Bellefontaine Cemetery
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Bellefontaine Cemetery is a historic, garden-style cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, known as the resting place of many prominent political, military, and cultural figures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bellefontaine Cemetery canonical | 13 |
| Rural Cemetery Association of St. Louis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2498830 — 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: Bellefontaine Cemetery Context triple: [Ninian Edwards, burialPlace, Bellefontaine Cemetery]
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A.
Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, notable for its role in the Battle of Gettysburg and its proximity to the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
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B.
Rock Creek Cemetery
Rock Creek Cemetery is a historic, park-like burial ground in Washington, D.C., known for its notable monuments, sculptures, and the graves of many prominent Americans.
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C.
Homewood Cemetery
Homewood Cemetery is a historic, landscaped burial ground in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known as the resting place of many prominent industrialists, politicians, and cultural figures.
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D.
Pet’s Rest Cemetery
Pet’s Rest Cemetery is a dedicated burial ground for companion animals located in the town of Colma, California.
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E.
Lake View Cemetery
Lake View Cemetery is a historic garden-style cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, known as the resting place of many prominent figures including industrialist John D. Rockefeller.
- 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: Bellefontaine Cemetery Target entity description: Bellefontaine Cemetery is a historic, garden-style cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, known as the resting place of many prominent political, military, and cultural figures.
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A.
Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, notable for its role in the Battle of Gettysburg and its proximity to the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
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B.
Rock Creek Cemetery
Rock Creek Cemetery is a historic, park-like burial ground in Washington, D.C., known for its notable monuments, sculptures, and the graves of many prominent Americans.
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C.
Homewood Cemetery
Homewood Cemetery is a historic, landscaped burial ground in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known as the resting place of many prominent industrialists, politicians, and cultural figures.
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D.
Pet’s Rest Cemetery
Pet’s Rest Cemetery is a dedicated burial ground for companion animals located in the town of Colma, California.
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E.
Lake View Cemetery
Lake View Cemetery is a historic garden-style cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, known as the resting place of many prominent figures including industrialist John D. Rockefeller.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (80)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cemetery
ⓘ
garden cemetery ⓘ rural cemetery ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Calvary Cemetery ⓘ |
| area | approximately 314 acres ⓘ |
| burialCount | over 87,000 burials ⓘ |
| BuschMausoleumStyle | Romanesque Revival ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| founded | 1849 ⓘ |
| founder |
John O’Fallon
ⓘ
linked to:
John O'Fallon
Wayman Crow ⓘ William McPherson ⓘ |
| governingBody | nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| hasArtwork |
Classical Revival monuments
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Egyptian Revival monuments ⓘ Gothic Revival monuments ⓘ elaborate funerary sculpture ⓘ |
| hasChapel | Hotchkiss Chapel ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | Level II arboretum ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
arboretum-like landscaping
ⓘ
chapel ⓘ columbarium ⓘ crematory ⓘ lakes ⓘ mature trees ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ monuments ⓘ sculpture ⓘ winding roads ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
active burial ground
ⓘ
arboretum ⓘ cultural landscape ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| hasMausoleum |
Brown Mausoleum
ⓘ
Busch Mausoleum ⓘ Lemp Mausoleum ⓘ O’Fallon Mausoleum ⓘ Wainwright Tomb ⓘ |
| hasNotableBurial |
Adolphus Busch
ⓘ
Brown family ⓘ Busch family ⓘ Edward Bates ⓘ Irma Rombauer ⓘ James Eads ⓘ
linked to:
James B. Eads
Joseph Pulitzer’s family members ⓘ Lemp family ⓘ Lyon family ⓘ O’Fallon family ⓘ Thomas Hart Benton ⓘ William Clark ⓘ many Civil War veterans ⓘ |
| hasPlantSpecies | over 180 tree species ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Civil War burial sections
ⓘ
Jewish burial sections ⓘ veterans’ sections ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| HotchkissChapelArchitect | Mauran, Russell & Garden ⓘ |
| HotchkissChapelBuilt | 1909 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ North St. Louis ⓘ St. Louis County, Missouri ⓘ St. Louis metropolitan area ⓘ St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ
linked to:
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
|
| notableFor |
burials of cultural figures
ⓘ
burials of military leaders ⓘ burials of prominent political figures ⓘ funerary art ⓘ landscape design ⓘ |
| NRHPListingDate | 2014 ⓘ |
| NRHPType | historic district ⓘ |
| offers |
bird-watching tours
ⓘ
guided tours ⓘ historical walking tours ⓘ horticultural tours ⓘ |
| opened | 1850 ⓘ |
| style | Victorian garden cemetery ⓘ |
| WainwrightTombArchitect | Louis Sullivan ⓘ |
| WainwrightTombStyle | Art Nouveau ⓘ |
| website | https://bellefontainecemetery.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bellefontaine Cemetery Description of subject: Bellefontaine Cemetery is a historic, garden-style cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, known as the resting place of many prominent political, military, and cultural figures.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
linked to: Bellefontaine Cemetery
subject linked to:
Calvary Cemetery