Old State House, Boston

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former state house historic building landmark museum

The Old State House in Boston is a historic 18th-century building that served as the seat of colonial and early state government and is now a key museum and landmark on the Freedom Trail.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Old State House (Boston)	4
Old State House, Boston canonical	4
Boston Old State House	2
Old State House Museum	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2698420 — 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: Old State House, Boston
Context triple: [Bostonian Society, headquartersLocation, Old State House, Boston]

A. Paul Revere House
The Paul Revere House is a historic colonial-era home in Boston that served as the residence of American patriot Paul Revere and is now a museum open to the public.
B. Faneuil Hall
Faneuil Hall is a historic marketplace and meeting hall in downtown Boston that played a key role as a gathering place for American colonists during the Revolutionary era.
C. Province House, Boston
Province House in Boston was the official residence and administrative center for the royal governors of colonial Massachusetts.
D. Boston City Hall
Boston City Hall is a prominent example of Brutalist civic architecture in downtown Boston that houses the city’s municipal government offices and council chambers.
E. Old State House Museum
The Old State House Museum is a historic building in downtown Little Rock that once served as Arkansas’s state capitol and now operates as a museum of the state’s political and cultural 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: Old State House, Boston
Target entity description: The Old State House in Boston is a historic 18th-century building that served as the seat of colonial and early state government and is now a key museum and landmark on the Freedom Trail.

A. Paul Revere House
The Paul Revere House is a historic colonial-era home in Boston that served as the residence of American patriot Paul Revere and is now a museum open to the public.
B. Faneuil Hall
Faneuil Hall is a historic marketplace and meeting hall in downtown Boston that played a key role as a gathering place for American colonists during the Revolutionary era.
C. Province House, Boston
Province House in Boston was the official residence and administrative center for the royal governors of colonial Massachusetts.
D. Boston City Hall
Boston City Hall is a prominent example of Brutalist civic architecture in downtown Boston that houses the city’s municipal government offices and council chambers.
E. Old State House Museum
The Old State House Museum is a historic building in downtown Little Rock that once served as Arkansas’s state capitol and now operates as a museum of the state’s political and cultural history.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former state house ⓘ historic building ⓘ landmark ⓘ museum ⓘ
address	206 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Georgian architecture ⓘ
constructionStartYear	1712 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
era	18th century ⓘ
formerOperator	Bostonian Society ⓘ
function	museum ⓘ seat of colonial government ⓘ seat of early state government ⓘ
hasAlternateName	Boston Old State House ⓘ linked to: Old State House, Boston Old State House ⓘ
hasCollection	Revolutionary-era artifacts ⓘ
hasExhibit	American Revolution history ⓘ
hasFeature	balcony ⓘ cupola ⓘ royal coat of arms replicas ⓘ
hasSiteRole	overlooks Boston Massacre site ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Boston Landmark ⓘ National Historic Landmark ⓘ
locatedIn	Boston ⓘ linked to: Boston, Massachusetts Massachusetts ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
locatedNear	State Street (Boston) ⓘ linked to: State Street
locatedOn	Washington Street ⓘ
material	brick ⓘ
nearPublicTransit	State station (MBTA) ⓘ linked to: MBTA Orange Line stations
onFreedomTrailStopNumber	approximate midpoint ⓘ
openedAsMuseum	19th century ⓘ
operator	Revolutionary Spaces ⓘ
ownedBy	City of Boston ⓘ linked to: Boston, Massachusetts
partOf	Freedom Trail ⓘ
precededBy	First Town House, Boston ⓘ
replaced	First Town House, Boston ⓘ
significantEvent	Boston Massacre (1770) ⓘ linked to: Boston Massacre
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
underwentRestoration	1880s ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
usedFor	colonial assembly meetings ⓘ court sessions ⓘ mercantile offices ⓘ
wasSeatOf	Governor’s Council of Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ linked to: Massachusetts Governor's Council Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
yearCompleted	1713 ⓘ

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