Boston Custom House (original 1840s building)
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The Boston Custom House (original 1840s building) is a monumental Greek Revival granite structure in Boston that served as a key federal customs facility and later became notable for its iconic clock tower addition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Boston Custom House (original 1840s building) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5650119 — 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: Boston Custom House (original 1840s building) Context triple: [Alexander Parris, designed, Boston Custom House (original 1840s building)]
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Long Wharf Custom House Block
Long Wharf Custom House Block is a historic waterfront commercial building in Boston that once served as a key hub for maritime trade and customs operations.
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B.
U.S. Custom House (New Bedford)
The U.S. Custom House in New Bedford is a historic federal building that served as the center of customs operations during the city’s 19th-century whaling and maritime trade boom.
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C.
Customs House
Customs House is a historic waterfront building in Hobart, Tasmania, notable for its colonial architecture and former role in administering maritime trade and customs.
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D.
Customs House
Customs House is a historic neoclassical waterfront building on Shanghai’s Bund, long serving as a key symbol of the city’s colonial-era commercial and maritime trade.
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E.
Old State House, Boston
The Old State House in Boston is a historic 18th-century building that served as the seat of colonial and early state government and is now a key museum and landmark on the Freedom Trail.
- 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: Boston Custom House (original 1840s building) Target entity description: The Boston Custom House (original 1840s building) is a monumental Greek Revival granite structure in Boston that served as a key federal customs facility and later became notable for its iconic clock tower addition.
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A.
Long Wharf Custom House Block
Long Wharf Custom House Block is a historic waterfront commercial building in Boston that once served as a key hub for maritime trade and customs operations.
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B.
U.S. Custom House (New Bedford)
The U.S. Custom House in New Bedford is a historic federal building that served as the center of customs operations during the city’s 19th-century whaling and maritime trade boom.
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C.
Customs House
Customs House is a historic sandstone building at Sydney’s Circular Quay that once served as the city’s main customs office and now functions as a cultural and civic venue.
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D.
Customs House
Customs House is a historic neoclassical waterfront building on Shanghai’s Bund, long serving as a key symbol of the city’s colonial-era commercial and maritime trade.
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E.
Customs House
Customs House is a historic waterfront building in Hobart, Tasmania, notable for its colonial architecture and former role in administering maritime trade and customs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek Revival building
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custom house ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Greek Revival
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linked to:
Greek Revival architecture
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| associatedWith |
collection of customs duties
ⓘ
maritime trade in Boston ⓘ |
| builtFor | United States Customs Service ⓘ |
| category |
Custom houses in the United States
ⓘ
Government buildings in Boston ⓘ Greek Revival architecture in Massachusetts ⓘ Historic landmarks in Boston ⓘ |
| city |
Boston
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
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| clockTowerFunction | timekeeping for the city ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | mid-19th century American architecture ⓘ |
| function |
customs house
ⓘ
federal customs facility ⓘ |
| governingBody |
United States federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| hasArchitecturalFeature |
classical portico
ⓘ
massive granite columns ⓘ monumental colonnade ⓘ symmetrical façade ⓘ |
| hasClockTower |
Boston Custom House Tower
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston Custom House
|
| hasLaterUse |
office building
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Boston Custom House Tower
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston Custom House
|
| heritageDesignation |
listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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part of a National Historic Landmark District ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricDistrict | Custom House District, Boston ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Boston waterfront
ⓘ
Faneuil Hall ⓘ Quincy Market ⓘ |
| location | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| materialUsed | granite ⓘ |
| notableFor | iconic clock tower addition ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| significance | symbol of Boston’s importance as a port city ⓘ |
| significantFor | role in federal customs operations in Boston ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| streetAddress | McKinley Square, Boston ⓘ |
| use | government offices ⓘ |
| visualDominance | prominent feature of Boston skyline ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Boston Custom House (original 1840s building) Description of subject: The Boston Custom House (original 1840s building) is a monumental Greek Revival granite structure in Boston that served as a key federal customs facility and later became notable for its iconic clock tower addition.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.