Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York

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cemetery historic site rural cemetery

Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York is a historic 19th-century cemetery known for its picturesque landscape and as the resting place of many notable figures, including abolitionists and social reformers.

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Label	Occurrences
Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York canonical	6
Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York, United States	2
Mount Hope Cemetery (Rochester, New York)	1
Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester	1
Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York, United States of America	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T449924 — 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: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York
Context triple: [Helen Pitts Douglass, burialPlace, Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York]

A. Kensico Cemetery
Kensico Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Valhalla, New York, known as the final resting place of numerous notable figures from the arts, architecture, and entertainment.
B. Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City
Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York City, is a historic, park-like burial ground renowned for its elaborate mausoleums, notable architecture, and many prominent American figures interred there.
C. Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, renowned for its elaborate monuments, picturesque landscape, and role as the resting place of many notable figures.
D. Calvary Cemetery, Queens
Calvary Cemetery in Queens is a large, historic Roman Catholic cemetery in New York City known for being the final resting place of many notable figures, including politicians, entertainers, and early immigrants.
E. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Sleepy Hollow, New York, famed for its association with author Washington Irving and his classic tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
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: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York
Target entity description: Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York is a historic 19th-century cemetery known for its picturesque landscape and as the resting place of many notable figures, including abolitionists and social reformers.

A. Kensico Cemetery
Kensico Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Valhalla, New York, known as the final resting place of numerous notable figures from the arts, architecture, and entertainment.
B. Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City
Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York City, is a historic, park-like burial ground renowned for its elaborate mausoleums, notable architecture, and many prominent American figures interred there.
C. Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, renowned for its elaborate monuments, picturesque landscape, and role as the resting place of many notable figures.
D. Calvary Cemetery, Queens
Calvary Cemetery in Queens is a large, historic Roman Catholic cemetery in New York City known for being the final resting place of many notable figures, including politicians, entertainers, and early immigrants.
E. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Sleepy Hollow, New York, famed for its association with author Washington Irving and his classic tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cemetery ⓘ historic site ⓘ rural cemetery ⓘ
adjacentTo	University of Rochester River Campus ⓘ linked to: University of Rochester
associatedWithMovement	abolitionism ⓘ social reform ⓘ women's suffrage ⓘ
city	Rochester ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
county	Monroe County ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important site in Rochester local history ⓘ
established	1838 ⓘ
foundedInPeriod	19th century ⓘ
hasFeature	chapel ⓘ gothic-style structures ⓘ historic entrance gates ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ monumental gravestones ⓘ scenic overlooks ⓘ winding roads ⓘ
hasGuidedTours	yes ⓘ
hasNotableBurial	Frederick Douglass ⓘ Henry Ward ⓘ linked to: Henry Ward Beecher Nathaniel Rochester ⓘ Susan B. Anthony ⓘ many Civil War veterans ⓘ
hasSection	Civil War soldiers' section ⓘ family plots ⓘ
hasVegetation	mature trees ⓘ ornamental plantings ⓘ
heritageDesignation	historic cemetery ⓘ
knownFor	Victorian rural cemetery design ⓘ burial place of notable abolitionists ⓘ burial place of social reformers ⓘ picturesque landscape ⓘ
locatedIn	Rochester, New York ⓘ linked to: Rochester
locatedOn	Mount Hope ⓘ
near	Genesee River ⓘ
openingDate	1838 ⓘ
operator	City of Rochester ⓘ linked to: Rochester
ownedBy	City of Rochester ⓘ linked to: Rochester
state	New York ⓘ
terrainFeature	glacial moraine ⓘ hilly landscape ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedFor	burials ⓘ commemoration ⓘ historical tours ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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

Helen Pitts Douglass → burialPlace → Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York ⓘ

Nathaniel Rochester → burialPlace → Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York ⓘ

Susan B. Anthony → burialPlace → Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York, United States ⓘ