Alvarado House
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Alvarado House is a historic adobe residence in Old Town San Diego that exemplifies early Californio architecture and life in 19th-century San Diego.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alvarado House canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2356470 — 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: Alvarado House Context triple: [Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, hasPart, Alvarado House]
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A.
Casa de Estudillo
Casa de Estudillo is a historic adobe residence in Old Town San Diego, renowned as one of California’s best-preserved examples of Spanish Colonial architecture.
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B.
Avila Adobe
Avila Adobe is the oldest surviving residence in Los Angeles, now preserved as a historic house museum in the El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument district.
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C.
Casa de Balboa
Casa de Balboa is a historic Spanish Colonial Revival-style building in San Diego’s Balboa Park that houses museums and cultural institutions.
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D.
Sepulveda House
Sepulveda House is a historic 19th-century adobe and brick residence and museum located in the El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument district of downtown Los Angeles.
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E.
Samuel-Novarro House
The Samuel-Novarro House is a landmark Mayan Revival-style residence in Los Angeles designed in the 1920s by architect Lloyd Wright for actor Ramon Novarro’s business manager.
- 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: Alvarado House Target entity description: Alvarado House is a historic adobe residence in Old Town San Diego that exemplifies early Californio architecture and life in 19th-century San Diego.
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A.
Casa de Estudillo
Casa de Estudillo is a historic adobe residence in Old Town San Diego, renowned as one of California’s best-preserved examples of Spanish Colonial architecture.
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B.
Avila Adobe
Avila Adobe is the oldest surviving residence in Los Angeles, now preserved as a historic house museum in the El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument district.
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C.
Casa de Balboa
Casa de Balboa is a historic Spanish Colonial Revival-style building in San Diego’s Balboa Park that houses museums and cultural institutions.
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D.
Sepulveda House
Sepulveda House is a historic 19th-century adobe and brick residence and museum located in the El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument district of downtown Los Angeles.
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E.
Samuel-Novarro House
The Samuel-Novarro House is a landmark Mayan Revival-style residence in Los Angeles designed in the 1920s by architect Lloyd Wright for actor Ramon Novarro’s business manager.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
adobe building
ⓘ
historic house ⓘ residence ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Californio architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Californio lifestyle
ⓘ
early San Diego settlers ⓘ |
| category |
Adobe buildings in California
ⓘ
Historic houses in San Diego, California ⓘ |
| city | San Diego ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalContext | Californio ⓘ |
| eraOfConstruction | 19th century ⓘ |
| floorCount | 1 ⓘ |
| hasBuildingType | single-family house ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
earthen construction
ⓘ
thick adobe walls ⓘ traditional Californio layout ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic building ⓘ |
| heritageSignificance | example of early Californio domestic architecture ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodRepresented | 19th-century San Diego ⓘ |
| location |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Old Town San Diego ⓘ
linked to:
Old Town, San Diego
San Diego ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| material | adobe ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Old Town ⓘ |
| partOf |
Old Town San Diego historic area
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Town, San Diego
|
| state |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| tourismAttractionType | heritage tourism site ⓘ |
| usedFor | residential purposes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alvarado House Description of subject: Alvarado House is a historic adobe residence in Old Town San Diego that exemplifies early Californio architecture and life in 19th-century San Diego.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.