Riverside Cemetery, Denver
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Riverside Cemetery in Denver is a historic burial ground known as the city’s oldest operating cemetery and the resting place of many prominent Colorado pioneers and political figures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Riverside Cemetery, Denver canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9227319 — 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: Riverside Cemetery, Denver Context triple: [Samuel Hitt Elbert, burialPlace, Riverside Cemetery, Denver]
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A.
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver
Fairmount Cemetery in Denver is a historic and expansive burial ground known for its notable interments, landscaped grounds, and role as one of the city's primary cemeteries since the late 19th century.
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B.
Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado
Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado is a historic burial ground known, among other interments, as the final resting place of conservationist and Wilderness Act author Howard Zahniser.
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C.
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States
Mount Olivet Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is a prominent Catholic cemetery known as the final resting place of numerous notable figures, including astronaut Jack Swigert.
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D.
Green River Cemetery
Green River Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Springs, New York, known as the final resting place of many prominent artists and writers associated with the East End art community.
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E.
Lakewood Cemetery
Lakewood Cemetery is a historic and prominent burial ground in Minneapolis, Minnesota, known as the resting place of many notable figures including political leaders and cultural icons.
- 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: Riverside Cemetery, Denver Target entity description: Riverside Cemetery in Denver is a historic burial ground known as the city’s oldest operating cemetery and the resting place of many prominent Colorado pioneers and political figures.
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A.
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver
Fairmount Cemetery in Denver is a historic and expansive burial ground known for its notable interments, landscaped grounds, and role as one of the city's primary cemeteries since the late 19th century.
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B.
Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado
Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado is a historic burial ground known, among other interments, as the final resting place of conservationist and Wilderness Act author Howard Zahniser.
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C.
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States
Mount Olivet Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is a prominent Catholic cemetery known as the final resting place of numerous notable figures, including astronaut Jack Swigert.
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D.
Green River Cemetery
Green River Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Springs, New York, known as the final resting place of many prominent artists and writers associated with the East End art community.
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E.
Lakewood Cemetery
Lakewood Cemetery is a historic and prominent burial ground in Minneapolis, Minnesota, known as the resting place of many notable figures including political leaders and cultural icons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | cemetery ⓘ |
| city |
Denver
ⓘ
linked to:
Denver, Colorado
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| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| dateListedOnNRHP | February 11, 1994 ⓘ |
| hasArea | approximately 77 acres ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
family plots
ⓘ
historic monuments ⓘ tree-lined avenues ⓘ veterans’ sections ⓘ |
| hasLandscapeStyle | park-like rural cemetery design ⓘ |
| hasNotableBurials |
Barney Ford
ⓘ
Buffalo Soldiers ⓘ Colorado governors ⓘ Colorado mayors ⓘ Colorado pioneers ⓘ Elias M. Ammons ⓘ James B. Grant ⓘ John Evans ⓘ John Long Routt ⓘ Samuel Hitt Elbert ⓘ Silas S. Soule ⓘ William Byers ⓘ many early Colorado politicians ⓘ prominent Denver business leaders ⓘ veterans of World War I ⓘ veterans of World War II ⓘ veterans of the American Civil War ⓘ veterans of the Indian Wars ⓘ veterans of the Spanish–American War ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfBurials | more than 60,000 ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
important record of Denver and Colorado territorial history
ⓘ
resting place of many prominent Colorado pioneers and political figures ⓘ |
| hasUse | active burial ground ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| inception | 1876 ⓘ |
| isOldest | oldest operating cemetery in Denver ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Denver, Colorado, United States ⓘ |
| locatedOn | east bank of the South Platte River ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 93000036 ⓘ |
| NRHPType | historic district ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1876 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Fairmount Cemetery Company ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Fairmount Cemetery Company ⓘ |
| state | Colorado ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Riverside Cemetery, Denver Description of subject: Riverside Cemetery in Denver is a historic burial ground known as the city’s oldest operating cemetery and the resting place of many prominent Colorado pioneers and political figures.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.