National Farmers Bank of Owatonna
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The National Farmers Bank of Owatonna is a landmark early 20th-century Midwestern bank building celebrated as one of architect Louis Sullivan’s finest “jewel box” designs, noted for its rich ornamentation and pioneering modern commercial architecture.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Farmers Bank of Owatonna canonical | 3 |
| National Farmers Bank | 1 |
| National Farmers' Bank of Owatonna | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3366118 — 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: National Farmers Bank of Owatonna Context triple: [Louis Sullivan, notableWork, National Farmers Bank of Owatonna]
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A.
Northwest Farmers Bank
Northwest Farmers Bank was a regional Chinese financial institution that served as a predecessor to the modern central bank, the People's Bank of China.
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B.
First National Bank of Northfield
First National Bank of Northfield is a historic bank in Northfield, Minnesota, best known as the site of the failed 1876 James-Younger Gang robbery attempt.
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C.
First National Bank of Omaha
First National Bank of Omaha is a major regional U.S. bank and financial services company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, known for its consumer and commercial banking and credit card operations.
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D.
Third National Bank
Third National Bank was a predecessor financial institution that eventually became part of what is now known as Fifth Third Bank.
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E.
Hunts Bank
Hunts Bank is a street in central Manchester, England, located near major transport hubs and historic city landmarks.
- 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: National Farmers Bank of Owatonna Target entity description: The National Farmers Bank of Owatonna is a landmark early 20th-century Midwestern bank building celebrated as one of architect Louis Sullivan’s finest “jewel box” designs, noted for its rich ornamentation and pioneering modern commercial architecture.
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A.
Northwest Farmers Bank
Northwest Farmers Bank was a regional Chinese financial institution that served as a predecessor to the modern central bank, the People's Bank of China.
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B.
First National Bank of Northfield
First National Bank of Northfield is a historic bank in Northfield, Minnesota, best known as the site of the failed 1876 James-Younger Gang robbery attempt.
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C.
First National Bank of Omaha
First National Bank of Omaha is a major regional U.S. bank and financial services company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, known for its consumer and commercial banking and credit card operations.
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D.
Third National Bank
Third National Bank was a predecessor financial institution that eventually became part of what is now known as Fifth Third Bank.
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E.
Hunts Bank
Hunts Bank is a street in central Manchester, England, located near major transport hubs and historic city landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bank building
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commercial building ⓘ historic building ⓘ work of architecture ⓘ |
| architect | Louis Sullivan ⓘ |
| architecturalType | “jewel box” bank ⓘ |
| associatedArchitect |
Louis Sullivan
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surface form:
Louis H. Sullivan
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| category |
Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
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Buildings and structures in Steele County, Minnesota ⓘ Louis Sullivan buildings ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1906 ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| hasArchitecturalDecoration |
ornamental brickwork
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terra cotta panels ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalFeature |
corner tower-like massing
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massive arched windows ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
icon of Midwestern commercial architecture
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one of Louis Sullivan’s finest small-bank designs ⓘ |
| hasInteriorFeature |
custom furniture
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decorative metalwork ⓘ mural paintings ⓘ ornate teller cages ⓘ |
| hasUse | bank ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
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National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| influenced | design of later small-town American banks ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Owatonna, Minnesota ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Minnesota
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Steele County, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
colorful terra cotta decoration
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integration of art and architecture ⓘ large stained-glass windows ⓘ pioneering modern commercial architecture ⓘ rich ornamentation ⓘ |
| NRHPListingDate | 1976 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1908 ⓘ |
| originalClient |
National Farmers Bank of Owatonna
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
National Farmers Bank
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| partOf | Louis Sullivan’s series of “jewel box” banks ⓘ |
| significantArchitect | Louis Sullivan ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| style |
Chicago School architecture
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early modern commercial architecture ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: National Farmers Bank of Owatonna Description of subject: The National Farmers Bank of Owatonna is a landmark early 20th-century Midwestern bank building celebrated as one of architect Louis Sullivan’s finest “jewel box” designs, noted for its rich ornamentation and pioneering modern commercial architecture.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Louis Sullivan
this entity surface form:
National Farmers' Bank of Owatonna
National Farmers Bank of Owatonna
→
originalClient
→
National Farmers Bank of Owatonna
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
National Farmers Bank