Cape Henry Lighthouse

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historic site lighthouse tourist attraction

Cape Henry Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, notable as one of the earliest federally funded public works in the United States.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Cape Henry Lighthouse canonical	3
Old Cape Henry Lighthouse	3
Cape Henry	2
New Cape Henry Lighthouse	2
Cape Henry Lighthouse (Old Cape Henry Lighthouse)	1
Cape Henry Memorial	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T918165 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cape Henry Lighthouse
Context triple: [Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States, hasLandmark, Cape Henry Lighthouse]

A. Eastern Point Lighthouse
Eastern Point Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Gloucester, Massachusetts, guiding ships at the entrance to Gloucester Harbor on the Atlantic Ocean.
B. Cape May Lighthouse
Cape May Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century coastal beacon and popular tourist attraction located at the southern tip of New Jersey.
C. Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse
The Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century brick lighthouse near Daytona Beach, Florida, renowned as one of the tallest and best-preserved lighthouses in the United States.
D. Chatham Lighthouse
Chatham Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, renowned for guiding ships through the treacherous waters off Chatham.
E. Sankaty Head Light
Sankaty Head Light is a historic lighthouse on the eastern shore of Nantucket, Massachusetts, known for guiding ships along the treacherous waters off the island since the mid-19th century.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cape Henry Lighthouse
Target entity description: Cape Henry Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, notable as one of the earliest federally funded public works in the United States.

A. Eastern Point Lighthouse
Eastern Point Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Gloucester, Massachusetts, guiding ships at the entrance to Gloucester Harbor on the Atlantic Ocean.
B. Cape May Lighthouse
Cape May Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century coastal beacon and popular tourist attraction located at the southern tip of New Jersey.
C. Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse
The Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century brick lighthouse near Daytona Beach, Florida, renowned as one of the tallest and best-preserved lighthouses in the United States.
D. Chatham Lighthouse
Chatham Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, renowned for guiding ships through the treacherous waters off Chatham.
E. Sankaty Head Light
Sankaty Head Light is a historic lighthouse on the eastern shore of Nantucket, Massachusetts, known for guiding ships along the treacherous waters off the island since the mid-19th century.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic site ⓘ lighthouse ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
addedTo	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Old Cape Henry Lighthouse ⓘ linked to: Cape Henry Lighthouse
authorizedBy	First United States Congress ⓘ President George Washington ⓘ linked to: George Washington
builder	John McComb Jr. ⓘ
category	Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia ⓘ linked to: Historic American Buildings Survey Lighthouses in Virginia ⓘ
color	unpainted stone ⓘ
completionDate	1792 ⓘ
constructedFrom	aquia sandstone ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1791 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
county	City of Virginia Beach ⓘ linked to: Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
designation	National Historic Landmark of the United States ⓘ linked to: National Historic Landmark
designer	John McComb Jr. ⓘ
feature	interior stairway to observation level ⓘ
focalHeight	about 90 feet ⓘ
function	aids navigation at the entrance to Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
fundedBy	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
governingBody	U.S. Coast Guard ⓘ linked to: United States Coast Guard
height	about 26 meters ⓘ about 90 feet ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Virginia Historic Landmark ⓘ linked to: Virginia Landmarks Register
locatedAt	entrance to the Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
locatedIn	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America Virginia Beach, Virginia ⓘ linked to: Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
locatedNear	First Landing site of English colonists in 1607 ⓘ
locatedOn	Cape Henry ⓘ linked to: Cape Henry Lighthouse
maintainedBy	U.S. Coast Guard ⓘ linked to: United States Coast Guard
managedBy	Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities ⓘ linked to: Preservation Virginia
material	stone ⓘ
near	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Fort Story ⓘ
notableAs	one of the earliest federally funded public works in the United States ⓘ
nrhpListingYear	1964 ⓘ
nrhpType	National Historic Landmark ⓘ
ownedBy	U.S. government ⓘ linked to: United States government
publicAccess	open to visitors ⓘ
replacedBy	New Cape Henry Lighthouse ⓘ linked to: Cape Henry Lighthouse
shape	octagonal ⓘ
significance	first lighthouse authorized by the U.S. federal government ⓘ
state	Virginia ⓘ
status	active as a daymark ⓘ light decommissioned for primary navigation ⓘ
yearLit	1792 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited