James Hoban
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James Hoban was an Irish-born American architect best known for designing the White House in Washington, D.C.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Hoban canonical | 14 |
| James Hoban Jr. | 1 |
| White House architect James Hoban | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16200 — 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: James Hoban Context triple: [White House, architect, James Hoban]
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A.
Pierre Charles L’Enfant
Pierre Charles L’Enfant was a French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for creating the original plan for the city of Washington, D.C.
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B.
Robert Mills
Robert Mills was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing major public monuments and buildings in the early United States.
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C.
Calvert Vaux
Calvert Vaux was a 19th-century British-American architect and landscape designer best known for co-designing New York City's Central Park and contributing to many of its major public buildings and spaces.
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D.
Richard Morris Hunt
Richard Morris Hunt was a pioneering 19th-century American architect who helped introduce Beaux-Arts principles to the United States and designed many prominent public buildings and grand residences.
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E.
Edward Durell Stone
Edward Durell Stone was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for his modernist yet ornamental designs on major public and cultural buildings.
- 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: James Hoban Target entity description: James Hoban was an Irish-born American architect best known for designing the White House in Washington, D.C.
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A.
Pierre Charles L’Enfant
Pierre Charles L’Enfant was a French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for creating the original plan for the city of Washington, D.C.
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B.
Robert Mills
Robert Mills was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing major public monuments and buildings in the early United States.
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C.
Calvert Vaux
Calvert Vaux was a 19th-century British-American architect and landscape designer best known for co-designing New York City's Central Park and contributing to many of its major public buildings and spaces.
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D.
Richard Morris Hunt
Richard Morris Hunt was a pioneering 19th-century American architect who helped introduce Beaux-Arts principles to the United States and designed many prominent public buildings and grand residences.
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E.
Edward Durell Stone
Edward Durell Stone was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for his modernist yet ornamental designs on major public and cultural buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish American
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architect ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn |
early 19th century architecture
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late 18th century architecture ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1758-01-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatus | naturalized American citizen ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
George Washington
ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ireland
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1831-12-08 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
|
| designed |
White House
ⓘ
original President's House in Washington, D.C. ⓘ reconstruction of the White House after the War of 1812 ⓘ several public buildings in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| education | Dublin Society's Drawing School ⓘ |
| employer |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| ethnicGroup | Irish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | architecture ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Leinster House, Dublin ⓘ |
| knownFor |
designing the White House
ⓘ
public architecture in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| movedTo |
Charleston
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surface form:
Charleston, South Carolina
Philadelphia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| name | James Hoban self-link ⓘ |
| nationality |
American
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
President's House (original design)
ⓘ
White House ⓘ |
| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| participatedIn | competition to design the President's House ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Charleston
ⓘ
surface form:
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
|
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
|
| style | Neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| won | competition to design the President's House ⓘ |
| workedOn | rebuilding of the White House after 1814 burning ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: James Hoban Description of subject: James Hoban was an Irish-born American architect best known for designing the White House in Washington, D.C.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
White House architect James Hoban
this entity surface form:
James Hoban Jr.