Pleasant Home (John Farson House)
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Pleasant Home (John Farson House) is a National Historic Landmark Prairie School mansion in Oak Park, Illinois, designed by architect George W. Maher and noted for its richly detailed Arts and Crafts interiors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pleasant Home (John Farson House) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1091150 — 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: Pleasant Home (John Farson House) Context triple: [Oak Park, Illinois, hasTouristAttraction, Pleasant Home (John Farson House)]
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Edmund Fowle House
The Edmund Fowle House is a historic 18th-century residence in Watertown, Massachusetts, notable for serving as an early meeting place of the Massachusetts government during the American Revolution.
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B.
E. B. Shelfer House
The E. B. Shelfer House is a historic residence in Quincy, Florida, recognized for its architectural and local heritage significance.
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C.
Dibble House
Dibble House is a modest 19th-century Carpenter Gothic-style farmhouse in Eldon, Iowa, best known as the real-life backdrop that inspired Grant Wood’s iconic painting "American Gothic."
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D.
Bingham-Waggoner Estate
The Bingham-Waggoner Estate is a historic 19th-century mansion and former home of artist-politician George Caleb Bingham, now preserved as a museum in Independence, Missouri.
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E.
McLean House
McLean House is the historic Virginia residence where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, effectively ending major combat in the American Civil War.
- 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: Pleasant Home (John Farson House) Target entity description: Pleasant Home (John Farson House) is a National Historic Landmark Prairie School mansion in Oak Park, Illinois, designed by architect George W. Maher and noted for its richly detailed Arts and Crafts interiors.
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A.
Edmund Fowle House
The Edmund Fowle House is a historic 18th-century residence in Watertown, Massachusetts, notable for serving as an early meeting place of the Massachusetts government during the American Revolution.
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B.
E. B. Shelfer House
The E. B. Shelfer House is a historic residence in Quincy, Florida, recognized for its architectural and local heritage significance.
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C.
Dibble House
Dibble House is a modest 19th-century Carpenter Gothic-style farmhouse in Eldon, Iowa, best known as the real-life backdrop that inspired Grant Wood’s iconic painting "American Gothic."
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D.
Bingham-Waggoner Estate
The Bingham-Waggoner Estate is a historic 19th-century mansion and former home of artist-politician George Caleb Bingham, now preserved as a museum in Independence, Missouri.
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E.
McLean House
McLean House is the historic Virginia residence where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, effectively ending major combat in the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Historic Landmark
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Prairie School building ⓘ historic house ⓘ mansion ⓘ museum ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | John Farson House ⓘ |
| architect | George W. Maher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Arts and Crafts
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Prairie School ⓘ |
| builtFor | John Farson ⓘ |
| city |
Oak Park
ⓘ
linked to:
Oak Park, Illinois
|
| constructionStartYear | 1896 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | Cook County, Illinois ⓘ |
| currentUse |
event venue
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historic house museum ⓘ |
| designMotif |
repeated geometric patterns
ⓘ
stylized floral motifs ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
built-in cabinetry
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central hall plan ⓘ inglenook fireplaces ⓘ massive chimneys ⓘ |
| hasGarden | true ⓘ |
| hasPorch | broad front porch ⓘ |
| interiorStyle |
Arts and Crafts
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linked to:
Arts and Crafts movement
|
| listedOn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| location | Oak Park, Illinois ⓘ |
| material | limestone ⓘ |
| name | Pleasant Home ⓘ |
| NHLDesignationYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
art glass windows
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custom-designed furniture ⓘ elaborate plasterwork ⓘ richly detailed woodwork ⓘ |
| NRHPListingYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| NRHPType | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| numberOfStories | 3 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Park District of Oak Park ⓘ |
| partOf | Pleasant Home Historic District ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| roofType | hipped roof ⓘ |
| significance |
important example of Prairie School residential architecture
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noted for richly detailed Arts and Crafts interiors ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 217 Home Avenue ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1897 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pleasant Home (John Farson House) Description of subject: Pleasant Home (John Farson House) is a National Historic Landmark Prairie School mansion in Oak Park, Illinois, designed by architect George W. Maher and noted for its richly detailed Arts and Crafts interiors.
Referenced by (1)
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