United States Post Office, Courthouse and Custom House
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The United States Post Office, Courthouse and Custom House—now known as the Landmark Center—is a historic federal building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, noted for its distinctive Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and former role as a hub of postal, judicial, and customs operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States Post Office, Courthouse and Custom House canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10736783 — 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)
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Target entity: United States Post Office, Courthouse and Custom House Context triple: [Landmark Center, formerName, United States Post Office, Courthouse and Custom House]
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United States Custom House
The United States Custom House is a historic federal building in New York City that once served as the primary customs collection point for the bustling port, reflecting the city’s central role in American trade and finance.
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B.
Old State, War, and Navy Building
The Old State, War, and Navy Building is a historic 19th-century government office building in Washington, D.C., known for its elaborate Second Empire architecture and its role in housing key U.S. executive branch departments.
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C.
Boston Custom House
The Boston Custom House is a historic 19th-century government building and former customs facility in Boston, Massachusetts, best known for its iconic clock tower that once made it the city’s tallest structure.
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D.
U.S. Custom House, San Francisco
The U.S. Custom House in San Francisco is a historic federal building and former customs facility notable for its 19th-century architecture and role in the city’s maritime and commercial history.
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E.
Treasury Building
The Treasury Building is a historic federal office building in Washington, D.C., that houses the leadership and core operations of the U.S. government’s financial and economic management.
- 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: United States Post Office, Courthouse and Custom House Target entity description: The United States Post Office, Courthouse and Custom House—now known as the Landmark Center—is a historic federal building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, noted for its distinctive Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and former role as a hub of postal, judicial, and customs operations.
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A.
United States Custom House
The United States Custom House is a historic federal building in New York City that once served as the primary customs collection point for the bustling port, reflecting the city’s central role in American trade and finance.
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B.
Old State, War, and Navy Building
The Old State, War, and Navy Building is a historic 19th-century government office building in Washington, D.C., known for its elaborate Second Empire architecture and its role in housing key U.S. executive branch departments.
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C.
Boston Custom House
The Boston Custom House is a historic 19th-century government building and former customs facility in Boston, Massachusetts, best known for its iconic clock tower that once made it the city’s tallest structure.
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D.
U.S. Custom House, San Francisco
The U.S. Custom House in San Francisco is a historic federal building and former customs facility notable for its 19th-century architecture and role in the city’s maritime and commercial history.
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E.
Treasury Building
The Treasury Building is a historic federal office building in Washington, D.C., that houses the leadership and core operations of the U.S. government’s financial and economic management.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
courthouse
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historic federal building ⓘ landmark ⓘ post office building ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Landmark Center ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Richardsonian Romanesque
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Romanesque Revival ⓘ
linked to:
Neo-Romanesque
|
| category |
Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
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Custom houses in the United States ⓘ Federal buildings in Minnesota ⓘ Government buildings in Saint Paul, Minnesota ⓘ Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota ⓘ Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Minnesota ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| currentUse |
cultural center
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event venue ⓘ office and arts space ⓘ |
| function |
customs house
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federal courthouse ⓘ post office ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
arched windows and entrances
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stone masonry construction ⓘ towered roofline ⓘ turrets and gables ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
contributing property in a historic district in Saint Paul
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listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedInCity |
Saint Paul, Minnesota
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linked to:
Saint Paul
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| locatedInCounty | Ramsey County, Minnesota ⓘ |
| locatedInDowntown |
Downtown Saint Paul
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linked to:
downtown Saint Paul
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| locatedInState | Minnesota ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinctive Richardsonian Romanesque architecture
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former role as a customs facility ⓘ former role as a federal courthouse ⓘ former role as a hub of postal operations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: United States Post Office, Courthouse and Custom House Description of subject: The United States Post Office, Courthouse and Custom House—now known as the Landmark Center—is a historic federal building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, noted for its distinctive Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and former role as a hub of postal, judicial, and customs operations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.