Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

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cemetery historic cemetery rural cemetery

Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C. is a historic 19th-century burial ground known for its notable interments and significant funerary art and sculpture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States	7
Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. canonical	2
Adams Memorial in Rock Creek Cemetery	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1769262 — 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: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Context triple: [Willis Van Devanter, burialPlace, Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.]

A. Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States
Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C. is a historic 19th-century garden cemetery known for its picturesque landscape and notable burials, including members of prominent American political families.
B. Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) is a historic burial ground in the nation’s capital known for being the final resting place of many prominent African American leaders and community figures.
C. Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C. is a historic Catholic burial ground notable for being the final resting place of prominent figures including James Hoban, the architect of the White House.
D. Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, D.C. is a historic 19th-century burial ground known for its notable interments, including figures connected to the Lincoln assassination.
E. Woodlawn National Cemetery
Woodlawn National Cemetery is a United States national military burial ground in Elmira, New York, known for interring Civil War prisoners of war and other American veterans.
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: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Target entity description: Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C. is a historic 19th-century burial ground known for its notable interments and significant funerary art and sculpture.

A. Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States
Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C. is a historic 19th-century garden cemetery known for its picturesque landscape and notable burials, including members of prominent American political families.
B. Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) is a historic burial ground in the nation’s capital known for being the final resting place of many prominent African American leaders and community figures.
C. Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C. is a historic Catholic burial ground notable for being the final resting place of prominent figures including James Hoban, the architect of the White House.
D. Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, D.C. is a historic 19th-century burial ground known for its notable interments, including figures connected to the Lincoln assassination.
E. Woodlawn National Cemetery
Woodlawn National Cemetery is a United States national military burial ground in Elmira, New York, known for interring Civil War prisoners of war and other American veterans.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cemetery ⓘ historic cemetery ⓘ rural cemetery ⓘ
adjacentTo	Rock Creek Churchyard ⓘ Soldiers’ Home Cemetery ⓘ linked to: United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery
containsGraveOf	Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ Henry Adams ⓘ Julius Garfinckel ⓘ Marian Hooper Adams ⓘ Upton Sinclair ⓘ many Washington, D.C. political figures ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
denomination	Episcopal Church ⓘ
established	1719 ⓘ
expandedAs	rural cemetery in the 19th century ⓘ
foundedAs	churchyard burial ground of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church ⓘ
hasArtworkBy	Augustus Saint-Gaudens ⓘ Gutzon Borglum ⓘ other prominent American sculptors ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem	geographic coordinates ⓘ
hasFeature	elaborate grave markers ⓘ family plots ⓘ mature trees ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ winding roads ⓘ
hasLandscapeStyle	park-like setting ⓘ picturesque 19th-century rural cemetery design ⓘ
hasWork	Adams Memorial ⓘ
heritageDesignation	historic site in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
knownFor	funerary art ⓘ historic graves ⓘ notable interments ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
listedOn	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn	District of Columbia ⓘ Northwest Washington, D.C. ⓘ Rock Creek Church Road NW ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ near Fort Totten ⓘ
NRHPType	historic district ⓘ
openTo	public ⓘ
ownedBy	St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Rock Creek Parish ⓘ
partOf	Rock Creek Parish ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Episcopal Church ⓘ
usedFor	burials ⓘ commemoration ⓘ quiet reflection ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

Willis Van Devanter → burialPlace → Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. ⓘ

subject linked to: Justice Willis Van Devanter

Gore Vidal → burialPlace → Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ