Custom House

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customs house government building historic building

Custom House is a historic adobe building in Monterey, California, notable as the oldest government building in the state and a key site in early California trade and governance.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Custom House Plaza	2
Custom House canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7077476 — 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: Custom House
Context triple: [Monterey State Historic Park, contains, Custom House]

A. Custom House
Custom House is a district in the London Borough of Newham, in East London, known for its proximity to the ExCeL London exhibition centre and the Royal Docks.
B. Custom House Square
Custom House Square is a prominent public plaza and event space in Belfast, Northern Ireland, known for hosting concerts, festivals, and cultural gatherings.
C. Custom House Museum
The Custom House Museum is a historic former customs building in Key West, Florida, now serving as a museum showcasing the island’s art, history, and maritime heritage.
D. Custom House Museum
The Custom House Museum is a historic site in Sag Harbor, New York, that preserves and interprets the village’s maritime and whaling heritage.
E. Custom House Quay
Custom House Quay is a historic waterfront quay and focal point of maritime activity in Falmouth, England.
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: Custom House
Target entity description: Custom House is a historic adobe building in Monterey, California, notable as the oldest government building in the state and a key site in early California trade and governance.

A. Custom House
Custom House is a district in the London Borough of Newham, in East London, known for its proximity to the ExCeL London exhibition centre and the Royal Docks.
B. Custom House Square
Custom House Square is a prominent public plaza and event space in Belfast, Northern Ireland, known for hosting concerts, festivals, and cultural gatherings.
C. Custom House Museum
The Custom House Museum is a historic former customs building in Key West, Florida, now serving as a museum showcasing the island’s art, history, and maritime heritage.
D. Custom House Museum
The Custom House Museum is a historic site in Sag Harbor, New York, that preserves and interprets the village’s maritime and whaling heritage.
E. Custom House Quay
Custom House Quay is a historic waterfront quay and focal point of maritime activity in Falmouth, England.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	customs house ⓘ government building ⓘ historic building ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Mexican period architecture ⓘ Spanish Colonial ⓘ
CaliforniaHistoricalLandmarkNumber	1 ⓘ
category	Adobe buildings in California ⓘ Government buildings in California ⓘ Museums in Monterey County, California ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in California NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Monterey County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
event	raising of the American flag over Monterey in 1846 ⓘ
floorCount	2 ⓘ
hasFeature	arcaded veranda ⓘ red tile roof ⓘ thick adobe walls ⓘ
hasFunction	interpretive exhibits on California history ⓘ
hasTourismType	heritage tourism site ⓘ
heritageDesignation	California Historical Landmark ⓘ National Historic Landmark ⓘ
historicEra	Mexican era in California ⓘ early American era in California ⓘ
historicUse	port of entry customs house ⓘ
locatedIn	Monterey State Historic Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	Monterey Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Monterey, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	California Department of Parks and Recreation ⓘ
material	adobe ⓘ
nearbyAttraction	Monterey Fisherman’s Wharf NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific House Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
ownedBy	State of California NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Monterey Old Town Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservationStatus	protected historic site ⓘ
region	Central Coast of California NERFINISHED ⓘ
roofMaterial	tile ⓘ
significance	key site in early California governance ⓘ key site in early California trade ⓘ oldest government building in California ⓘ
state	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
use	customs administration ⓘ government offices ⓘ museum ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Monterey State Historic Park → contains → Custom House ⓘ

this entity surface form: Custom House Plaza

Fisherman’s Wharf → adjacentTo → Custom House ⓘ

subject surface form: Fisherman’s Wharf (Monterey)