Howells & Hood
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Howells & Hood was an American architectural firm co-founded by John Mead Howells, noted for its early 20th-century building designs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Howells & Hood canonical | 3 |
| Hood & Howells | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6629027 — 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: Howells & Hood Context triple: [John Mead Howells, partnerInFirm, Howells & Hood]
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A.
Howells & Stokes
Howells & Stokes was an early 20th-century American architectural firm known for designing prominent commercial and institutional buildings, particularly in New York City.
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B.
Eggers & Higgins
Eggers & Higgins was a prominent 20th-century American architectural firm known for major public and institutional projects, including work on the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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C.
Harrington & Richardson
Harrington & Richardson was an American firearms manufacturer known for producing a wide range of rifles, shotguns, and handguns for civilian, military, and law enforcement use throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
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D.
Holloway & Reeves
Holloway & Reeves is an architectural firm best known for designing the North Carolina State Legislative Building in Raleigh.
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E.
Hogan & Hartson
Hogan & Hartson was a prominent Washington, D.C.–based international law firm known for its appellate, regulatory, and public policy work before merging to form Hogan Lovells.
- 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: Howells & Hood Target entity description: Howells & Hood was an American architectural firm co-founded by John Mead Howells, noted for its early 20th-century building designs.
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A.
Howells & Stokes
Howells & Stokes was an early 20th-century American architectural firm known for designing prominent commercial and institutional buildings, particularly in New York City.
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B.
Eggers & Higgins
Eggers & Higgins was a prominent 20th-century American architectural firm known for major public and institutional projects, including work on the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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C.
Harrington & Richardson
Harrington & Richardson was an American firearms manufacturer known for producing a wide range of rifles, shotguns, and handguns for civilian, military, and law enforcement use throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
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D.
Holloway & Reeves
Holloway & Reeves is an architectural firm best known for designing the North Carolina State Legislative Building in Raleigh.
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E.
Hogan & Hartson
Hogan & Hartson was a prominent Washington, D.C.–based international law firm known for its appellate, regulatory, and public policy work before merging to form Hogan Lovells.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | architectural firm ⓘ |
| activeIn | early 20th century ⓘ |
| architecturalStyleUsed |
Art Deco
ⓘ
Gothic Revival ⓘ Neo-Gothic ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| coFounder |
John Mead Howells
ⓘ
Raymond Hood ⓘ |
| competitionWinnerFor |
Chicago Tribune Tower design competition
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago Tribune Tower
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| employerOf |
John Mead Howells
ⓘ
Raymond Hood ⓘ |
| field | architecture ⓘ |
| genre |
commercial architecture
ⓘ
skyscraper design ⓘ |
| hasArchitect |
John Mead Howells
ⓘ
Raymond Hood ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| industry | architecture ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early 20th-century building designs
ⓘ
skyscraper competitions in the United States ⓘ |
| notableProjectLocation |
Chicago, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago
New York City, New York ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| notableWork | Chicago Tribune Tower ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Howells & Hood Description of subject: Howells & Hood was an American architectural firm co-founded by John Mead Howells, noted for its early 20th-century building designs.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Howells & Hood