Douglas House (Harbor Springs, Michigan)
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Douglas House is a landmark modernist residence in Harbor Springs, Michigan, celebrated for its stark white, geometric design and dramatic siting on a steep, wooded bluff overlooking Lake Michigan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Douglas House (Harbor Springs, Michigan) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1280112 — 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: Douglas House (Harbor Springs, Michigan) Context triple: [Richard Meier, notableWork, Douglas House (Harbor Springs, Michigan)]
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A.
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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B.
Algonac estate
Algonac estate was the Delano family’s prominent Hudson River property in New York, known as the childhood summer home of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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C.
McLellan House
McLellan House is a historic Federal-style mansion in Portland, Maine, now incorporated into the Portland Museum of Art as part of its campus.
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D.
Haas House
Haas House is a postmodern commercial and office building in Vienna, Austria, renowned for its striking contemporary design and controversial contrast with the historic St. Stephen's Cathedral opposite it.
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E.
McCormick House
McCormick House is a historic mansion and former residence of Chicago Tribune publisher Robert R. McCormick, now serving as a museum and centerpiece of the Cantigny Park estate in Wheaton, Illinois.
- 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: Douglas House (Harbor Springs, Michigan) Target entity description: Douglas House is a landmark modernist residence in Harbor Springs, Michigan, celebrated for its stark white, geometric design and dramatic siting on a steep, wooded bluff overlooking Lake Michigan.
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A.
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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B.
Algonac estate
Algonac estate was the Delano family’s prominent Hudson River property in New York, known as the childhood summer home of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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C.
McLellan House
McLellan House is a historic Federal-style mansion in Portland, Maine, now incorporated into the Portland Museum of Art as part of its campus.
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D.
Haas House
Haas House is a postmodern commercial and office building in Vienna, Austria, renowned for its striking contemporary design and controversial contrast with the historic St. Stephen's Cathedral opposite it.
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E.
McCormick House
McCormick House is a historic mansion and former residence of Chicago Tribune publisher Robert R. McCormick, now serving as a museum and centerpiece of the Cantigny Park estate in Wheaton, Illinois.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
house
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landmark building ⓘ modernist residence ⓘ |
| access | bridge from road level ⓘ |
| architect |
Douglas Garofalo is not associated (clarification: primary architect is Richard Meier)
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linked to:
Richard Meier & Partners Architects
Richard Meier ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
International Style
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Modernism ⓘ |
| category |
Houses in Emmet County, Michigan
ⓘ
Modernist architecture in Michigan ⓘ Richard Meier buildings ⓘ |
| client |
Jean Douglas
ⓘ
Jim Douglas ⓘ |
| color | white ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1973 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasDesignCharacteristic |
dramatic cantilevers
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entry from landward side ⓘ large glazed facades ⓘ primary glazing facing the lake ⓘ rectilinear forms ⓘ stacked volumes ⓘ stark white geometric design ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central stair core
ⓘ
lakeside terraces ⓘ open-plan living spaces ⓘ roof deck ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
glass
ⓘ
painted white wood siding ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfStoreys | 4 ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
frequently published in architectural literature
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iconic example of late-20th-century American residential modernism ⓘ noted for integration with steep natural site ⓘ |
| hasView | Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Register of Historic Places listing
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linked to:
National Register of Historic Places
|
| heritageDesignationDate | 2016 ⓘ |
| inception | 1971 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Harbor Springs, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Harbor Springs
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Emmet County, Michigan
ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Douglas family ⓘ |
| partOf | 20th-century modern architecture in the United States ⓘ |
| significantProjectOf | Richard Meier ⓘ |
| sitedOn | steep wooded bluff ⓘ |
| usedFor | single-family residence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Douglas House (Harbor Springs, Michigan) Description of subject: Douglas House is a landmark modernist residence in Harbor Springs, Michigan, celebrated for its stark white, geometric design and dramatic siting on a steep, wooded bluff overlooking Lake Michigan.
Referenced by (1)
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