Guaranty Building
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The Guaranty Building is a landmark early skyscraper in Buffalo, New York, celebrated as one of architect Louis Sullivan’s finest examples of richly ornamented, form-follows-function commercial architecture.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guaranty Building canonical | 3 |
| Guaranty Building Annex | 1 |
| Guaranty Building Annex Annex | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3366115 — 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: Guaranty Building Context triple: [Louis Sullivan, notableWork, Guaranty Building]
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A.
Johnson Building
The Johnson Building is a modernist wing of the Boston Public Library’s Copley Square main branch, known for housing its contemporary collections and public services.
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B.
Emigrant Savings Bank Building
The Emigrant Savings Bank Building is a modernist New York City bank headquarters designed by influential architect Gordon Bunshaft, noted for its sleek glass-and-steel aesthetic.
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C.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower is a historic early 20th-century skyscraper in Manhattan, modeled after the Campanile in Venice and once the tallest building in the world.
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D.
Reliance Building
The Reliance Building is a pioneering late-19th-century Chicago skyscraper celebrated for its early use of steel-frame construction and expansive glass façades, making it a landmark of the Chicago School of architecture.
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E.
Bank of Manhattan Trust Building
The Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, now commonly known as 40 Wall Street, is a historic neo-Gothic skyscraper in New York City's Financial District that was briefly one of the tallest buildings in the world.
- 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: Guaranty Building Target entity description: The Guaranty Building is a landmark early skyscraper in Buffalo, New York, celebrated as one of architect Louis Sullivan’s finest examples of richly ornamented, form-follows-function commercial architecture.
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A.
Johnson Building
The Johnson Building is a modernist wing of the Boston Public Library’s Copley Square main branch, known for housing its contemporary collections and public services.
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B.
Emigrant Savings Bank Building
The Emigrant Savings Bank Building is a modernist New York City bank headquarters designed by influential architect Gordon Bunshaft, noted for its sleek glass-and-steel aesthetic.
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C.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower is a historic early 20th-century skyscraper in Manhattan, modeled after the Campanile in Venice and once the tallest building in the world.
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D.
Reliance Building
The Reliance Building is a pioneering late-19th-century Chicago skyscraper celebrated for its early use of steel-frame construction and expansive glass façades, making it a landmark of the Chicago School of architecture.
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E.
Bank of Manhattan Trust Building
The Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, now commonly known as 40 Wall Street, is a historic neo-Gothic skyscraper in New York City's Financial District that was briefly one of the tallest buildings in the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic building
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office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| architect |
Dankmar Adler
ⓘ
Louis Sullivan ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Chicago School of Architecture
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surface form:
Chicago School
early skyscraper ⓘ |
| buildingType | commercial building ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Buffalo, New York
ⓘ
National Historic Landmarks in New York ⓘ
surface form:
National Historic Landmarks in New York (state)
Skyscraper office buildings in New York (state) ⓘ |
| city | Buffalo ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1896 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1895 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designatedNRHPType | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| followsArchitecturalPrinciple | form follows function ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Prudential Building
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surface form:
Prudential (Guaranty) Building
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| hasFeature |
large Chicago-style windows
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ornamented cornice ⓘ vertical emphasis in façade design ⓘ |
| hasFloorPlan | U-shaped plan ⓘ |
| hasOrnamentation | organic plant-inspired motifs ⓘ |
| hasOwner | Hodgson Russ LLP (primary tenant and steward in 21st century) ⓘ |
| hasRenovation | major restoration in late 20th century ⓘ |
| hasStructuralSystem | steel skeleton frame ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| influenced | 20th-century skyscraper design ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chicago School architecture
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago School of architecture
|
| knownFor | richly ornamented terra cotta façade ⓘ |
| locatedAtAddress | 140 Pearl Street, Buffalo, New York ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Buffalo
ⓘ
surface form:
Buffalo, New York
Erie County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York (state)
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| materialUsed |
steel frame
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terra cotta ⓘ |
| NHLDesignationDate | 1975 ⓘ |
| NRHPListingDate | 1975 ⓘ |
| NRHPStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| numberOfStories | 13 ⓘ |
| originalName | Prudential Building ⓘ |
| significance |
landmark of early skyscraper design
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major work of Louis Sullivan ⓘ |
| significantArchitect | Louis Sullivan ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| use | office space ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Guaranty Building Description of subject: The Guaranty Building is a landmark early skyscraper in Buffalo, New York, celebrated as one of architect Louis Sullivan’s finest examples of richly ornamented, form-follows-function commercial architecture.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Louis Sullivan
subject surface form:
Louis Sullivan
this entity surface form:
Guaranty Building Annex
subject surface form:
Louis Sullivan
this entity surface form:
Guaranty Building Annex Annex