Peirce Mill
E203793
Peirce Mill is a historic 19th-century gristmill located within Washington, D.C.’s Rock Creek Park, preserved today as a landmark of the city’s early industrial and agricultural history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peirce Mill canonical | 11 |
| Peirce Mill historic site | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1823047 — 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: Peirce Mill Context triple: [Rock Creek Park, hasPart, Peirce Mill]
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A.
Dexter Grist Mill
Dexter Grist Mill is a historic water-powered gristmill and popular landmark in Sandwich, Massachusetts, known for its picturesque setting and traditional corn grinding demonstrations.
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B.
Old Schwamb Mill
Old Schwamb Mill is a historic 19th-century woodworking and mill complex in Arlington, Massachusetts, renowned as one of the oldest continuously operating mills of its kind in the United States.
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C.
Morningstar Mill
Morningstar Mill is a restored 19th-century water-powered grist mill and heritage site located at Decew Falls in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
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D.
Chatham Saw Mill
Chatham Saw Mill is a historic lumber mill in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, known as one of Asia’s oldest and largest sawmills and a popular heritage tourism site.
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E.
Durham Mill
Durham Mill is a historic gristmill in Durham, Pennsylvania, notable for its early industrial role in the region’s milling and iron-making history.
- 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: Peirce Mill Target entity description: Peirce Mill is a historic 19th-century gristmill located within Washington, D.C.’s Rock Creek Park, preserved today as a landmark of the city’s early industrial and agricultural history.
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A.
Dexter Grist Mill
Dexter Grist Mill is a historic water-powered gristmill and popular landmark in Sandwich, Massachusetts, known for its picturesque setting and traditional corn grinding demonstrations.
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B.
Old Schwamb Mill
Old Schwamb Mill is a historic 19th-century woodworking and mill complex in Arlington, Massachusetts, renowned as one of the oldest continuously operating mills of its kind in the United States.
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C.
Morningstar Mill
Morningstar Mill is a restored 19th-century water-powered grist mill and heritage site located at Decew Falls in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
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D.
Chatham Saw Mill
Chatham Saw Mill is a historic lumber mill in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, known as one of Asia’s oldest and largest sawmills and a popular heritage tourism site.
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E.
Durham Mill
Durham Mill is a historic gristmill in Durham, Pennsylvania, notable for its early industrial role in the region’s milling and iron-making history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic gristmill
ⓘ
industrial heritage site ⓘ museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Peirce family
ⓘ
early agriculture in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| builtIn | 1829 ⓘ |
| category |
Grinding mills in Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
Historic American Buildings Survey in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
linked to:
Historic American Buildings Survey
Industrial buildings completed in 1829 ⓘ Mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. ⓘ Museums in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1820s ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 38.943°N 77.058°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasBasement | yes ⓘ |
| hasVisitorCenter | yes ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Rock Creek Park
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Rock Creek Park (National Park Service unit)
ⓘ
linked to:
Rock Creek Park
|
| materialUsed | stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Isaac Peirce ⓘ |
| neighborhood | North Cleveland Park ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 69000311 ⓘ |
| NRHPType | building ⓘ |
| numberOfStories | 3 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operator | National Park Service ⓘ |
| originalFunction | gristmill ⓘ |
| originalUse |
grinding corn
ⓘ
grinding wheat ⓘ |
| owner | National Park Service ⓘ |
| partOf |
Rock Creek Park Historic District
ⓘ
linked to:
Rock Creek Park
|
| poweredBy | water wheel ⓘ |
| restorationSponsor | Friends of Peirce Mill ⓘ |
| restored |
1930s
ⓘ
2011 ⓘ |
| significantEvent | industrial development of Rock Creek Valley ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 2401 Tilden Street NW ⓘ |
| use |
educational facility
ⓘ
interpretive historic site ⓘ |
| watercourse | Rock Creek ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Peirce Mill Description of subject: Peirce Mill is a historic 19th-century gristmill located within Washington, D.C.’s Rock Creek Park, preserved today as a landmark of the city’s early industrial and agricultural history.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Peirce Mill