Artemas Ward House Museum, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
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The Artemas Ward House Museum in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts is a historic house museum preserving the home and legacy of Revolutionary War general and early American political leader Artemas Ward.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Artemas Ward House Museum, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5356471 — 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: Artemas Ward House Museum, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Context triple: [Artemas Ward, honoredIn, Artemas Ward House Museum, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts]
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A.
Anderson House museum
The Anderson House museum is a historic mansion in Washington, D.C., that serves as the headquarters and museum of the Society of the Cincinnati, showcasing American Revolutionary War history and related collections.
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B.
Square House Museum
Square House Museum is a historic house museum in Rye, New York, showcasing local colonial-era history and architecture.
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C.
Nichols House Museum
The Nichols House Museum is a historic house museum on Boston’s Beacon Hill that preserves the early 19th-century townhouse and furnishings of suffragist and landscape gardener Rose Standish Nichols.
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D.
Shriver House Museum
Shriver House Museum is a historic house museum in Gettysburg that interprets civilian life and experiences during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
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E.
Moffatt-Ladd House
The Moffatt-Ladd House is a historic 18th-century Georgian mansion and museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, noted for its well-preserved architecture and role in early American 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: Artemas Ward House Museum, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Target entity description: The Artemas Ward House Museum in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts is a historic house museum preserving the home and legacy of Revolutionary War general and early American political leader Artemas Ward.
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A.
Anderson House museum
The Anderson House museum is a historic mansion in Washington, D.C., that serves as the headquarters and museum of the Society of the Cincinnati, showcasing American Revolutionary War history and related collections.
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B.
Square House Museum
Square House Museum is a historic house museum in Rye, New York, showcasing local colonial-era history and architecture.
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C.
Nichols House Museum
The Nichols House Museum is a historic house museum on Boston’s Beacon Hill that preserves the early 19th-century townhouse and furnishings of suffragist and landscape gardener Rose Standish Nichols.
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D.
Shriver House Museum
Shriver House Museum is a historic house museum in Gettysburg that interprets civilian life and experiences during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
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E.
Moffatt-Ladd House
The Moffatt-Ladd House is a historic 18th-century Georgian mansion and museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, noted for its well-preserved architecture and role in early American history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic house museum
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historic site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Georgian architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Harvard University museums
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Historic house museums in Massachusetts ⓘ Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts ⓘ Museums in Worcester County, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 42.295°N 71.714°W ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
18th-century household furnishings
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Artemas Ward family artifacts ⓘ Revolutionary War–era objects ⓘ |
| hasFieldOfWork |
American Revolutionary history
ⓘ
local history of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts ⓘ public history ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfStories | 2 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
barn
ⓘ
main house ⓘ outbuildings ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://wardhouse.harvard.edu/ ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
contributing property in a historic district
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listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| inception | early 18th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Shrewsbury, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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linked to:
Massachusetts
Worcester County, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| materialUsed | wood ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Artemas Ward ⓘ |
| NRHPType | building ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operator | Harvard University ⓘ |
| originalFunction | farmhouse ⓘ |
| originalOwner | Artemas Ward ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Harvard University ⓘ |
| preservesLegacyOf | Artemas Ward ⓘ |
| roofType | gabled roof ⓘ |
| significantEvent | residence of General Artemas Ward ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Artemas Ward House Museum, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Description of subject: The Artemas Ward House Museum in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts is a historic house museum preserving the home and legacy of Revolutionary War general and early American political leader Artemas Ward.
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