Tacoma Union Station

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courthouse former train station historic building railway station

Tacoma Union Station is a historic former train station in Tacoma, Washington, renowned for its grand Beaux-Arts architecture and current use as a federal courthouse and public event space.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Tacoma Union Station canonical	3
Union Station (Tacoma, Washington)	2
Union Station (Tacoma)	1
Union Station District (Tacoma)	1
Union Station Tacoma	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5244581 — 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: Tacoma Union Station
Context triple: [Washington State History Museum, nearby, Tacoma Union Station]

A. Seattle King Street Station
Seattle King Street Station is a historic railway terminal in downtown Seattle that serves as a major Amtrak and commuter rail hub for the Pacific Northwest.
B. SODO Station
SODO Station is a light rail station in Seattle’s SoDo (South of Downtown) industrial district, serving commuters and providing access to nearby warehouses, offices, and sports venues.
C. Portland Union Station
Portland Union Station is a historic railway terminal in Portland, Oregon, serving as a major Amtrak hub for intercity passenger trains in the Pacific Northwest.
D. Northwest Transit Center
Northwest Transit Center is a major Houston METRO bus facility in northwest Houston that serves as a key transfer point for multiple local and express routes.
E. Tacoma Municipal Building
Tacoma Municipal Building is the historic city hall and primary government center for the city of Tacoma, Washington.
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: Tacoma Union Station
Target entity description: Tacoma Union Station is a historic former train station in Tacoma, Washington, renowned for its grand Beaux-Arts architecture and current use as a federal courthouse and public event space.

A. Seattle King Street Station
Seattle King Street Station is a historic railway terminal in downtown Seattle that serves as a major Amtrak and commuter rail hub for the Pacific Northwest.
B. SODO Station
SODO Station is a light rail station in Seattle’s SoDo (South of Downtown) industrial district, serving commuters and providing access to nearby warehouses, offices, and sports venues.
C. Portland Union Station
Portland Union Station is a historic railway terminal in Portland, Oregon, serving as a major Amtrak hub for intercity passenger trains in the Pacific Northwest.
D. Northwest Transit Center
Northwest Transit Center is a major Houston METRO bus facility in northwest Houston that serves as a key transfer point for multiple local and express routes.
E. Tacoma Municipal Building
Tacoma Municipal Building is the historic city hall and primary government center for the city of Tacoma, Washington.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	courthouse ⓘ former train station ⓘ historic building ⓘ railway station ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Beaux-Arts architecture ⓘ linked to: Beaux-Arts Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
associatedWithArtist	Dale Chihuly ⓘ
category	Beaux-Arts architecture in Washington (state) ⓘ Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) ⓘ
city	Tacoma ⓘ linked to: Tacoma, Washington
closingDate	1984 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1909 ⓘ
convertedToCourthouse	1990s ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
currentUse	United States District Court for the Western District of Washington ⓘ venue for public events and exhibitions ⓘ
formerService	intercity passenger rail ⓘ
hasDome	yes ⓘ
hasFeature	arched windows ⓘ classical columns ⓘ grand rotunda ⓘ large central dome ⓘ ornate interior detailing ⓘ
hasFunction	symbolic gateway to downtown Tacoma ⓘ
hasName	Tacoma Union Station ⓘ
hasPublicArt	glass art installations ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
inception	early 20th century ⓘ
listedOnNRHP	1974 ⓘ
locatedInDowntown	yes ⓘ
locatedInHistoricDistrict	Union Station District (Tacoma) ⓘ linked to: Tacoma Union Station
locatedNear	Thea Foss Waterway ⓘ University of Washington Tacoma campus ⓘ
location	Tacoma, Washington ⓘ
nearbyTransit	Tacoma Link light rail ⓘ
openingDate	1911 ⓘ
ownedBy	United States General Services Administration ⓘ linked to: U.S. General Services Administration
partOf	Amtrak network (historically) ⓘ linked to: U.S. intercity passenger rail network Burlington Northern Railroad network (historically) ⓘ linked to: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway main line Northern Pacific Railway network (historically) ⓘ linked to: Northern Pacific Railway
railwayStationUsage	former passenger station ⓘ
servedCity	Tacoma, Washington ⓘ
significance	example of early 20th-century Beaux-Arts railroad architecture in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
state	Washington ⓘ
transportModeServed	rail ⓘ
usedAs	federal courthouse ⓘ office building ⓘ public event space ⓘ

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