Howard T. Markey National Courts Building

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federal courthouse government building office building

The Howard T. Markey National Courts Building is a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., that houses several U.S. national courts, including the United States Court of Federal Claims.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Howard T. Markey National Courts Building canonical	2
National Courts Building	2
National Courts Building complex	1
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces building	1
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces building	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T752551 — 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: Howard T. Markey National Courts Building
Context triple: [United States Court of Federal Claims, hasSeat, Howard T. Markey National Courts Building]

A. Court of Appeals Hall
Court of Appeals Hall is the historic courthouse in Albany, New York, that serves as the home of the state's highest court.
B. Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse
The Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse is a historic federal courthouse in Richmond, Virginia, named after Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.
C. Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse
The Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse is a major federal courthouse in downtown Chicago that houses the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
D. John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse
The John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse is a prominent federal courthouse and judicial complex located on Boston’s waterfront that houses the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
E. Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse
Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse is a historic federal courthouse in Manhattan that houses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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: Howard T. Markey National Courts Building
Target entity description: The Howard T. Markey National Courts Building is a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., that houses several U.S. national courts, including the United States Court of Federal Claims.

A. Court of Appeals Hall
Court of Appeals Hall is the historic courthouse in Albany, New York, that serves as the home of the state's highest court.
B. Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse
The Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse is a historic federal courthouse in Richmond, Virginia, named after Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.
C. Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse
The Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse is a major federal courthouse in downtown Chicago that houses the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
D. John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse
The John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse is a prominent federal courthouse and judicial complex located on Boston’s waterfront that houses the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
E. Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse
Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse is a historic federal courthouse in Manhattan that houses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal courthouse ⓘ government building ⓘ office building ⓘ
adjacentTo	Lafayette Square ⓘ White House (nearby) ⓘ linked to: White House
buildingUse	administrative offices ⓘ clerks' offices ⓘ courtrooms ⓘ judges' chambers ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
function	hearing federal cases ⓘ housing federal judicial offices ⓘ
governmentBranchServed	judicial branch of the United States ⓘ
hasCategory	Courthouses in Washington, D.C. ⓘ Federal courthouses in the United States ⓘ United States federal judiciary buildings ⓘ
hasName	Howard T. Markey National Courts Building ⓘ
housesCourt	Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (offices) ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ United States Court of International Trade (offices) ⓘ linked to: United States Court of International Trade
jurisdictionLevel	federal ⓘ
locatedIn	Judiciary Square ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
namedAfter	Howard T. Markey ⓘ
namedForOccupation	judge ⓘ
namedForPosition	Chief Judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals ⓘ
overlooks	Lafayette Square ⓘ
ownedBy	General Services Administration ⓘ linked to: U.S. General Services Administration United States government ⓘ
partOfComplex	National Courts Building complex ⓘ linked to: Howard T. Markey National Courts Building
shortName	National Courts Building ⓘ linked to: Howard T. Markey National Courts Building
streetAddress	717 Madison Place NW ⓘ
usedBy	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit judges ⓘ linked to: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit United States Court of Federal Claims judges ⓘ linked to: United States Court of Federal Claims United States federal judiciary ⓘ linked to: federal judiciary of the United States

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Referenced by (7)

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

United States Court of Federal Claims → hasSeat → Howard T. Markey National Courts Building ⓘ

Judiciary Square buildings, Washington, D.C. → hasPart → U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces building ⓘ