Eggers & Higgins
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Eggers & Higgins was a prominent 20th-century American architectural firm known for major public and institutional projects, including work on the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eggers & Higgins canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2322789 — 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: Eggers & Higgins Context triple: [Otto R. Eggers, coFounded, Eggers & Higgins]
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A.
Hogan & Hartson
Hogan & Hartson was a prominent Washington, D.C.–based international law firm known for its appellate, regulatory, and public policy work before merging to form Hogan Lovells.
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B.
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson was a prominent early 20th-century American architectural firm renowned for its Gothic Revival and collegiate designs, particularly churches and university buildings.
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C.
Lee, Higginson & Co.
Lee, Higginson & Co. was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century Boston investment banking firm influential in American and international finance.
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D.
Rogers & Wells
Rogers & Wells was a prominent New York-based law firm known for its corporate and international legal practice before merging into Clifford Chance in 2000.
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E.
Thayer & Eldridge
Thayer & Eldridge was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing significant antislavery and reform literature, including Harriet Jacobs’s "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl."
- 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: Eggers & Higgins Target entity description: Eggers & Higgins was a prominent 20th-century American architectural firm known for major public and institutional projects, including work on the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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A.
Hogan & Hartson
Hogan & Hartson was a prominent Washington, D.C.–based international law firm known for its appellate, regulatory, and public policy work before merging to form Hogan Lovells.
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B.
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson was a prominent early 20th-century American architectural firm renowned for its Gothic Revival and collegiate designs, particularly churches and university buildings.
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C.
Lee, Higginson & Co.
Lee, Higginson & Co. was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century Boston investment banking firm influential in American and international finance.
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D.
Rogers & Wells
Rogers & Wells was a prominent New York-based law firm known for its corporate and international legal practice before merging into Clifford Chance in 2000.
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E.
Thayer & Eldridge
Thayer & Eldridge was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing significant antislavery and reform literature, including Harriet Jacobs’s "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American architectural firm
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architectural firm ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Modernist influences
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Neoclassical architecture ⓘ Stripped Classical ⓘ
surface form:
Stripped Classicism
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| areaServed |
Midwestern United States
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New York metropolitan area ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field | architecture ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| industry | architecture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
campus planning
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institutional architecture ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ public architecture ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| notableProjectType |
cultural buildings
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government buildings ⓘ memorials ⓘ university buildings ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Brooklyn War Memorial
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Indiana University Auditorium ⓘ Indiana University Bloomington campus master plan ⓘ Indiana University Business School Building ⓘ Indiana University Fine Arts Building ⓘ Jefferson Memorial ⓘ New York Coliseum ⓘ
surface form:
New York Coliseum (collaboration)
New York University Main Building (now Silver Center) ⓘ
surface form:
New York University buildings
Princeton University FitzRandolph Gate ⓘ
surface form:
Princeton University buildings
Rutgers University ⓘ
surface form:
Rutgers University buildings
Jefferson Memorial ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
U.S. Naval Academy buildings ⓘ United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
surface form:
United Nations temporary headquarters buildings
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| reputation | prominent 20th-century American architectural firm ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
campus master planning
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institutional projects ⓘ large-scale public projects ⓘ |
| workedOn |
completion of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
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design and execution of major campus plans ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Eggers & Higgins Description of subject: Eggers & Higgins was a prominent 20th-century American architectural firm known for major public and institutional projects, including work on the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Referenced by (1)
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