The Monroe Building
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The Monroe Building is a historic early 20th-century office skyscraper in downtown Chicago, noted for its ornate Gothic Revival architecture and richly detailed terra cotta façade.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Monroe Building canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7021866 — 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: The Monroe Building Context triple: [Historic Michigan Boulevard District, hasBuilding, The Monroe Building]
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A.
Madison Building
The Madison Building is one of the main Library of Congress structures in Washington, D.C., housing extensive research collections, reading rooms, and administrative offices.
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B.
McClurg Building
The McClurg Building is a historic Chicago commercial structure recognized as a significant example of early skyscraper design by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche.
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C.
Leacock Building
The Leacock Building is a major academic and classroom complex at McGill University’s downtown Montreal campus, housing numerous lecture halls, offices, and social science departments.
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D.
Davis Building
The Davis Building is a facility located on the campus of the University of Texas at Martin (UTM), used for academic and institutional purposes.
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E.
Henry F. Hall Building
The Henry F. Hall Building is a major academic and administrative complex at Concordia University in Montreal, known for its central role in campus life and its distinctive modernist architecture.
- 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: The Monroe Building Target entity description: The Monroe Building is a historic early 20th-century office skyscraper in downtown Chicago, noted for its ornate Gothic Revival architecture and richly detailed terra cotta façade.
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A.
Madison Building
The Madison Building is one of the main Library of Congress structures in Washington, D.C., housing extensive research collections, reading rooms, and administrative offices.
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B.
McClurg Building
The McClurg Building is a historic Chicago commercial structure recognized as a significant example of early skyscraper design by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche.
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C.
Leacock Building
The Leacock Building is a major academic and classroom complex at McGill University’s downtown Montreal campus, housing numerous lecture halls, offices, and social science departments.
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D.
Davis Building
The Davis Building is a facility located on the campus of the University of Texas at Martin (UTM), used for academic and institutional purposes.
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E.
Henry F. Hall Building
The Henry F. Hall Building is a major academic and administrative complex at Concordia University in Montreal, known for its central role in campus life and its distinctive modernist architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | office building ⓘ |
| address | 104 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois ⓘ |
| architect | Holabird & Roche ⓘ |
| architecturalFirm | Holabird & Roche ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Chicago School
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago School of Architecture
Gothic Revival ⓘ |
| city |
Chicago
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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| completionDate | 1912 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1911 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| faces | Michigan Avenue ⓘ |
| floorCount | 16 ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalFeature |
decorative tracery
ⓘ
ornate Gothic detailing ⓘ pointed arches ⓘ projecting cornice ⓘ vertical piers ⓘ |
| hasBuildingType | speculative office building ⓘ |
| hasElevator | yes ⓘ |
| hasFacade | richly detailed terra cotta façade ⓘ |
| hasFacadeMaterial | terra cotta ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSignificance | example of early Chicago high-rise Gothic Revival design ⓘ |
| hasRenovation | major restoration in the early 21st century ⓘ |
| hasStructuralSystem | steel frame ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Chicago Landmark ⓘ |
| inception | 1912 ⓘ |
| isHistoric | true ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Downtown Chicago
ⓘ
linked to:
Downtown Chicago area
|
| locatedNear |
Grant Park
ⓘ
The Art Institute of Chicago ⓘ
linked to:
Art Institute of Chicago
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| location | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contribution to the historic Michigan Avenue skyline
ⓘ
ornate Gothic Revival architecture ⓘ richly detailed terra cotta façade ⓘ |
| overlooks | Grant Park ⓘ |
| partOf | Michigan Avenue streetwall ⓘ |
| primaryUse | commercial ⓘ |
| roofType | flat roof ⓘ |
| use | office ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: The Monroe Building Description of subject: The Monroe Building is a historic early 20th-century office skyscraper in downtown Chicago, noted for its ornate Gothic Revival architecture and richly detailed terra cotta façade.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.