Middleton Place plantation
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Middleton Place plantation is a historic rice plantation and National Historic Landmark near Charleston, South Carolina, renowned for its 18th-century terraced gardens and role in early American history.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middleton Place plantation Context triple: [Henry Middleton, owned, Middleton Place plantation]
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A.
Arlington House plantation
Arlington House plantation was a historic Virginia estate overlooking the Potomac River that later became the core of what is now Arlington National Cemetery.
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B.
Pennsbury Manor
Pennsbury Manor is the reconstructed 17th-century country estate of Pennsylvania founder William Penn, located along the Delaware River in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and preserved today as a historic site and museum.
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C.
Locust Grove Estate
Locust Grove Estate is a historic Hudson River–valley property in Poughkeepsie, New York, best known as the Italianate villa and former home of telegraph inventor Samuel F. B. Morse, now operated as a museum and landscaped estate.
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Hancock-Clarke House
The Hancock-Clarke House is a historic colonial-era home and museum in Lexington, Massachusetts, best known as the site where Paul Revere and William Dawes warned John Hancock and Samuel Adams of approaching British troops on the night of April 18, 1775.
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E.
Emlen Physick Estate
The Emlen Physick Estate is a preserved Victorian house museum in Cape May, New Jersey, renowned as an outstanding example of Stick Style architecture and 19th-century seaside resort life.
- 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: Middleton Place plantation Target entity description: Middleton Place plantation is a historic rice plantation and National Historic Landmark near Charleston, South Carolina, renowned for its 18th-century terraced gardens and role in early American history.
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A.
Arlington House plantation
Arlington House plantation was a historic Virginia estate overlooking the Potomac River that later became the core of what is now Arlington National Cemetery.
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B.
Pennsbury Manor
Pennsbury Manor is the reconstructed 17th-century country estate of Pennsylvania founder William Penn, located along the Delaware River in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and preserved today as a historic site and museum.
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C.
Locust Grove Estate
Locust Grove Estate is a historic Hudson River–valley property in Poughkeepsie, New York, best known as the Italianate villa and former home of telegraph inventor Samuel F. B. Morse, now operated as a museum and landscaped estate.
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D.
Hancock-Clarke House
The Hancock-Clarke House is a historic colonial-era home and museum in Lexington, Massachusetts, best known as the site where Paul Revere and William Dawes warned John Hancock and Samuel Adams of approaching British troops on the night of April 18, 1775.
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E.
Emlen Physick Estate
The Emlen Physick Estate is a preserved Victorian house museum in Cape May, New Jersey, renowned as an outstanding example of Stick Style architecture and 19th-century seaside resort life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Historic Landmark
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historic plantation ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Georgian architecture
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Palladian architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Historic house museums in South Carolina
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National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina ⓘ Plantations in South Carolina ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| cropGrown | Carolina Gold rice ⓘ |
| dateOfNationalHistoricLandmarkDesignation | 1971 ⓘ |
| dateOfNationalRegisterListing | 1966 ⓘ |
| ElizasHouseFunction | interpretive site on slavery and freedpeople ⓘ |
| hasGardenStyle |
18th-century terraced gardens
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formal landscaped gardens ⓘ |
| hasGeographicRegion |
Lowcountry of South Carolina
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surface form:
Lowcountry, South Carolina
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| hasHistoricalRole |
example of plantation economy based on enslaved labor
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major rice plantation in colonial South Carolina ⓘ site associated with a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| hasMainBuilding | Middleton Place House Museum ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | Eliza’s House ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Middleton Place Chapel Ruins
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Middleton Place Gardens ⓘ Middleton Place Inn ⓘ Middleton Place Plantation Cemetery ⓘ Middleton Place plantation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Middleton Place Rice Fields
Middleton Place Stableyards ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
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surface form:
National Historic Landmark of the United States
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| inception | 18th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Charleston County, South Carolina ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Charleston
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surface form:
Charleston, South Carolina
|
| locatedOn | Ashley River ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Middleton family ⓘ |
| notableResident |
Arthur Middleton
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Henry Middleton ⓘ |
| offers |
garden tours
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house museum tours ⓘ interpretive programs on slavery and plantation life ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operator | Middleton Place Foundation ⓘ |
| originalFunction | rice plantation ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Middleton family ⓘ |
| restorationStart | 20th century ⓘ |
| restoredBy | Middleton Place Foundation ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
destruction of main house during the American Civil War
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earthquake damage in 1886 Charleston earthquake ⓘ |
| significantPerson |
Arthur Middleton
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Henry Middleton ⓘ Williams Middleton ⓘ |
| usedEnslavedLabor | African and African American enslaved people ⓘ |
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Subject: Middleton Place plantation Description of subject: Middleton Place plantation is a historic rice plantation and National Historic Landmark near Charleston, South Carolina, renowned for its 18th-century terraced gardens and role in early American history.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Middleton Place Gardens, South Carolina
subject surface form:
Middleton Place
this entity surface form:
Middleton Place Rice Fields
Arthur Middleton (signer of the Declaration of Independence)
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residence
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Middleton Place plantation
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subject surface form:
Arthur Middleton
this entity surface form:
Middleton Place, South Carolina
Arthur Middleton (signer of the Declaration of Independence)
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placeOfBurial
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Middleton Place plantation
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subject surface form:
Arthur Middleton
this entity surface form:
Middleton Place Gardens, Dorchester County, South Carolina
this entity surface form:
Middleton Place plantation complex
this entity surface form:
Middleton Place plantation complex
this entity surface form:
cultural landscape of Middleton Place
this entity surface form:
Middleton Place, South Carolina
this entity surface form:
Middleton Place, South Carolina
this entity surface form:
Middleton Place plantation complex
this entity surface form:
Middleton family plantation