Silver Terrace Cemeteries
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Silver Terrace Cemeteries is a historic hillside burial ground complex in Virginia City, Nevada, known for its ornate Victorian-era graves and ties to the Comstock Lode mining boom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Silver Terrace Cemeteries canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6452903 — 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: Silver Terrace Cemeteries Context triple: [Virginia City, hasAttraction, Silver Terrace Cemeteries]
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A.
Kaiapoi Cemetery
Kaiapoi Cemetery is a burial ground serving the town of Kaiapoi in the Waimakariri District of Canterbury, New Zealand.
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B.
Belcrest Memorial Park
Belcrest Memorial Park is a cemetery in Salem, Oregon, known as the final resting place of prominent political figure Charles L. McNary.
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C.
Wildwood Cemetery
Wildwood Cemetery is a historic burial ground located in the suburban town of Winchester, Massachusetts.
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D.
Wildwood Cemetery
Wildwood Cemetery is a burial ground and local historic cemetery located in Wilmington, Massachusetts.
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E.
Lakewood Cemetery
Lakewood Cemetery is a historic and prominent burial ground in Minneapolis, Minnesota, known as the resting place of many notable figures including political leaders and cultural icons.
- 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: Silver Terrace Cemeteries Target entity description: Silver Terrace Cemeteries is a historic hillside burial ground complex in Virginia City, Nevada, known for its ornate Victorian-era graves and ties to the Comstock Lode mining boom.
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A.
Kaiapoi Cemetery
Kaiapoi Cemetery is a burial ground serving the town of Kaiapoi in the Waimakariri District of Canterbury, New Zealand.
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B.
Belcrest Memorial Park
Belcrest Memorial Park is a cemetery in Salem, Oregon, known as the final resting place of prominent political figure Charles L. McNary.
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C.
Wildwood Cemetery
Wildwood Cemetery is a historic burial ground located in the suburban town of Winchester, Massachusetts.
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D.
Wildwood Cemetery
Wildwood Cemetery is a burial ground and local historic cemetery located in Wilmington, Massachusetts.
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E.
Lakewood Cemetery
Lakewood Cemetery is a historic and prominent burial ground in Minneapolis, Minnesota, known as the resting place of many notable figures including political leaders and cultural icons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cemetery complex
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ |
| access | road from Virginia City ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Comstock Lode
ⓘ
linked to:
Comstock Lode area
Comstock Lode mining boom ⓘ
linked to:
Comstock Lode silver rush
|
| climateImpact | arid Great Basin environment ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalSignificance |
example of Western mining-town cemeteries
ⓘ
reflection of social stratification in mining boomtown ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| governedBy | Storey County authorities ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
family plots
ⓘ
iron fencing ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ monumental headstones ⓘ multiple fraternal organization sections ⓘ stone retaining walls ⓘ terraced graves ⓘ views over Virginia City ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Catholic cemetery section
ⓘ
Knights of Pythias cemetery section ⓘ Masonic cemetery section ⓘ Odd Fellows cemetery section ⓘ
linked to:
Odd Fellows Cemetery
city or public cemetery section ⓘ ethnic and religious group sections ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
Victorian funerary architecture
ⓘ
Victorian landscape design ⓘ |
| hasView |
Comstock mining works area
ⓘ
linked to:
Comstock Lode area
|
| heritageDesignation | historic cemetery district ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historic funerary art
ⓘ
ornate Victorian-era grave markers ⓘ terraced cemetery layout ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Storey County, Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedOn | hillside above Virginia City ⓘ |
| location |
Virginia City, Nevada
ⓘ
linked to:
Virginia City, Nevada, United States
|
| material |
cast-iron fencing
ⓘ
stone grave markers ⓘ wooden grave markers ⓘ |
| near |
Virginia City National Historic Landmark District
ⓘ
linked to:
Virginia City historic landscape
|
| partOf | Virginia City historic landscape ⓘ |
| region |
Comstock Historic District area
ⓘ
linked to:
Comstock Historic District
|
| subjectOf | historic preservation efforts ⓘ |
| tourism |
cemetery tourism destination
ⓘ
heritage tourism attraction ⓘ |
| usedFor |
burial of Comstock Lode miners
ⓘ
burial of Virginia City residents ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Silver Terrace Cemeteries Description of subject: Silver Terrace Cemeteries is a historic hillside burial ground complex in Virginia City, Nevada, known for its ornate Victorian-era graves and ties to the Comstock Lode mining boom.
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