Petit Château
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Petit Château is the lavish French Renaissance–style mansion built for William K. Vanderbilt on New York City’s Fifth Avenue during the Gilded Age.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Petit Chateau | 1 |
| Petit Château canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T594448 — 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: Petit Château Context triple: [William K. Vanderbilt House, alsoKnownAs, Petit Château]
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A.
Château de Boncourt
Château de Boncourt was a French estate best known as the birthplace of the German Romantic poet and botanist Adelbert von Chamisso.
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B.
Maison Guiette
Maison Guiette is a modernist residential building in Antwerp, Belgium, designed by Le Corbusier and recognized as part of his UNESCO World Heritage-listed works.
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C.
Maison des Têtes
Maison des Têtes is a historic Renaissance-style building in Valence, France, renowned for its richly sculpted façade adorned with numerous carved heads.
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D.
Château de Voltaire
Château de Voltaire is an 18th-century residence in Ferney-Voltaire, France, best known as the longtime home of the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire and a key site of his intellectual and literary activity.
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E.
Maison du Roi
The Maison du Roi was the administrative and ceremonial household of the French kings under the Ancien Régime, encompassing key royal services, artistic institutions, and court officials.
- 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: Petit Château Target entity description: Petit Château is the lavish French Renaissance–style mansion built for William K. Vanderbilt on New York City’s Fifth Avenue during the Gilded Age.
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A.
Château de Boncourt
Château de Boncourt was a French estate best known as the birthplace of the German Romantic poet and botanist Adelbert von Chamisso.
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B.
Maison Guiette
Maison Guiette is a modernist residential building in Antwerp, Belgium, designed by Le Corbusier and recognized as part of his UNESCO World Heritage-listed works.
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C.
Maison des Têtes
Maison des Têtes is a historic Renaissance-style building in Valence, France, renowned for its richly sculpted façade adorned with numerous carved heads.
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D.
Château de Voltaire
Château de Voltaire is an 18th-century residence in Ferney-Voltaire, France, best known as the longtime home of the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire and a key site of his intellectual and literary activity.
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E.
Maison du Roi
The Maison du Roi was the administrative and ceremonial household of the French kings under the Ancien Régime, encompassing key royal services, artistic institutions, and court officials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gilded Age mansion
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historic house ⓘ mansion ⓘ |
| architect | Richard Morris Hunt ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Châteauesque
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French Renaissance Revival ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New York City high society
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Vanderbilt family social prominence ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| builtFor |
William Kissam Vanderbilt
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surface form:
William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Vanderbilt
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| category |
Demolished buildings and structures in Manhattan
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Gilded Age mansions ⓘ Houses completed in the 1880s ⓘ |
| city |
New York City
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surface form:
New York
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| client | William Kissam Vanderbilt ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Alva Erskine Vanderbilt
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surface form:
Alva Vanderbilt
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| completionDate | 1882 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1878 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| demolished | true ⓘ |
| demolitionDate | 1926 ⓘ |
| era | Gilded Age ⓘ |
| family | Vanderbilt family ⓘ |
| function | private residence ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
elaborate mansard roof
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formal reception rooms ⓘ grand staircase ⓘ lavish ballroom ⓘ ornate stone carving ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Loire Valley châteaux
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surface form:
French Renaissance châteaux of the Loire Valley
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| inspired | later Vanderbilt mansions on Fifth Avenue ⓘ |
| interiorDesigner |
Auguste-Louis Faguet
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Louis Comfort Tiffany ⓘ
surface form:
John La Farge
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| locatedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Fifth Avenue ⓘ |
| material | limestone ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Midtown Manhattan ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Vanderbilt costume ball of 1883 ⓘ |
| numberOfStories | 4 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1883 ⓘ |
| owner | William Kissam Vanderbilt ⓘ |
| significance |
early example of French château style on Fifth Avenue
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symbol of Gilded Age wealth ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 660 Fifth Avenue ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Petit Château Description of subject: Petit Château is the lavish French Renaissance–style mansion built for William K. Vanderbilt on New York City’s Fifth Avenue during the Gilded Age.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
William K. Vanderbilt House
this entity surface form:
Petit Chateau