St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk, Virginia

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18th-century church building historic church parish church

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Norfolk, Virginia is a historic 18th-century parish church best known for its colonial architecture and surviving damage from the 1776 bombardment during the American Revolutionary War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk	1
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk, Virginia canonical	1
St. Paul’s Episcopal parish, Norfolk	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9071531 — 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. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk, Virginia
Context triple: [Richard M. Upjohn, notableWork, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk, Virginia]

A. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Richmond
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Richmond is a historic and architecturally significant Episcopal parish that serves as the cathedral church for the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.
B. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal parish church in Edenton, North Carolina, noted for its colonial-era architecture and significance within the Edenton Historic District.
C. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Philadelphia
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Philadelphia is a historic 19th-century Episcopal parish church renowned for its Greek Revival architecture designed by prominent American architect William Strickland.
D. St Mary’s Episcopal Church
St Mary’s Episcopal Church is an Anglican parish church serving the local community in the village of Bridge of Weir, Scotland.
E. St. George’s Episcopal Church
St. George’s Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal parish church in Manhattan, New York City, noted for its 19th-century architecture and prominent role in the Gramercy neighborhood.
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. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk, Virginia
Target entity description: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Norfolk, Virginia is a historic 18th-century parish church best known for its colonial architecture and surviving damage from the 1776 bombardment during the American Revolutionary War.

A. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Richmond
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Richmond is a historic and architecturally significant Episcopal parish that serves as the cathedral church for the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.
B. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal parish church in Edenton, North Carolina, noted for its colonial-era architecture and significance within the Edenton Historic District.
C. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Philadelphia
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Philadelphia is a historic 19th-century Episcopal parish church renowned for its Greek Revival architecture designed by prominent American architect William Strickland.
D. St Mary’s Episcopal Church
St Mary’s Episcopal Church is an Anglican parish church serving the local community in the village of Bridge of Weir, Scotland.
E. St. George’s Episcopal Church
St. George’s Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal parish church in Manhattan, New York City, noted for its 19th-century architecture and prominent role in the Gramercy neighborhood.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century church building ⓘ historic church ⓘ parish church ⓘ
affiliation	Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Georgian architecture ⓘ
category	18th-century Episcopal church buildings ⓘ Churches in Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia ⓘ Colonial architecture in Virginia ⓘ
city	Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countrySubdivision	Independent city of Norfolk ⓘ
denomination	Episcopal Church (United States) ⓘ linked to: Episcopal Church
era	colonial era ⓘ
event	bombardment of Norfolk in 1776 ⓘ
function	Anglican worship services ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	memorial to Revolutionary War events in Norfolk ⓘ symbol of Norfolk’s colonial past ⓘ
hasDamage	cannonball from 1776 bombardment embedded in wall ⓘ
hasFeature	colonial-era churchyard ⓘ historic cemetery ⓘ tower ⓘ
hasParish	St. Paul’s Episcopal parish, Norfolk ⓘ linked to: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk, Virginia
heritageDesignation	listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected historic property ⓘ
historicPeriod	pre-Revolutionary Virginia ⓘ
knownFor	American Revolutionary War history ⓘ colonial architecture ⓘ surviving damage from the 1776 bombardment of Norfolk ⓘ
locatedIn	Downtown Norfolk ⓘ
locatedNear	Elizabeth River ⓘ
material	brick ⓘ
NRHPType	building ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
partOf	Downtown Norfolk Historic District ⓘ
region	Hampton Roads ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ linked to: Anglicanism (broadly)
state	Virginia ⓘ
survived	burning of Norfolk in 1776 ⓘ
tourism	heritage tourism site ⓘ
use	historic site ⓘ place of worship ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Richard M. Upjohn → notableWork → St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ

Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia → hasCathedral → St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk ⓘ

linked to: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk, Virginia

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk, Virginia → hasParish → St. Paul’s Episcopal parish, Norfolk ⓘ