Governor Stephen Hopkins House
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The Governor Stephen Hopkins House is a historic 18th-century home in Providence, Rhode Island, best known as the residence of Stephen Hopkins, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Governor Stephen Hopkins House canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7330661 — 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: Governor Stephen Hopkins House Context triple: [College Hill, contains, Governor Stephen Hopkins House]
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Nathaniel Russell House
The Nathaniel Russell House is a renowned early 19th-century neoclassical townhouse in Charleston, South Carolina, celebrated for its elaborate interiors and iconic free-flying spiral staircase.
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B.
Hooper-Lee-Nichols House
The Hooper-Lee-Nichols House is one of the oldest surviving residences in Cambridge, Massachusetts, notable for its early 18th-century architecture and long association with prominent local families.
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C.
Lechmere-Sewall House
The Lechmere-Sewall House is a historic 18th-century residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts, notable for its colonial architecture and association with prominent early American families.
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D.
Jacobus Vanderveer House
The Jacobus Vanderveer House is a historic 18th-century Dutch-American farmhouse and museum in Somerset County, New Jersey, notable for its association with General Henry Knox and the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
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E.
Hancock-Clarke House
The Hancock-Clarke House is a historic colonial-era home and museum in Lexington, Massachusetts, best known as the site where Paul Revere and William Dawes warned John Hancock and Samuel Adams of approaching British troops on the night of April 18, 1775.
- 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: Governor Stephen Hopkins House Target entity description: The Governor Stephen Hopkins House is a historic 18th-century home in Providence, Rhode Island, best known as the residence of Stephen Hopkins, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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A.
Nathaniel Russell House
The Nathaniel Russell House is a renowned early 19th-century neoclassical townhouse in Charleston, South Carolina, celebrated for its elaborate interiors and iconic free-flying spiral staircase.
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B.
Hooper-Lee-Nichols House
The Hooper-Lee-Nichols House is one of the oldest surviving residences in Cambridge, Massachusetts, notable for its early 18th-century architecture and long association with prominent local families.
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C.
Lechmere-Sewall House
The Lechmere-Sewall House is a historic 18th-century residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts, notable for its colonial architecture and association with prominent early American families.
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D.
Jacobus Vanderveer House
The Jacobus Vanderveer House is a historic 18th-century Dutch-American farmhouse and museum in Somerset County, New Jersey, notable for its association with General Henry Knox and the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
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E.
Hancock-Clarke House
The Hancock-Clarke House is a historic colonial-era home and museum in Lexington, Massachusetts, best known as the site where Paul Revere and William Dawes warned John Hancock and Samuel Adams of approaching British troops on the night of April 18, 1775.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic house
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house on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ museum ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Georgian architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | signing of the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| buildingMaterial | wood ⓘ |
| builtIn | 1707 ⓘ |
| city | Providence ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| governingBody | private nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| hasChimneyCount | two interior chimneys ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
18th-century furnishings
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artifacts related to Stephen Hopkins ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central doorway with simple surround
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central hallway plan ⓘ clapboard siding ⓘ |
| hasPlaque | marker noting Stephen Hopkins as a signer of the Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| hasRoom |
bedchambers
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kitchen ⓘ parlor ⓘ study of Stephen Hopkins ⓘ |
| hasTourType | guided tours ⓘ |
| listedOn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Providence, Rhode Island
ⓘ
linked to:
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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| locatedInHistoricDistrict | College Hill Historic District ⓘ |
| locatedInNeighborhood | College Hill ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Stephen Hopkins ⓘ |
| nrhpListingDate | November 3, 1970 ⓘ |
| nrhpReferenceNumber | 70000020 ⓘ |
| numberOfRooms | 10 ⓘ |
| numberOfStories | 2.5 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operatedBy | The Stephen Hopkins House museum organization ⓘ |
| overlooks | Benefit Street ⓘ |
| partOf | College Hill Historic District ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | preserved as a historic site ⓘ |
| rebuiltIn | 1743 ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| residenceEndDateOfStephenHopkins | 1785 ⓘ |
| residenceStartDateOfStephenHopkins | 1743 ⓘ |
| roofType | gambrel roof ⓘ |
| significance |
example of 18th-century Georgian domestic architecture in Rhode Island
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home of a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| significantResident | Stephen Hopkins ⓘ |
| state | Rhode Island ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 15 Hopkins Street ⓘ |
| usedAs | historic house museum ⓘ |
| usedAsResidenceBy | Stephen Hopkins ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Governor Stephen Hopkins House Description of subject: The Governor Stephen Hopkins House is a historic 18th-century home in Providence, Rhode Island, best known as the residence of Stephen Hopkins, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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