Gropius House, Lincoln, Massachusetts
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Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts is a modernist residence designed and lived in by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, now preserved as a museum of his architectural vision.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gropius House | 2 |
| Gropius House, Lincoln, Massachusetts canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T586642 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gropius House, Lincoln, Massachusetts Context triple: [Walter Gropius, notableWork, Gropius House, Lincoln, Massachusetts]
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MIT Building 20
MIT Building 20 was a famously makeshift World War II–era wooden structure at MIT that became an incubator for groundbreaking research and innovation across multiple disciplines.
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MIT Building 54
MIT Building 54 is a prominent high-rise tower on the MIT campus that houses the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and is known for its meteorological and geophysical research facilities.
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MIT Building 4
MIT Building 4 is a central academic building on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus that houses the Institute’s Mathematics Department and various classrooms and offices.
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MIT Building E14
MIT Building E14 is a contemporary research and academic facility at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that houses much of the MIT Media Lab and related interdisciplinary programs.
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Frank Lloyd Wright Westcott House
Frank Lloyd Wright Westcott House is a Prairie School–style residence designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, notable as his only built work in Ohio and now preserved as a historic house museum.
- 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: Gropius House, Lincoln, Massachusetts Target entity description: Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts is a modernist residence designed and lived in by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, now preserved as a museum of his architectural vision.
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A.
MIT Building 20
MIT Building 20 was a famously makeshift World War II–era wooden structure at MIT that became an incubator for groundbreaking research and innovation across multiple disciplines.
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B.
MIT Building 54
MIT Building 54 is a prominent high-rise tower on the MIT campus that houses the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and is known for its meteorological and geophysical research facilities.
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C.
MIT Building 4
MIT Building 4 is a central academic building on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus that houses the Institute’s Mathematics Department and various classrooms and offices.
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D.
MIT Building E14
MIT Building E14 is a contemporary research and academic facility at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that houses much of the MIT Media Lab and related interdisciplinary programs.
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E.
Frank Lloyd Wright Westcott House
Frank Lloyd Wright Westcott House is a Prairie School–style residence designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, notable as his only built work in Ohio and now preserved as a historic house museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic house museum
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modernist house ⓘ museum ⓘ |
| addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces | 1988 ⓘ |
| architect |
Marcel Breuer
ⓘ
Walter Gropius ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
International Style
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Modernist architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | Bauhaus ⓘ |
| constructionStartYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| context | suburban-rural setting ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| currentUse | house museum ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
detached garage
ⓘ
flat roof ⓘ glass block elements ⓘ integration with surrounding landscape ⓘ open-plan interior ⓘ ribbon windows ⓘ roof terrace ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| interiorPreservationStatus | largely intact original furnishings and finishes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lincoln, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
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Massachusetts ⓘ Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| managedBy | Historic New England ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
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glass ⓘ steel ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| municipality | Lincoln ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Walter Gropius ⓘ |
| nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 88000787 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| originalUse | private residence ⓘ |
| owner | Historic New England ⓘ |
| significance |
demonstration of Bauhaus design principles in a New England context
ⓘ
important example of early Modernist domestic architecture in the United States ⓘ |
| significantPersonResident |
Ise Gropius
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surface form:
Ati Gropius
Ise Gropius ⓘ Walter Gropius ⓘ |
| siteArea | approximately 2.5 acres ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 68 Baker Bridge Road ⓘ |
| tourType | guided tours ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1938 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gropius House, Lincoln, Massachusetts Description of subject: Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts is a modernist residence designed and lived in by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, now preserved as a museum of his architectural vision.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lincoln, Massachusetts
this entity surface form:
Gropius House
this entity surface form:
Gropius House