First Unitarian Church of Rochester

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Unitarian Universalist church church building modernist building religious building

The First Unitarian Church of Rochester is a landmark modernist religious building in Rochester, New York, renowned for its innovative architectural design by Louis Kahn.

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Label	Occurrences
First Unitarian Church (congregation)	1
First Unitarian Church of Rochester canonical	1
First Unitarian Church of Rochester congregation	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1072355 — 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: First Unitarian Church of Rochester
Context triple: [Louis Kahn, notableWork, First Unitarian Church of Rochester]

A. The First Church of Christ, Scientist
The First Church of Christ, Scientist is the Boston-based mother church and administrative headquarters of the Christian Science denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy.
B. Church of the Resurrection
The Church of the Resurrection, more widely known today as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, is a major Christian pilgrimage site in Jerusalem believed to encompass both the site of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and his tomb.
C. Park Street Church
Park Street Church is a historic Congregational church in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, renowned for its early 19th-century architecture and its role in significant social and religious movements in American history.
D. First Church Unitarian Littleton
First Church Unitarian Littleton is a historic Unitarian Universalist congregation and church building located in Littleton, Massachusetts.
E. Trinity Church
Trinity Church is a historic Episcopal parish church in Lower Manhattan, New York City, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture and prominent location at the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway.
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: First Unitarian Church of Rochester
Target entity description: The First Unitarian Church of Rochester is a landmark modernist religious building in Rochester, New York, renowned for its innovative architectural design by Louis Kahn.

A. The First Church of Christ, Scientist
The First Church of Christ, Scientist is the Boston-based mother church and administrative headquarters of the Christian Science denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy.
B. Church of the Resurrection
The Church of the Resurrection, more widely known today as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, is a major Christian pilgrimage site in Jerusalem believed to encompass both the site of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and his tomb.
C. Park Street Church
Park Street Church is a historic Congregational church in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, renowned for its early 19th-century architecture and its role in significant social and religious movements in American history.
D. First Church Unitarian Littleton
First Church Unitarian Littleton is a historic Unitarian Universalist congregation and church building located in Littleton, Massachusetts.
E. Trinity Church
Trinity Church is a historic Episcopal parish church in Lower Manhattan, New York City, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture and prominent location at the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Unitarian Universalist church ⓘ church building ⓘ modernist building ⓘ religious building ⓘ
architect	Louis Kahn ⓘ
architecturalType	church ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
denomination	Unitarian Universalism ⓘ
floorCount	2 ⓘ
hasAddress	Rochester ⓘ surface form: Rochester, New York, United States
hasArchitect	Louis Kahn ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	Brutalist-influenced modernism ⓘ Modernist architecture ⓘ
hasClient	First Unitarian Church of Rochester self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Unitarian Church of Rochester congregation
hasFeature	carefully controlled daylight openings ⓘ central sanctuary volume ⓘ courtyard-focused plan ⓘ exposed structural elements ⓘ perimeter circulation spaces ⓘ
hasPart	courtyard ⓘ meeting rooms ⓘ religious education wing ⓘ sanctuary ⓘ social hall ⓘ
hasSeatingCapacity	approximately 400–500 ⓘ
heritageStatus	architecturally significant building ⓘ
inception	20th century ⓘ
isPartOf	modernist church architecture in the United States ⓘ
locatedIn	Monroe County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York ⓘ Rochester ⓘ surface form: Rochester, New York
materialUsed	brick ⓘ concrete ⓘ wood ⓘ
namedAfter	First Unitarian Church of Rochester self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Unitarian Church (congregation)
notableFor	geometric spatial organization ⓘ innovative architectural design ⓘ integration of worship and community spaces ⓘ use of natural light ⓘ
religion	Unitarian Universalism ⓘ
use	community events ⓘ religious education ⓘ worship services ⓘ

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

Louis Kahn → notableWork → First Unitarian Church of Rochester ⓘ

First Unitarian Church of Rochester → namedAfter → First Unitarian Church of Rochester self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Unitarian Church (congregation)

First Unitarian Church of Rochester → hasClient → First Unitarian Church of Rochester self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Unitarian Church of Rochester congregation

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