Glessner House, Chicago
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Glessner House in Chicago is a landmark 19th-century residence celebrated for its fortress-like design and influential role in American residential architecture.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glessner House | 8 |
| Glessner House, Chicago canonical | 3 |
| Glessner House Foundation | 1 |
| Glessner House Museum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T735669 — 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: Glessner House, Chicago Context triple: [Richardsonian Romanesque, notableExample, Glessner House, Chicago]
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A.
Santa Fe Building (Chicago)
The Santa Fe Building in Chicago is a historic early 20th-century office skyscraper in the Chicago Loop, notable for its Beaux-Arts design and prominent location along Michigan Avenue.
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B.
Gage Building (Chicago)
The Gage Building in Chicago is a historic early skyscraper on Michigan Avenue, renowned for its Chicago School architecture and ornamental façade designed in part by Louis Sullivan.
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C.
The Rookery Building
The Rookery Building is a historic Chicago office building renowned for its Romanesque Revival architecture and a light-filled lobby redesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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D.
Republic Building (Chicago)
The Republic Building in Chicago was a historic early skyscraper designed in the Chicago School style, exemplifying the commercial architecture of the late 19th century.
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E.
Railway Exchange Building (Chicago)
The Railway Exchange Building in Chicago is a historic early 20th-century office building in the Loop, notable for its white terra cotta façade and its role in the city’s architectural and planning history.
- 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: Glessner House, Chicago Target entity description: Glessner House in Chicago is a landmark 19th-century residence celebrated for its fortress-like design and influential role in American residential architecture.
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A.
Santa Fe Building (Chicago)
The Santa Fe Building in Chicago is a historic early 20th-century office skyscraper in the Chicago Loop, notable for its Beaux-Arts design and prominent location along Michigan Avenue.
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B.
Gage Building (Chicago)
The Gage Building in Chicago is a historic early skyscraper on Michigan Avenue, renowned for its Chicago School architecture and ornamental façade designed in part by Louis Sullivan.
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C.
The Rookery Building
The Rookery Building is a historic Chicago office building renowned for its Romanesque Revival architecture and a light-filled lobby redesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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D.
Republic Building (Chicago)
The Republic Building in Chicago was a historic early skyscraper designed in the Chicago School style, exemplifying the commercial architecture of the late 19th century.
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E.
Railway Exchange Building (Chicago)
The Railway Exchange Building in Chicago is a historic early 20th-century office building in the Loop, notable for its white terra cotta façade and its role in the city’s architectural and planning history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic house
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landmark building ⓘ museum ⓘ |
| addedToNRHP | 1970 ⓘ |
| architect | Henry Hobson Richardson ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Richardsonian Romanesque
ⓘ
Neo-Romanesque ⓘ
surface form:
Romanesque Revival
|
| category | historic house museum in Illinois ⓘ |
| chicagoLandmarkDesignationDate | 1970 ⓘ |
| cityRegionContext | Chicago’s Gilded Age elite neighborhood ⓘ |
| client |
Frances Glessner
ⓘ
John J. Glessner ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1887 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1885 ⓘ |
| designFeature |
arched entrance
ⓘ
asymmetrical massing ⓘ central courtyard ⓘ fortress-like exterior ⓘ inward-facing U-shaped plan ⓘ rusticated stone walls ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| function | architectural education site ⓘ |
| hasCourtyard | yes ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Chicago Landmark
ⓘ
National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| influenced |
American residential architecture
ⓘ
Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ Prairie School ⓘ
surface form:
Prairie School architects
|
| locatedIn |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Chicago
Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| material |
granite
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stone ⓘ |
| nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate | 1976 ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Near South Side ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on modern domestic architecture
ⓘ
innovative urban residential design ⓘ privacy-focused layout ⓘ |
| nrhpType | individually listed property ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 3 ⓘ |
| offers | guided tours ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Glessner House, Chicago
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Glessner House Foundation
|
| partOf | Prairie Avenue Historic District ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | restored ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 1800 South Prairie Avenue ⓘ |
| use | house museum ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Glessner House, Chicago Description of subject: Glessner House in Chicago is a landmark 19th-century residence celebrated for its fortress-like design and influential role in American residential architecture.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Glessner House
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Glessner House
this entity surface form:
Glessner House Foundation
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Henry Hobson Richardson
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Glessner House
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Glessner House
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Glessner House
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Glessner House
this entity surface form:
Glessner House
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Glessner House
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Glessner House
this entity surface form:
Glessner House Museum