Fort Bayard Historic District

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former United States Army post historic district historic medical facility

Fort Bayard Historic District is a historic former U.S. Army post and later medical facility in New Mexico, recognized for its significant role in frontier military history and public health.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Fort-Bayard	3
Fort Bayard	2
Fort Bayard (site)	1
Fort Bayard Historic District canonical	1
Fort Bayard, New Mexico	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T743199 — 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: Fort Bayard Historic District
Context triple: [National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico, contains, Fort Bayard Historic District]

A. Fort Yuma Indian Reservation
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation is a federally recognized Native American reservation in the lower Colorado River region that serves as the homeland of the Quechan (Yuma) people.
B. Point Sur State Historic Park
Point Sur State Historic Park is a coastal California state park centered around a prominent volcanic rock and historic lighthouse overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the Big Sur region.
C. San Juan National Historic Site
San Juan National Historic Site is a U.S. National Park in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, preserving historic Spanish colonial fortifications such as Castillo San Felipe del Morro and Castillo San Cristóbal.
D. Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
Old Town San Diego State Historic Park is a preserved historic district and state park that showcases San Diego’s early Mexican and American period through restored buildings, museums, shops, and cultural demonstrations.
E. Coloma Historic Park
Coloma Historic Park is a California state historic park in Coloma that preserves the site of the 1848 gold discovery that sparked the California Gold Rush.
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: Fort Bayard Historic District
Target entity description: Fort Bayard Historic District is a historic former U.S. Army post and later medical facility in New Mexico, recognized for its significant role in frontier military history and public health.

A. Fort Yuma Indian Reservation
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation is a federally recognized Native American reservation in the lower Colorado River region that serves as the homeland of the Quechan (Yuma) people.
B. Point Sur State Historic Park
Point Sur State Historic Park is a coastal California state park centered around a prominent volcanic rock and historic lighthouse overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the Big Sur region.
C. San Juan National Historic Site
San Juan National Historic Site is a U.S. National Park in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, preserving historic Spanish colonial fortifications such as Castillo San Felipe del Morro and Castillo San Cristóbal.
D. Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
Old Town San Diego State Historic Park is a preserved historic district and state park that showcases San Diego’s early Mexican and American period through restored buildings, museums, shops, and cultural demonstrations.
E. Coloma Historic Park
Coloma Historic Park is a California state historic park in Coloma that preserves the site of the 1848 gold discovery that sparked the California Gold Rush.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former United States Army post ⓘ historic district ⓘ historic medical facility ⓘ
category	Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico ⓘ Medical facilities in New Mexico ⓘ Military facilities in New Mexico ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico ⓘ United States Army posts ⓘ linked to: U.S. Army bases
country	United States of America ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	Late Victorian architecture ⓘ linked to: Victorian architecture military post architecture ⓘ
hasHeritageStatusReason	association with African American regiments of the U.S. Army ⓘ association with early federal tuberculosis treatment programs ⓘ association with frontier defense of the Southwest ⓘ
hasPart	administration buildings ⓘ cemetery ⓘ chapel ⓘ enlisted men barracks ⓘ hospital buildings ⓘ officers quarters ⓘ parade ground ⓘ
hasUse	United States Army installation ⓘ Veterans Administration hospital ⓘ linked to: Veterans Health Administration frontier military post ⓘ medical facility ⓘ public health facility ⓘ tuberculosis hospital ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ linked to: National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn	American Southwest ⓘ linked to: southwestern United States Grant County, New Mexico ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	Silver City, New Mexico ⓘ
namedAfter	George Dashiell Bayard ⓘ
operator	United States Army ⓘ United States Public Health Service ⓘ linked to: Public Health Service Veterans Administration ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
partOf	Fort Bayard ⓘ linked to: Fort Bayard Historic District
significantFor	Buffalo Soldiers history ⓘ frontier military history ⓘ public health history ⓘ tuberculosis treatment ⓘ
significantPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ

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