K-8, 6 middle, and 5 high schools including an online high school.
That directly contradicts the article's present-tense counts. The district's current official figures are much lower than the numbers stated in the post.
1 source
- About Our District | Scottsdale Unified School District
With 20,000 students across 29 physical campuses and one online high school... SUSD employs 3,000 people including about 1,500 teachers. SUSD's schools consist of 15 elementary, 3 K-8, 6 middle, and 5 high schools including an online high school.
SMoCA is the only permanent museum dedicated solely to the contemporary arts in the state of Arizona.
This is incorrect because Arizona also has MOCA Tucson, an operating contemporary art museum in Tucson devoted exclusively to contemporary art.
Full reasoning
The post says SMoCA is "the only permanent museum dedicated solely to the contemporary arts in the state of Arizona." That is incorrect because MOCA Tucson is also an Arizona museum devoted exclusively to contemporary art.
MOCA Tucson's official site describes it as "a contemporary art museum located in Tucson, Arizona". Another official MOCA Tucson page says the museum was "established by artists in 1997" and is "Tucson's only museum devoted exclusively to contemporary art from around the globe."
Because Arizona has at least one other contemporary-art-only museum — MOCA Tucson — SMoCA is not the state's only such museum.
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- About - MOCA Tucson
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Tucson is a contemporary art museum located in Tucson, Arizona.
- 2023 Nightbloom: Grants for Artists - MOCA Tucson
Established by artists in 1997, MOCA is Tucson’s only museum devoted exclusively to contemporary art from around the globe.