Tate House (Portland, Maine)
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Tate House (Portland, Maine) is a mid-18th-century Georgian-style colonial residence and museum in Portland, notable for its well-preserved architecture and historical significance in Maine’s early maritime and mercantile history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tate House (Portland, Maine) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4975444 — 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: Tate House (Portland, Maine) Context triple: [National Historic Landmarks in Maine, includes, Tate House (Portland, Maine)]
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A.
Moffatt-Ladd House
The Moffatt-Ladd House is a historic 18th-century Georgian mansion and museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, noted for its well-preserved architecture and role in early American history.
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B.
Currier House
Currier House is one of Harvard College’s undergraduate residential houses, known for its tight-knit community and modern facilities in the Radcliffe Quadrangle.
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C.
Sanborn House
Sanborn House is a historic early 20th-century mansion in Winchester, Massachusetts, noted for its distinctive architecture and role in the town’s cultural and civic history.
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D.
Fairbanks House
Fairbanks House is a historic timber-frame home in Dedham, Massachusetts, recognized as one of the oldest surviving wooden houses in North America.
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E.
Seabury Hall
Seabury Hall is one of the historic academic buildings on the Long Walk at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.
- 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: Tate House (Portland, Maine) Target entity description: Tate House (Portland, Maine) is a mid-18th-century Georgian-style colonial residence and museum in Portland, notable for its well-preserved architecture and historical significance in Maine’s early maritime and mercantile history.
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A.
Moffatt-Ladd House
The Moffatt-Ladd House is a historic 18th-century Georgian mansion and museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, noted for its well-preserved architecture and role in early American history.
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B.
Currier House
Currier House is one of Harvard College’s undergraduate residential houses, known for its tight-knit community and modern facilities in the Radcliffe Quadrangle.
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C.
Sanborn House
Sanborn House is a historic early 20th-century mansion in Winchester, Massachusetts, noted for its distinctive architecture and role in the town’s cultural and civic history.
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D.
Fairbanks House
Fairbanks House is a historic timber-frame home in Dedham, Massachusetts, recognized as one of the oldest surviving wooden houses in North America.
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E.
Seabury Hall
Seabury Hall is one of the historic academic buildings on the Long Walk at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Georgian-style residence
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colonial-era building ⓘ historic house ⓘ house museum ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Georgian architecture ⓘ |
| builtFor | George Tate ⓘ |
| category |
Georgian architecture in Maine
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Historic house museums in Maine ⓘ Houses completed in 1755 ⓘ Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine ⓘ Museums in Portland, Maine ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in Maine ⓘ |
| city | Portland, Maine ⓘ |
| completionDate | circa 1755 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1755 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| floorCount | 2.5 ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
18th-century furnishings
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maritime-related artifacts ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central chimney
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clapboard siding ⓘ paneled front door with classical surround ⓘ period interior woodwork ⓘ symmetrical five-bay facade ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ
linked to:
National Register of Historic Places
|
| historicalPeriod | colonial America ⓘ |
| inception | circa 1755 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Stroudwater neighborhood, Portland, Maine ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Fore River
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linked to:
Fore River (Maine)
Portland International Jetport ⓘ |
| material | wood ⓘ |
| namedAfter | George Tate ⓘ |
| NHLDesignationDate | 1974 ⓘ |
| NHLReferenceNumber | 74000175 ⓘ |
| NRHPListingDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 68000052 ⓘ |
| occupant |
George Tate
ⓘ
Tate family ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Tate House Museum organization ⓘ |
| roofType | hipped roof ⓘ |
| significance |
associated with British Royal Navy mast agent George Tate
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associated with Maine’s early maritime and mast trade history ⓘ well-preserved example of mid-18th-century Georgian domestic architecture in Maine ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| use | historic house museum ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tate House (Portland, Maine) Description of subject: Tate House (Portland, Maine) is a mid-18th-century Georgian-style colonial residence and museum in Portland, notable for its well-preserved architecture and historical significance in Maine’s early maritime and mercantile history.
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