Fort Stanton Historic District

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National Historic Landmark former United States Army post historic district historic site

Fort Stanton Historic District is a historic 19th-century military post and later federal facility in New Mexico, recognized as a National Historic Landmark for its role in Western frontier, Civil War, and Native American history.

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Label	Occurrences
Fort Stanton	4
Fort Stanton (Civil War fort site)	1
Fort Stanton Historic District canonical	1
Fort Stanton State Monument	1
Fort Stanton, New Mexico	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T743200 — 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 Stanton Historic District
Context triple: [National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico, contains, Fort Stanton Historic District]

A. Fort Bayard Historic District
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.
B. Stockade Historic District
The Stockade Historic District is a nationally recognized historic neighborhood in Kingston, New York, noted for its well-preserved 17th- and 18th-century architecture and significance as one of the earliest European-settled areas in the state.
C. Old Fort Western
Old Fort Western is a historic 18th-century wooden fort and trading post on the Kennebec River, recognized as one of the oldest surviving wooden military structures in the United States.
D. Avila Adobe
Avila Adobe is the oldest surviving residence in Los Angeles, now preserved as a historic house museum in the El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument district.
E. Santa Fe Historic District
The Santa Fe Historic District is the preserved historic core of Santa Fe, New Mexico, known for its Pueblo Revival and Spanish Colonial architecture, narrow streets, and central Plaza that reflect the city’s centuries-old cultural heritage.
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 Stanton Historic District
Target entity description: Fort Stanton Historic District is a historic 19th-century military post and later federal facility in New Mexico, recognized as a National Historic Landmark for its role in Western frontier, Civil War, and Native American history.

A. Fort Bayard Historic District
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.
B. Stockade Historic District
The Stockade Historic District is a nationally recognized historic neighborhood in Kingston, New York, noted for its well-preserved 17th- and 18th-century architecture and significance as one of the earliest European-settled areas in the state.
C. Old Fort Western
Old Fort Western is a historic 18th-century wooden fort and trading post on the Kennebec River, recognized as one of the oldest surviving wooden military structures in the United States.
D. Avila Adobe
Avila Adobe is the oldest surviving residence in Los Angeles, now preserved as a historic house museum in the El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument district.
E. Santa Fe Historic District
The Santa Fe Historic District is the preserved historic core of Santa Fe, New Mexico, known for its Pueblo Revival and Spanish Colonial architecture, narrow streets, and central Plaza that reflect the city’s centuries-old cultural heritage.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Historic Landmark ⓘ former United States Army post ⓘ historic district ⓘ historic site ⓘ
architecturalStyle	military vernacular architecture ⓘ
category	Forts in New Mexico ⓘ Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
foundedBy	United States Army ⓘ
governingBody	State of New Mexico ⓘ linked to: New Mexico
hasHeritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark of the United States ⓘ property listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
hasPart	administration buildings ⓘ enlisted men’s barracks ⓘ hospital buildings ⓘ officers’ quarters ⓘ parade ground ⓘ stables ⓘ storehouses ⓘ
inception	1855 ⓘ
laterFunction	World War II internment camp ⓘ federal facility ⓘ federal training and administrative center ⓘ merchant marine hospital ⓘ tuberculosis sanatorium ⓘ
locatedIn	Fort Stanton, New Mexico ⓘ linked to: Fort Stanton Historic District Lincoln County, New Mexico ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
nearestCity	Capitan, New Mexico ⓘ
NRHPType	historic district ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
operator	New Mexico Historic Sites ⓘ linked to: Museum of New Mexico system
originalFunction	frontier fort ⓘ military post ⓘ
partOf	Fort Stanton State Monument ⓘ linked to: Fort Stanton Historic District Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area ⓘ
significantEvent	American Civil War ⓘ U.S. military campaigns against Native Americans in the Southwest ⓘ Western frontier military campaigns ⓘ
significantPeriod	19th century ⓘ
significantTheme	Civil War history ⓘ Native American history ⓘ Western frontier history ⓘ
usedFor	care of tuberculosis patients ⓘ internment of German seamen during World War II ⓘ military operations against the Mescalero Apache ⓘ protection of settlers in the Lincoln County area ⓘ

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