American Gothic House Center
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The American Gothic House Center is a visitor and interpretive center in Eldon, Iowa, dedicated to the iconic farmhouse featured in Grant Wood’s painting "American Gothic" and its cultural history.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| American Gothic House Center canonical | 4 |
| American Gothic House | 3 |
| American Gothic House Historic District | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1621794 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Gothic House Center Context triple: [Dibble House, operator, American Gothic House Center]
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A.
American Gothic
American Gothic is a famous 1930 painting by Grant Wood depicting a stern farmer and his daughter in front of a rural house, and is one of the most iconic images in American art.
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B.
Petersen House
Petersen House is the Washington, D.C. boarding house where President Abraham Lincoln was taken after being shot at Ford’s Theatre and where he ultimately died, making it a significant historic site of the American Civil War era.
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C.
Stephen King House
The Stephen King House is the famously ornate Victorian mansion in Bangor, Maine, that served as the longtime residence of horror author Stephen King and a popular attraction for his fans.
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D.
Dexter Pratt House
The Dexter Pratt House is a historic residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts, best known as the home of the blacksmith believed to have inspired Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “The Village Blacksmith.”
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E.
Homewood Museum
Homewood Museum is a historic house museum on Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus that showcases early 19th-century Federal-style architecture and the history of the Carroll family estate.
- 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: American Gothic House Center Target entity description: The American Gothic House Center is a visitor and interpretive center in Eldon, Iowa, dedicated to the iconic farmhouse featured in Grant Wood’s painting "American Gothic" and its cultural history.
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A.
American Gothic
American Gothic is a famous 1930 painting by Grant Wood depicting a stern farmer and his daughter in front of a rural house, and is one of the most iconic images in American art.
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B.
Petersen House
Petersen House is the Washington, D.C. boarding house where President Abraham Lincoln was taken after being shot at Ford’s Theatre and where he ultimately died, making it a significant historic site of the American Civil War era.
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C.
Stephen King House
The Stephen King House is the famously ornate Victorian mansion in Bangor, Maine, that served as the longtime residence of horror author Stephen King and a popular attraction for his fans.
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D.
Dexter Pratt House
The Dexter Pratt House is a historic residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts, best known as the home of the blacksmith believed to have inspired Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “The Village Blacksmith.”
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E.
Homewood Museum
Homewood Museum is a historic house museum on Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus that showcases early 19th-century Federal-style architecture and the history of the Carroll family estate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
interpretive center
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museum ⓘ visitor center ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
American Gothic House Center
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surface form:
American Gothic House
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| associatedWith |
American Gothic House Center
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surface form:
American Gothic House Historic District
Grant Wood ⓘ |
| category |
Art museum in Iowa
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Historic site visitor center in the United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| county |
Wapello County, Iowa
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surface form:
Wapello County
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| dedicatedTo |
American Gothic House Center
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
American Gothic House
American Gothic ⓘ
surface form:
Grant Wood painting "American Gothic"
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| function |
interpretive exhibits
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museum gift shop ⓘ tour starting point ⓘ visitor information center ⓘ |
| hasExhibitFocus |
biography of Grant Wood
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cultural history of American Gothic ⓘ impact of American Gothic on popular culture ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eldon, Iowa
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Iowa ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Wapello County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | American Gothic House Center self-link ⓘ |
| near | Des Moines River ⓘ |
| notableFor |
interpretation of the American Gothic painting setting
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serving visitors to the American Gothic House ⓘ |
| offers |
exhibits on American Gothic (painting)
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exhibits on Eldon local history ⓘ exhibits on Grant Wood ⓘ guided tours of American Gothic House ⓘ photo opportunities with props ⓘ self-guided tours ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operator | City of Eldon ⓘ |
| ownedBy | City of Eldon ⓘ |
| state | Iowa ⓘ |
| subjectOf | tourist brochures about Eldon, Iowa ⓘ |
| theme |
American Gothic
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surface form:
American Gothic (painting)
American regionalism ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
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heritage tourism ⓘ |
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Subject: American Gothic House Center Description of subject: The American Gothic House Center is a visitor and interpretive center in Eldon, Iowa, dedicated to the iconic farmhouse featured in Grant Wood’s painting "American Gothic" and its cultural history.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
American Gothic House Historic District
this entity surface form:
American Gothic House
American Gothic House Center
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American Gothic House Center
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this entity surface form:
American Gothic House
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American Gothic House
American Gothic House Center
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American Gothic House Center
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this entity surface form:
American Gothic House Historic District