Kragsyde (demolished)
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Kragsyde (demolished) was a celebrated late-19th-century seaside mansion in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, renowned as one of the most iconic and influential examples of American Shingle Style architecture.
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| Kragsyde (demolished) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kragsyde (demolished) Context triple: [Shingle style architecture, hasNotableExample, Kragsyde (demolished)]
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Rydboholm Castle
Rydboholm Castle is a historic Swedish manor house near Stockholm, notable as the birthplace of King Gustav I and as one of the country’s oldest noble estates.
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Trondenes Fort
Trondenes Fort is a coastal artillery fortress near Harstad in northern Norway, notable for its massive World War II-era guns and well-preserved military installations.
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Dungeness Ruins
Dungeness Ruins are the remains of a once-grand Carnegie family mansion on Georgia’s Cumberland Island, now a prominent historic and scenic landmark within the national seashore.
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Luginsland Tower
Luginsland Tower is a prominent medieval watchtower in Nuremberg, Germany, known for its strategic vantage point over the city and its fortifications.
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E.
Naval Base Korsør
Naval Base Korsør is a Danish naval installation in Korsør that serves as a key operational and support hub for the Royal Danish Navy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kragsyde (demolished) Target entity description: Kragsyde (demolished) was a celebrated late-19th-century seaside mansion in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, renowned as one of the most iconic and influential examples of American Shingle Style architecture.
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A.
Rydboholm Castle
Rydboholm Castle is a historic Swedish manor house near Stockholm, notable as the birthplace of King Gustav I and as one of the country’s oldest noble estates.
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B.
Trondenes Fort
Trondenes Fort is a coastal artillery fortress near Harstad in northern Norway, notable for its massive World War II-era guns and well-preserved military installations.
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C.
Dungeness Ruins
Dungeness Ruins are the remains of a once-grand Carnegie family mansion on Georgia’s Cumberland Island, now a prominent historic and scenic landmark within the national seashore.
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D.
Luginsland Tower
Luginsland Tower is a prominent medieval watchtower in Nuremberg, Germany, known for its strategic vantage point over the city and its fortifications.
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E.
Naval Base Korsør
Naval Base Korsør is a Danish naval installation in Korsør that serves as a key operational and support hub for the Royal Danish Navy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shingle Style building
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historic building ⓘ house ⓘ mansion ⓘ seaside residence ⓘ |
| architect |
John Goddard Stearns Jr.
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Peabody & Stearns ⓘ Robert Swain Peabody ⓘ |
| architecturalMovement |
American Shingle Style
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linked to:
Shingle style architecture
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| architecturalStyle |
Shingle Style
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linked to:
Shingle style architecture
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| buildingMaterial |
stone foundation elements
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wood shingles ⓘ |
| category |
Demolished buildings and structures in Massachusetts
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Historic houses in Massachusetts ⓘ Houses in Essex County, Massachusetts ⓘ Shingle Style houses ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1880s ⓘ |
| context | Gilded Age coastal estates ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| demolished | yes ⓘ |
| designedAs | summer residence ⓘ |
| documentation | recorded in architectural history literature ⓘ |
| era | late 19th century ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalInfluenceFrom |
Queen Anne–era massing principles
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picturesque movement in architecture ⓘ |
| hasView | ocean ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | demolished building ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century interpretations of Shingle Style mansions
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subsequent American Shingle Style seaside houses ⓘ |
| knownAs | Kragsyde ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Essex County, Massachusetts
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Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Atlantic Ocean coast
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linked to:
Atlantic coast of North America
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| locationDescription | seaside site on the North Shore of Massachusetts ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration with rugged seaside landscape
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picturesque massing and complex rooflines ⓘ use of continuous wood shingle cladding ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | architectural historians as a key Shingle Style precedent ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| significance |
highly influential in late-19th-century American residential design
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iconic example of American Shingle Style architecture ⓘ |
| status | no longer extant ⓘ |
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