Billopp House
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Billopp House is a historic stone manor on Staten Island, New York, best known as the Conference House where a 1776 peace meeting between British and American representatives took place during the American Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Billop House | 1 |
| Billopp House canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9152512 — 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: Billopp House Context triple: [Conference House, hasAlternativeName, Billopp House]
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A.
Hampden House
Hampden House is a historic English country house in Buckinghamshire, long associated with the prominent 17th-century parliamentarian John Hampden and noted for its distinctive Gothic architecture.
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B.
Winfield House
Winfield House is a historic Georgian-style mansion in Regent's Park, London, that serves as the official residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
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C.
Hancock-Clarke House
The Hancock-Clarke House is a historic colonial-era home and museum in Lexington, Massachusetts, best known as the site where Paul Revere and William Dawes warned John Hancock and Samuel Adams of approaching British troops on the night of April 18, 1775.
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D.
Blue Hall
Blue Hall is the grand main hall of Stockholm City Hall, best known as the venue for the annual Nobel Prize banquet.
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E.
Blue Hall
Blue Hall is an ornately decorated ceremonial room within Tehran’s historic Niavaran Palace complex, noted for its rich blue-themed interior and use in official receptions.
- 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: Billopp House Target entity description: Billopp House is a historic stone manor on Staten Island, New York, best known as the Conference House where a 1776 peace meeting between British and American representatives took place during the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
Hampden House
Hampden House is a historic English country house in Buckinghamshire, long associated with the prominent 17th-century parliamentarian John Hampden and noted for its distinctive Gothic architecture.
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B.
Winfield House
Winfield House is a historic Georgian-style mansion in Regent's Park, London, that serves as the official residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
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C.
Hancock-Clarke House
The Hancock-Clarke House is a historic colonial-era home and museum in Lexington, Massachusetts, best known as the site where Paul Revere and William Dawes warned John Hancock and Samuel Adams of approaching British troops on the night of April 18, 1775.
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D.
Blue Hall
Blue Hall is the grand main hall of Stockholm City Hall, best known as the venue for the annual Nobel Prize banquet.
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E.
Blue Hall
Blue Hall is an ornately decorated ceremonial room within Tehran’s historic Niavaran Palace complex, noted for its rich blue-themed interior and use in official receptions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Historic Landmark
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New York City Landmark ⓘ historic house ⓘ museum ⓘ stone manor ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Conference House ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Colonial ⓘ |
| builtFor | Christopher Billopp ⓘ |
| completionDate | circa 1680 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1670s ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| currentUse | historic house museum ⓘ |
| designation |
National Historic Landmark
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New York City Landmark ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
American Revolutionary War sites in New York State
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Historic house museums in New York City ⓘ Houses completed in the 17th century ⓘ Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Staten Island ⓘ Stone houses in New York State ⓘ |
| hasExhibit |
American Revolutionary War artifacts
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Billopp family history ⓘ colonial domestic life ⓘ |
| historicEvent | Staten Island Peace Conference ⓘ |
| historicEventDate | September 11, 1776 ⓘ |
| hostedPerson |
Benjamin Franklin
ⓘ
Edward Rutledge ⓘ John Adams ⓘ Lord Richard Howe ⓘ
linked to:
Richard Howe
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| locatedIn |
Conference House Park
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New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ Richmond County, New York ⓘ Staten Island ⓘ Tottenville, Staten Island ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Arthur Kill ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Raritan Bay ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Christopher Billopp ⓘ |
| nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| newYorkCityLandmarkDesignationYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Conference House Association ⓘ |
| partOf | American Revolutionary War history ⓘ |
| significance | site of unsuccessful peace conference between British and American representatives in 1776 ⓘ |
| usedFor | peace negotiations during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Billopp House Description of subject: Billopp House is a historic stone manor on Staten Island, New York, best known as the Conference House where a 1776 peace meeting between British and American representatives took place during the American Revolutionary War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Billopp House