Old New Castle Historic District

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National Register of Historic Places listing historic district historic town center

Old New Castle Historic District is a preserved colonial-era waterfront town center in Delaware known for its 17th–19th century architecture and significant role in early American history.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
New Castle Historic District	8
Old New Castle Historic District canonical	2
New Castle Historic District National Historic Landmark	1
Old New Castle Courthouse	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1203034 — 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: Old New Castle Historic District
Context triple: [New Castle County, Delaware, containsLandmark, Old New Castle Historic District]

A. Historic Richmond Town
Historic Richmond Town is a living history village and museum complex on Staten Island that preserves and interprets centuries of New York City’s rural and small-town past through historic buildings, artifacts, and reenactments.
B. Salisbury Historic District
Salisbury Historic District is a nationally recognized historic area in Salisbury, North Carolina, known for its well-preserved 19th- and early 20th-century architecture and its significance in the region’s cultural and architectural history.
C. Embarcadero Historic District
The Embarcadero Historic District is a waterfront area along San Francisco’s eastern shoreline known for its preserved maritime-era architecture, piers, and the iconic Ferry Building.
D. Chatham Historic District
Chatham Historic District is a preserved area in Chatham, Massachusetts, known for its well-maintained 18th- and 19th-century architecture and its reflection of the town’s maritime and coastal New England heritage.
E. Annapolis Historic District
Annapolis Historic District is a nationally significant historic area in Annapolis, Maryland, known for its well-preserved 18th-century architecture, colonial-era street plan, and role as a former U.S. capital.
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: Old New Castle Historic District
Target entity description: Old New Castle Historic District is a preserved colonial-era waterfront town center in Delaware known for its 17th–19th century architecture and significant role in early American history.

A. Historic Richmond Town
Historic Richmond Town is a living history village and museum complex on Staten Island that preserves and interprets centuries of New York City’s rural and small-town past through historic buildings, artifacts, and reenactments.
B. Salisbury Historic District
Salisbury Historic District is a nationally recognized historic area in Salisbury, North Carolina, known for its well-preserved 19th- and early 20th-century architecture and its significance in the region’s cultural and architectural history.
C. Embarcadero Historic District
The Embarcadero Historic District is a waterfront area along San Francisco’s eastern shoreline known for its preserved maritime-era architecture, piers, and the iconic Ferry Building.
D. Chatham Historic District
Chatham Historic District is a preserved area in Chatham, Massachusetts, known for its well-maintained 18th- and 19th-century architecture and its reflection of the town’s maritime and coastal New England heritage.
E. Annapolis Historic District
Annapolis Historic District is a nationally significant historic area in Annapolis, Maryland, known for its well-preserved 18th-century architecture, colonial-era street plan, and role as a former U.S. capital.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ historic district ⓘ historic town center ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
governingBody	City of New Castle ⓘ linked to: New Castle
hasArchitecturalStyle	19th-century American architecture ⓘ Colonial architecture ⓘ Federal architecture ⓘ Georgian architecture ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	cobblestone or brick streets ⓘ dense collection of historic houses ⓘ waterfront orientation ⓘ
hasFunction	civic center ⓘ residential area ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
hasLegalProtection	local historic preservation ordinances ⓘ
hasPreservationStatus	protected historic area ⓘ
hasPrimaryConstructionMaterial	brick ⓘ wood ⓘ
hasSignificantBuilding	Amstel House ⓘ Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green ⓘ New Castle Court House ⓘ linked to: New Castle Court House Museum Old Dutch House ⓘ
hasSignificantSite	The Green in New Castle ⓘ
hasStreetPattern	colonial-era street grid ⓘ
hasTourismType	heritage tourism destination ⓘ
hasUrbanForm	planned town around a central green ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark District ⓘ National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
historicalRole	early administrative center in Delaware ⓘ early colonial settlement in Delaware ⓘ
knownFor	17th–19th century architecture ⓘ preserved colonial-era townscape ⓘ role in early American history ⓘ
locatedIn	Delaware ⓘ New Castle County, Delaware ⓘ New Castle, Delaware ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn	Delaware River waterfront ⓘ
near	Wilmington, Delaware ⓘ
partOf	Delaware River colonial settlements ⓘ city of New Castle ⓘ linked to: New Castle, Delaware
periodOfSignificance	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

New Castle County, Delaware → containsLandmark → Old New Castle Historic District ⓘ

New Castle, Delaware → hasHistoricDistrict → New Castle Historic District ⓘ

subject linked to: New Castle