Ponce de Leon Hotel

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Gilded Age hotel Spanish Renaissance Revival building building on a college campus historic hotel

The Ponce de Leon Hotel is a historic, grand Gilded Age luxury hotel in St. Augustine, Florida, renowned for its Spanish Renaissance Revival architecture and later incorporation into Flagler College.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Ponce de Leon Hotel canonical	3
Ponce de León Hotel	2
Ponce de León Hotel (St. Augustine, Florida)	1
Ponce de León Hotel (St. Augustine, Florida) – later alterations and related work	1
Ponce de León Hotel (consulting and related work in St. Augustine, Florida)	1
Ponce de León Hotel, St. Augustine, Florida	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4201914 — 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: Ponce de Leon Hotel
Context triple: [Henry Flagler, built, Ponce de Leon Hotel]

A. Toscano Hotel
Toscano Hotel is a historic lodging establishment located near Sonoma Plaza in Sonoma, California, known for its 19th-century charm and role in the region’s early hospitality industry.
B. Plaza Hotel
The Plaza Hotel is a historic luxury hotel located at the southeast corner of Central Park in Manhattan, renowned for its opulent architecture and frequent appearances in films and literature.
C. Hotel del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado is a historic, Victorian beachfront resort in Coronado, California, renowned for its distinctive red-roofed architecture and status as a National Historic Landmark.
D. The Davenport Hotel
The Davenport Hotel is a historic luxury hotel in downtown Spokane, Washington, renowned for its grand architecture and role as a regional social and cultural hub since the early 20th century.
E. Omni Providence Hotel
Omni Providence Hotel is a prominent upscale hotel in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, popular with business and convention travelers.
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: Ponce de Leon Hotel
Target entity description: The Ponce de Leon Hotel is a historic, grand Gilded Age luxury hotel in St. Augustine, Florida, renowned for its Spanish Renaissance Revival architecture and later incorporation into Flagler College.

A. Toscano Hotel
Toscano Hotel is a historic lodging establishment located near Sonoma Plaza in Sonoma, California, known for its 19th-century charm and role in the region’s early hospitality industry.
B. Plaza Hotel
The Plaza Hotel is a historic luxury hotel located at the southeast corner of Central Park in Manhattan, renowned for its opulent architecture and frequent appearances in films and literature.
C. Hotel del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado is a historic, Victorian beachfront resort in Coronado, California, renowned for its distinctive red-roofed architecture and status as a National Historic Landmark.
D. The Davenport Hotel
The Davenport Hotel is a historic luxury hotel in downtown Spokane, Washington, renowned for its grand architecture and role as a regional social and cultural hub since the early 20th century.
E. Omni Providence Hotel
Omni Providence Hotel is a prominent upscale hotel in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, popular with business and convention travelers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gilded Age hotel ⓘ Spanish Renaissance Revival building ⓘ building on a college campus ⓘ historic hotel ⓘ
architect	John Carrère ⓘ Thomas Hastings ⓘ
architecturalFirm	Carrère and Hastings ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Spanish Renaissance ⓘ Spanish Renaissance Revival ⓘ
builtFor	winter resort tourism ⓘ
city	St. Augustine ⓘ
commissionedBy	Henry Morrison Flagler ⓘ linked to: Henry Flagler
constructionStartDate	1885 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
currentUse	administrative building of Flagler College ⓘ college building ⓘ student residence hall of Flagler College ⓘ
developer	Henry Morrison Flagler ⓘ linked to: Henry Flagler
era	Gilded Age ⓘ
hasCategory	Hotels in St. Augustine, Florida ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in Florida ⓘ Spanish Revival architecture in Florida ⓘ University and college buildings in Florida ⓘ
heritageDesignation	U.S. National Historic Landmark ⓘ linked to: National Historic Landmark U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ linked to: National Register of Historic Places
heritageDesignationDate	1975 ⓘ
inception	1888 ⓘ
location	St. Augustine, Florida ⓘ
materialUsed	Poured concrete ⓘ coquina-based concrete ⓘ
notableFeature	Tiffany stained glass windows ⓘ elaborate courtyard ⓘ large rotunda and dome ⓘ mosaics by Louis Comfort Tiffany’s studio ⓘ open-air courtyard fountain ⓘ ornate dining hall ⓘ twin bell towers ⓘ
numberOfFloors	4 ⓘ
openingDate	1888 ⓘ
operator	Flagler College ⓘ
ownedBy	Henry Morrison Flagler ⓘ linked to: Henry Flagler
partOf	Flagler College ⓘ Flagler System of hotels ⓘ linked to: Flagler System of railroads and hotels
patron	Henry Morrison Flagler ⓘ linked to: Henry Flagler
state	Florida ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
use	educational purposes ⓘ student housing ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Henry Flagler → built → Ponce de Leon Hotel ⓘ

Thomas Hastings → notableWork → Ponce de León Hotel (St. Augustine, Florida) – later alterations and related work ⓘ