Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House

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Usonian house historic house house single-family residence work of Frank Lloyd Wright

The Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House is a pioneering Usonian residence in Madison, Wisconsin, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as an affordable, modern family home that helped redefine mid-20th-century American domestic architecture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House canonical	1
Jacobs First House	1
Jacobs I House	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2427347 — 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: Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House
Context triple: [The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, hasPart, Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House]

A. Morse-Libby House
Morse-Libby House is a lavish mid-19th-century Italianate mansion in Portland, Maine, renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Victorian architecture and interiors.
B. 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.
C. Millard House
Millard House is a landmark early 20th-century residence in Pasadena, California, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and noted for its innovative textile-block construction.
D. 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.
E. Dexter Pratt House
The Dexter Pratt House is a historic residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts, best known as the home of the blacksmith believed to have inspired Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “The Village Blacksmith.”
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: Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House
Target entity description: The Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House is a pioneering Usonian residence in Madison, Wisconsin, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as an affordable, modern family home that helped redefine mid-20th-century American domestic architecture.

A. Morse-Libby House
Morse-Libby House is a lavish mid-19th-century Italianate mansion in Portland, Maine, renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Victorian architecture and interiors.
B. 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.
C. Millard House
Millard House is a landmark early 20th-century residence in Pasadena, California, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and noted for its innovative textile-block construction.
D. 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.
E. Dexter Pratt House
The Dexter Pratt House is a historic residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts, best known as the home of the blacksmith believed to have inspired Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “The Village Blacksmith.”
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Usonian house ⓘ historic house ⓘ house ⓘ single-family residence ⓘ work of Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ
architect	Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ
architecturalMovement	Modern architecture ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Usonian ⓘ
client	Herbert Jacobs ⓘ Katherine Jacobs ⓘ
completionDate	1937 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1936 ⓘ
coordinateLocation	43.062°N 89.449°W ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dateOfNationalHistoricLandmarkDesignation	2003 ⓘ
dateOfNRHPListing	1971 ⓘ
designedAs	affordable family home ⓘ prototype Usonian house ⓘ
designPeriod	20th century ⓘ
floorCount	1 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Jacobs First House ⓘ linked to: Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House Jacobs I House ⓘ linked to: Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House
hasFeature	L-shaped plan ⓘ board-and-batten walls ⓘ carport ⓘ flat roof ⓘ large expanses of glass facing the garden ⓘ open-plan living area ⓘ radiant floor heating ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ linked to: National Register of Historic Places
inception	1936 ⓘ
influenced	mid-20th-century American domestic architecture ⓘ
locatedIn	Dane County, Wisconsin ⓘ linked to: Dane County Madison, Wisconsin ⓘ linked to: Madison, Wisconsin, United States Wisconsin ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ concrete slab ⓘ wood ⓘ
namedAfter	Herbert Jacobs ⓘ Katherine Jacobs ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber	71000039 ⓘ
partOf	Usonian houses by Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ linked to: Usonian houses
significantFor	early example of Usonian design ⓘ experimentation with low-cost construction ⓘ integration of architecture and landscape ⓘ
streetAddress	441 Toepfer Avenue ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright → hasPart → Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House ⓘ

Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House → hasAlternativeName → Jacobs I House ⓘ

linked to: Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House

Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House → hasAlternativeName → Jacobs First House ⓘ