Doughoregan Manor

E119447

historic estate historic house plantation

Doughoregan Manor is a historic Maryland estate that served as the longtime country home and plantation of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the only Catholic signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Doughoregan Manor canonical	1
Doughoregan Manor (through family holdings)	1
Doughoregan Manor family chapel	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1035262 — 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: Doughoregan Manor
Context triple: [Charles Carroll of Carrollton, owned, Doughoregan Manor]

A. Blackrock Castle
Blackrock Castle is a historic riverside fortification near Cork City that now serves as an observatory and science centre open to the public.
B. St Rule's Tower
St Rule's Tower is a historic medieval church tower in St Andrews, Scotland, renowned as one of the town’s oldest surviving structures and a prominent coastal landmark.
C. Hillsborough Castle
Hillsborough Castle is a historic royal residence in Northern Ireland that serves as the official home of the British monarch and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
D. Stormont Castle
Stormont Castle is a historic government building in Belfast that serves as the main administrative headquarters and meeting place for Northern Ireland’s executive leadership.
E. Daria Castle
Daria Castle is a historic fortress best known as the birthplace of the 17th-century Prince-Bishop and military leader Bernhard von Galen.
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: Doughoregan Manor
Target entity description: Doughoregan Manor is a historic Maryland estate that served as the longtime country home and plantation of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the only Catholic signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

A. Blackrock Castle
Blackrock Castle is a historic riverside fortification near Cork City that now serves as an observatory and science centre open to the public.
B. St Rule's Tower
St Rule's Tower is a historic medieval church tower in St Andrews, Scotland, renowned as one of the town’s oldest surviving structures and a prominent coastal landmark.
C. Hillsborough Castle
Hillsborough Castle is a historic royal residence in Northern Ireland that serves as the official home of the British monarch and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
D. Stormont Castle
Stormont Castle is a historic government building in Belfast that serves as the main administrative headquarters and meeting place for Northern Ireland’s executive leadership.
E. Daria Castle
Daria Castle is a historic fortress best known as the birthplace of the 17th-century Prince-Bishop and military leader Bernhard von Galen.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic estate ⓘ historic house ⓘ plantation ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Georgian architecture ⓘ
associatedEvent	American Revolutionary era ⓘ
associatedPersonRole	Charles Carroll of Carrollton, signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence ⓘ linked to: Charles Carroll of Carrollton
associatedWith	Carroll family of Maryland ⓘ Charles Carroll of Carrollton ⓘ
builtFor	Charles Carroll of Carrollton ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countryHouseOf	Charles Carroll of Carrollton ⓘ
era	colonial America ⓘ early United States period ⓘ
hasFunction	agricultural estate ⓘ residential estate ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ listing on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
historicalRole	seat of the Carroll family estate ⓘ
locatedIn	Howard County, Maryland ⓘ linked to: Howard County Maryland ⓘ
longtimeResidenceOf	Charles Carroll of Carrollton ⓘ
nearestCity	Ellicott City, Maryland ⓘ linked to: Ellicott City
notableFor	association with the only Catholic signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence ⓘ role in colonial and early U.S. history ⓘ
NRHPType	National Historic Landmark ⓘ
ownedBy	Carroll family of Maryland ⓘ
partOf	United States National Register of Historic Places ⓘ linked to: National Register of Historic Places
region	Central Maryland ⓘ linked to: Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area
religiousAssociation	Roman Catholic Carroll family ⓘ linked to: Carroll family
religiousSignificance	home of prominent Catholic family in colonial Maryland ⓘ
significance	home of a signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence ⓘ
state	Maryland ⓘ
use	country home ⓘ plantation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles Carroll of Carrollton → owned → Doughoregan Manor ⓘ

Charles Carroll of Carrollton → burialPlace → Doughoregan Manor family chapel ⓘ

linked to: Doughoregan Manor

Charles Carroll of Annapolis → propertyOwned → Doughoregan Manor (through family holdings) ⓘ