Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial

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historic monument memorial religious site

The Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial is a historic monument and visitor site in rural Vermont commemorating the birthplace of Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Label	Occurrences
Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial canonical	2

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10111474 — 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: Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial
Context triple: [Sharon, Vermont, hasHistoricSite, Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial]

A. Joseph Smith Historic Site
The Joseph Smith Historic Site is a preserved religious and historical area in Nauvoo that commemorates the life and leadership of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.
B. Independence Temple Lot
The Independence Temple Lot is a historically significant parcel of land in Independence, Missouri, revered in Latter Day Saint tradition as the designated site for a future temple and a focal point of early church history.
C. Old Mormon Print Shop Museum
The Old Mormon Print Shop Museum is a historic site on Beaver Island in St. James, Michigan, preserving one of the earliest Mormon print shops and interpreting the island’s 19th-century Mormon settlement history.
D. Mormon Station State Historic Park
Mormon Station State Historic Park is a preserved pioneer-era trading post and museum in Genoa, Nevada, commemorating the state's first permanent non-Indigenous settlement and early overland emigrant history.
E. Kirtland Temple
Kirtland Temple is a historic Latter Day Saint temple in Kirtland, Ohio, revered as a sacred site by the Community of Christ and known as the first temple built in the movement.
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: Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial
Target entity description: The Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial is a historic monument and visitor site in rural Vermont commemorating the birthplace of Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

A. Joseph Smith Historic Site
The Joseph Smith Historic Site is a preserved religious and historical area in Nauvoo that commemorates the life and leadership of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.
B. Independence Temple Lot
The Independence Temple Lot is a historically significant parcel of land in Independence, Missouri, revered in Latter Day Saint tradition as the designated site for a future temple and a focal point of early church history.
C. Old Mormon Print Shop Museum
The Old Mormon Print Shop Museum is a historic site on Beaver Island in St. James, Michigan, preserving one of the earliest Mormon print shops and interpreting the island’s 19th-century Mormon settlement history.
D. Mormon Station State Historic Park
Mormon Station State Historic Park is a preserved pioneer-era trading post and museum in Genoa, Nevada, commemorating the state's first permanent non-Indigenous settlement and early overland emigrant history.
E. Kirtland Temple
Kirtland Temple is a historic Latter Day Saint temple in Kirtland, Ohio, revered as a sacred site by the Community of Christ and known as the first temple built in the movement.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic monument ⓘ memorial ⓘ religious site ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Classical Revival ⓘ
category	Historic sites in Vermont ⓘ Latter Day Saint historic sites ⓘ Monuments and memorials in Vermont ⓘ Religious buildings and structures in Vermont ⓘ
commemorates	Joseph Smith ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dedicatedTo	Joseph Smith ⓘ
hasPart	cemetery ⓘ exhibit space ⓘ gift shop ⓘ granite obelisk monument ⓘ grounds and walking paths ⓘ historic foundations ⓘ meeting room ⓘ missionary housing ⓘ parking area ⓘ visitor center ⓘ
hasView	rural Vermont landscape ⓘ
heritageDesignation	listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
inception	early 20th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Sharon, Vermont ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America Vermont ⓘ Windsor County, Vermont ⓘ
maintainedBy	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
materialUsed	granite ⓘ
namedAfter	Joseph Smith ⓘ
near	South Royalton, Vermont ⓘ linked to: Royalton, Vermont White River ⓘ
openingDate	1905 ⓘ
operator	LDS Church missionary program ⓘ
ownedBy	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
purpose	commemorate the birthplace of Joseph Smith ⓘ provide historical information about Joseph Smith ⓘ serve as a religious and historical visitor site ⓘ
religion	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
subjectOf	LDS Church publications ⓘ historical studies of Mormonism ⓘ tourist brochures ⓘ
touristAttractionIn	Vermont ⓘ
visitorCenterStaffedBy	full-time missionaries ⓘ senior missionaries ⓘ

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

Sharon, Vermont → hasHistoricSite → Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial ⓘ

subject linked to: Sharon, Vermont, United States