Samuel-Novarro House in Los Angeles, California
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The Samuel-Novarro House in Los Angeles, California is a landmark Mayan Revival-style residence renowned for its dramatic geometric forms, textured concrete, and integration with the hillside, exemplifying architect Lloyd Wright’s distinctive modernist vision.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samuel-Novarro House in Los Angeles, California canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2249048 — 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: Samuel-Novarro House in Los Angeles, California Context triple: [Lloyd Wright, designed, Samuel-Novarro House in Los Angeles, California]
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California Building in Balboa Park, San Diego
The California Building in Balboa Park, San Diego is a landmark early-20th-century structure renowned for its ornate tower and façade, which helped popularize Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in the United States.
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B.
California Governor's Mansion
The California Governor's Mansion is a historic Victorian estate in Sacramento that serves as the official residence of the state's governor.
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C.
Santa Barbara City Hall
Santa Barbara City Hall is the main municipal government building of Santa Barbara, California, known for its Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and role as the center of local civic administration.
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D.
Santa Barbara County Courthouse
The Santa Barbara County Courthouse is a historic California landmark renowned for its ornate Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, lush sunken gardens, and panoramic clock tower views.
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E.
Ventura City Hall
Ventura City Hall is a historic government building and architectural landmark that serves as the seat of municipal administration for the coastal city of Ventura, California.
- 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: Samuel-Novarro House in Los Angeles, California Target entity description: The Samuel-Novarro House in Los Angeles, California is a landmark Mayan Revival-style residence renowned for its dramatic geometric forms, textured concrete, and integration with the hillside, exemplifying architect Lloyd Wright’s distinctive modernist vision.
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A.
California Building in Balboa Park, San Diego
The California Building in Balboa Park, San Diego is a landmark early-20th-century structure renowned for its ornate tower and façade, which helped popularize Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in the United States.
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B.
California Governor's Mansion
The California Governor's Mansion is a historic Victorian estate in Sacramento that serves as the official residence of the state's governor.
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C.
Santa Barbara City Hall
Santa Barbara City Hall is the main municipal government building of Santa Barbara, California, known for its Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and role as the center of local civic administration.
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D.
Santa Barbara County Courthouse
The Santa Barbara County Courthouse is a historic California landmark renowned for its ornate Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, lush sunken gardens, and panoramic clock tower views.
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E.
Ventura City Hall
Ventura City Hall is a historic government building and architectural landmark that serves as the seat of municipal administration for the coastal city of Ventura, California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan Revival-style building
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historic landmark ⓘ house ⓘ residence ⓘ |
| architect | Lloyd Wright ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Mayan Revival
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Modernist ⓘ |
| city | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| designFeature |
integrated landscape design
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stepped forms ⓘ strong geometric volumes ⓘ terraced massing ⓘ |
| genre | residential architecture ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Lloyd Wright ⓘ |
| hasName | Samuel-Novarro House ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationCity | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Mayan temples
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linked to:
Maya architecture
pre-Columbian Mesoamerican architecture ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
Los Angeles ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| material | concrete ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinctive modernist vision of Lloyd Wright
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dramatic geometric forms ⓘ integration with hillside ⓘ textured concrete ⓘ |
| partOf | architectural heritage of Los Angeles ⓘ |
| state |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Samuel-Novarro House in Los Angeles, California Description of subject: The Samuel-Novarro House in Los Angeles, California is a landmark Mayan Revival-style residence renowned for its dramatic geometric forms, textured concrete, and integration with the hillside, exemplifying architect Lloyd Wright’s distinctive modernist vision.
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