Old Dutch Church
E368169
Dutch colonial church
National Historic Landmark
Protestant church
Reformed church
historic church
property listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Old Dutch Church is a historic Reformed Protestant church in Kingston, New York, known as one of the oldest congregations in the United States and a prominent example of early Dutch colonial religious architecture.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Dutch Church (Kingston, New York) | 2 |
| Old Dutch Church canonical | 1 |
| Old Dutch Church property | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3552361 — 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: Old Dutch Church Context triple: [Kingston, New York, hasAttraction, Old Dutch Church]
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A.
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn
Plymouth Church in Brooklyn is a historic 19th-century Congregational church best known as the influential pulpit of abolitionist preacher Henry Ward Beecher and a major center of anti-slavery activism.
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B.
Old St. Joseph's Church
Old St. Joseph's Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in Philadelphia, recognized as one of the oldest Catholic parishes in the United States and a notable landmark within the Old City area.
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C.
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery is one of New York City's oldest churches, a historic Episcopal parish in Manhattan known for its colonial-era roots and prominent role in the city's religious and cultural life.
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D.
St. Johannis Church
St. Johannis Church is a historic Protestant church and prominent medieval landmark in the German university city of Göttingen.
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E.
Old St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
Old St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church is a historic Catholic parish in Philadelphia notable for its colonial-era origins and role in early American religious and civic 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: Old Dutch Church Target entity description: Old Dutch Church is a historic Reformed Protestant church in Kingston, New York, known as one of the oldest congregations in the United States and a prominent example of early Dutch colonial religious architecture.
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A.
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn
Plymouth Church in Brooklyn is a historic 19th-century Congregational church best known as the influential pulpit of abolitionist preacher Henry Ward Beecher and a major center of anti-slavery activism.
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B.
Old St. Joseph's Church
Old St. Joseph's Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in Philadelphia, recognized as one of the oldest Catholic parishes in the United States and a notable landmark within the Old City area.
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C.
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery is one of New York City's oldest churches, a historic Episcopal parish in Manhattan known for its colonial-era roots and prominent role in the city's religious and cultural life.
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D.
St. Johannis Church
St. Johannis Church is a historic Protestant church and prominent medieval landmark in the German university city of Göttingen.
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E.
Old St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
Old St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church is a historic Catholic parish in Philadelphia notable for its colonial-era origins and role in early American religious and civic life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch colonial church
ⓘ
National Historic Landmark ⓘ Protestant church ⓘ Reformed church ⓘ historic church ⓘ property listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Dutch Colonial
ⓘ
Georgian architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dutch colonization of New Netherland
ⓘ
early Dutch Reformed congregations in North America ⓘ history of Kingston, New York ⓘ |
| buildingCompletedIn | 1852 ⓘ |
| cemeteryContains |
graves of American Revolutionary War soldiers
ⓘ
graves of early Dutch settlers ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateAddedToNRHP | October 15, 1966 ⓘ |
| dateDesignatedNationalHistoricLandmark | October 9, 1960 ⓘ |
| denomination | Reformed Church in America ⓘ |
| foundedAsCongregationIn |
1650s
ⓘ
1659 ⓘ |
| governingBody | consistory of the Reformed Church in America ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
burial ground
ⓘ
central tower ⓘ historic cemetery ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ steeple ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfEarlyRecords | Dutch ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfLaterRecords | English ⓘ |
| hasPredecessorBuildingsFrom |
17th century
ⓘ
18th century ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
surface form:
National Historic Landmark of the United States
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| locatedIn |
Kingston, New York
ⓘ
New York State ⓘ Ulster County ⓘ
surface form:
Ulster County, New York
|
| material | stone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
continuous use as a congregation since the 17th century
ⓘ
early Dutch colonial religious architecture ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 66000520 ⓘ |
| NRHPType | building ⓘ |
| oneOfTheOldestCongregationsIn | United States of America ⓘ |
| partOf | historic district of Kingston, New York ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Protestantism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Calvinism ⓘ |
| roofMaterial | slate ⓘ |
| usedFor |
community events
ⓘ
religious services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
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: Old Dutch Church Description of subject: Old Dutch Church is a historic Reformed Protestant church in Kingston, New York, known as one of the oldest congregations in the United States and a prominent example of early Dutch colonial religious architecture.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kingston, New York
this entity surface form:
Old Dutch Church (Kingston, New York)
this entity surface form:
Old Dutch Church (Kingston, New York)
this entity surface form:
Old Dutch Church property