St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia

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burial ground churchyard historic cemetery tourist attraction

St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard in Philadelphia is a historic colonial-era burial ground associated with St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, known for being the final resting place of prominent 18th- and 19th-century American figures.

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Label	Occurrences
St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia	1
St. Peter’s Churchyard, Philadelphia	1
St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T508131 — 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: St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia
Context triple: [George M. Dallas, burialPlace, St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia]

A. Trinity Church Cemetery
Trinity Church Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Manhattan, New York City, known as the resting place of many prominent figures from American history.
B. Granary Burying Ground
Granary Burying Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known as the resting place of several prominent figures of the American Revolution, including Paul Revere.
C. Princeton Cemetery
Princeton Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Princeton, New Jersey, known as the resting place of numerous prominent American figures, including presidents, scholars, and local dignitaries.
D. Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown
Phipps Street Burying Ground in Charlestown is a historic colonial-era cemetery best known as the final resting place of John Harvard, the namesake of Harvard University.
E. King's Chapel Burying Ground
King's Chapel Burying Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, known as one of the city’s oldest graveyards and the resting place of many prominent colonial figures.
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: St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia
Target entity description: St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard in Philadelphia is a historic colonial-era burial ground associated with St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, known for being the final resting place of prominent 18th- and 19th-century American figures.

A. Trinity Church Cemetery
Trinity Church Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Manhattan, New York City, known as the resting place of many prominent figures from American history.
B. Granary Burying Ground
Granary Burying Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known as the resting place of several prominent figures of the American Revolution, including Paul Revere.
C. Princeton Cemetery
Princeton Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Princeton, New Jersey, known as the resting place of numerous prominent American figures, including presidents, scholars, and local dignitaries.
D. Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown
Phipps Street Burying Ground in Charlestown is a historic colonial-era cemetery best known as the final resting place of John Harvard, the namesake of Harvard University.
E. King's Chapel Burying Ground
King's Chapel Burying Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, known as one of the city’s oldest graveyards and the resting place of many prominent colonial figures.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	burial ground ⓘ churchyard ⓘ historic cemetery ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
affiliation	Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania ⓘ
associatedWith	St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Philadelphia ⓘ linked to: St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia
category	Anglican cemeteries in the United States ⓘ Cemeteries in Philadelphia ⓘ Historic churchyards in the United States ⓘ
city	Philadelphia ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
culturalSignificance	example of colonial churchyard in Philadelphia ⓘ site of early American burial customs ⓘ
denomination	Episcopal Church ⓘ
era	colonial America ⓘ
establishedInPeriod	18th century ⓘ
function	cemetery for parishioners of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church ⓘ
hasFeature	family burial plots ⓘ gravestones ⓘ historic monuments ⓘ mature trees ⓘ
heritage	colonial-era ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic site ⓘ
knownFor	colonial-era funerary art ⓘ graves of prominent 18th-century Americans ⓘ graves of prominent 19th-century Americans ⓘ historic tombstones ⓘ
languageOfSignage	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Pennsylvania ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ Society Hill, Philadelphia ⓘ linked to: Society Hill
notableFor	burials of Revolutionary-era figures ⓘ burials of early American political and civic leaders ⓘ
openTo	public visitors ⓘ
ownership	St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Philadelphia ⓘ linked to: St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia
partOf	St. Peter’s Episcopal Church complex ⓘ
region	Northeastern United States ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ
state	Pennsylvania ⓘ
usedAs	burial place ⓘ
usedFor	commemoration of the dead ⓘ historical interpretation ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

George M. Dallas → burialPlace → St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia ⓘ

Stephen Decatur → burialPlace → St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia ⓘ

linked to: St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia

Eliza Lucas Pinckney → burialPlace → St. Peter’s Churchyard, Philadelphia ⓘ