Pope-Leighey House

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Usonian house historic house museum house

The Pope-Leighey House is a notable example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian residential architecture, located in Virginia and preserved as a public historic site.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pope-Leighey House canonical	2
National Historic Landmark (as part of Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House)	1
Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House National Historic Landmark	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11145575 — 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: Pope-Leighey House
Context triple: [National Trust Historic Sites, hasPart, Pope-Leighey House]

A. Tudor Place
Tudor Place is a historic Federal-style mansion and garden in Washington, D.C., once home to descendants of Martha Washington and now preserved as a museum.
B. Johnson House Historic Site
Johnson House Historic Site is a preserved 18th-century home in Germantown, Philadelphia, renowned for its role as a station on the Underground Railroad and its interpretation of African American history and abolitionism.
C. George Washington’s Mount Vernon museum
George Washington’s Mount Vernon museum is a historic estate and museum in Virginia that preserves and interprets the home, life, and legacy of the first president of the United States.
D. Boughton House
Boughton House is a grand English country house in Northamptonshire that serves as the historic seat of the Montagu family, renowned for its extensive art collections and French-influenced architecture.
E. Burnside Hall
Burnside Hall is a major academic building at McGill University in downtown Montreal, known for housing mathematics, statistics, and atmospheric science departments.
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: Pope-Leighey House
Target entity description: The Pope-Leighey House is a notable example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian residential architecture, located in Virginia and preserved as a public historic site.

A. Tudor Place
Tudor Place is a historic Federal-style mansion and garden in Washington, D.C., once home to descendants of Martha Washington and now preserved as a museum.
B. Johnson House Historic Site
Johnson House Historic Site is a preserved 18th-century home in Germantown, Philadelphia, renowned for its role as a station on the Underground Railroad and its interpretation of African American history and abolitionism.
C. George Washington’s Mount Vernon museum
George Washington’s Mount Vernon museum is a historic estate and museum in Virginia that preserves and interprets the home, life, and legacy of the first president of the United States.
D. Boughton House
Boughton House is a grand English country house in Northamptonshire that serves as the historic seat of the Montagu family, renowned for its extensive art collections and French-influenced architecture.
E. Burnside Hall
Burnside Hall is a major academic building at McGill University in downtown Montreal, known for housing mathematics, statistics, and atmospheric science departments.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Usonian house ⓘ historic house museum ⓘ house ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Pope House ⓘ Pope-Leighey Usonian House ⓘ
architect	Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Usonian ⓘ linked to: Usonian houses
constructionStartYear	1939 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
designedFor	middle-income family ⓘ
floorCount	1 ⓘ
hasFeature	board-and-batten walls ⓘ built-in furniture ⓘ cantilevered roof overhangs ⓘ carport ⓘ extensive use of wood and brick ⓘ flat roof ⓘ open-plan living area ⓘ ribbon windows ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.woodlawnpopeleighey.org ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark (as part of Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House) ⓘ linked to: Pope-Leighey House listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedAt	Woodlawn Plantation ⓘ
locatedIn	Alexandria, Virginia metropolitan area ⓘ linked to: Alexandria, Virginia Fairfax County, Virginia ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
locatedOn	U.S. Route 1 ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ glass ⓘ wood ⓘ
namedAfter	Loren Pope ⓘ Robert Leighey ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber	90002122 ⓘ
NRHPType	building ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
operatedBy	National Trust for Historic Preservation ⓘ
originalClient	Loren Pope ⓘ
originalLocation	Falls Church, Virginia ⓘ linked to: Falls Church
ownedBy	National Trust for Historic Preservation ⓘ
partOf	Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House National Historic Landmark ⓘ linked to: Pope-Leighey House portfolio of Frank Lloyd Wright residential works ⓘ
reasonForRelocation	construction of Interstate 66 ⓘ
relocatedTo	Alexandria, Virginia area ⓘ linked to: Alexandria, Virginia
relocationYear	1964 ⓘ 1995 ⓘ
significance	important example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian residential design ⓘ preserved as a public historic site ⓘ
streetAddress	9000 Richmond Highway ⓘ
tourAvailability	guided tours ⓘ
yearCompleted	1941 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

National Trust Historic Sites → hasPart → Pope-Leighey House ⓘ

Usonia → hasNotableExample → Pope-Leighey House ⓘ

Pope-Leighey House → partOf → Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House National Historic Landmark ⓘ

linked to: Pope-Leighey House

Pope-Leighey House → heritageDesignation → National Historic Landmark (as part of Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House) ⓘ