Home Insurance Building
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The Home Insurance Building was a pioneering late-19th-century Chicago skyscraper often regarded as the world's first modern high-rise due to its innovative steel-frame construction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Home Insurance Building canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2641446 — 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: Home Insurance Building Context triple: [Chicago School architecture, hasNotableWork, Home Insurance Building]
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A.
Bond & Specialty Insurance
Bond & Specialty Insurance is a division of Travelers that provides surety, management liability, professional liability, and other specialized insurance products for businesses and organizations.
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B.
Property & Buildings
Property & Buildings is a specialized division of WSP Global focused on providing engineering and consulting services for building and property development projects.
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C.
Main Building
The Main Building of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art is its principal exhibition complex, housing major collections of modern and contemporary art and serving as the museum’s central architectural landmark.
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D.
Main Building
The Main Building is the central legislative edifice within the Batasang Pambansa Complex that houses the core offices and session hall of the Philippine House of Representatives.
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E.
Insurance Service
Insurance Service is a division of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that administers life insurance and related benefits for eligible veterans, service members, and their families.
- 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: Home Insurance Building Target entity description: The Home Insurance Building was a pioneering late-19th-century Chicago skyscraper often regarded as the world's first modern high-rise due to its innovative steel-frame construction.
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A.
Bond & Specialty Insurance
Bond & Specialty Insurance is a division of Travelers that provides surety, management liability, professional liability, and other specialized insurance products for businesses and organizations.
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B.
Property & Buildings
Property & Buildings is a specialized division of WSP Global focused on providing engineering and consulting services for building and property development projects.
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C.
Main Building
The Main Building of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art is its principal exhibition complex, housing major collections of modern and contemporary art and serving as the museum’s central architectural landmark.
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D.
Main Building
The Main Building is the central legislative edifice within the Batasang Pambansa Complex that houses the core offices and session hall of the Philippine House of Representatives.
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E.
Insurance Service
Insurance Service is a division of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that administers life insurance and related benefits for eligible veterans, service members, and their families.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
demolished building
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high-rise building ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| architect | William Le Baron Jenney ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Chicago School of Architecture
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surface form:
Chicago School
Commercial Style ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1885 ⓘ |
| cornerOf |
LaSalle Street
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surface form:
LaSalle Street and Adams Street
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| demolitionDate | 1931 ⓘ |
| elevationType | high-rise ⓘ |
| floorCount |
10
ⓘ
12 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
masonry cladding
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steel frame ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
milestone in the history of architecture
ⓘ
milestone in the history of structural engineering ⓘ |
| height |
138 ft
ⓘ
42 m ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | considered a landmark in structural engineering ⓘ |
| inception | 1884 ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of skyscrapers in Chicago
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development of skyscrapers in the United States ⓘ modern high-rise structural design ⓘ |
| innovation | use of metal frame to support both internal and external loads ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Chicago
Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locationStreet |
Adams Street
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LaSalle Street ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
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iron ⓘ steel ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first use of steel-frame construction in a tall office building
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often regarded as the world’s first modern skyscraper ⓘ |
| numberOfElevators | 2 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1885 ⓘ |
| owner | Home Insurance Company ⓘ |
| partOf | Chicago Loop ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Field Building ⓘ |
| startDate | 1884 ⓘ |
| status | demolished ⓘ |
| structuralSystem |
load-bearing metal frame
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steel-frame construction ⓘ |
| use | commercial offices ⓘ |
| yearOfDemolition | 1931 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Home Insurance Building Description of subject: The Home Insurance Building was a pioneering late-19th-century Chicago skyscraper often regarded as the world's first modern high-rise due to its innovative steel-frame construction.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.