Morse-Libby House
E111752
Morse-Libby House is a lavish mid-19th-century Italianate mansion in Portland, Maine, renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Victorian architecture and interiors.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Morse-Libby House canonical | 1 |
| Morse–Libby House | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T938573 — 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: Morse-Libby House Context triple: [Victoria Mansion, alsoKnownAs, Morse-Libby House]
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McCormick House
McCormick House is a historic mansion and former residence of Chicago Tribune publisher Robert R. McCormick, now serving as a museum and centerpiece of the Cantigny Park estate in Wheaton, Illinois.
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B.
E. B. Shelfer House
The E. B. Shelfer House is a historic residence in Quincy, Florida, recognized for its architectural and local heritage significance.
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C.
Edmund Fowle House
The Edmund Fowle House is a historic 18th-century residence in Watertown, Massachusetts, notable for serving as an early meeting place of the Massachusetts government during the American Revolution.
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D.
Sanborn House
Sanborn House is a historic early 20th-century mansion in Winchester, Massachusetts, noted for its distinctive architecture and role in the town’s cultural and civic history.
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E.
Mills Mansion
Mills Mansion is a grand Gilded Age Beaux-Arts estate on the Hudson River in Staatsburg, New York, once the country home of financier Ogden Mills and his wife Ruth Livingston Mills.
- 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: Morse-Libby House Target entity description: Morse-Libby House is a lavish mid-19th-century Italianate mansion in Portland, Maine, renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Victorian architecture and interiors.
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A.
McCormick House
McCormick House is a historic mansion and former residence of Chicago Tribune publisher Robert R. McCormick, now serving as a museum and centerpiece of the Cantigny Park estate in Wheaton, Illinois.
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B.
E. B. Shelfer House
The E. B. Shelfer House is a historic residence in Quincy, Florida, recognized for its architectural and local heritage significance.
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C.
Edmund Fowle House
The Edmund Fowle House is a historic 18th-century residence in Watertown, Massachusetts, notable for serving as an early meeting place of the Massachusetts government during the American Revolution.
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D.
Sanborn House
Sanborn House is a historic early 20th-century mansion in Winchester, Massachusetts, noted for its distinctive architecture and role in the town’s cultural and civic history.
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E.
Mills Mansion
Mills Mansion is a grand Gilded Age Beaux-Arts estate on the Hudson River in Staatsburg, New York, once the country home of financier Ogden Mills and his wife Ruth Livingston Mills.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italianate mansion
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historic house ⓘ museum ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Victoria Mansion ⓘ |
| architect | Henry Austin ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Italianate
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Victorian architecture ⓘ |
| architecturalType | urban townhouse mansion ⓘ |
| category |
Historic house museums in Maine
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Houses in Portland, Maine ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in Maine ⓘ |
| city | Portland ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1860 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1858 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| governingBody | Victoria Mansion nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
Victorian decorative arts
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historic lighting fixtures ⓘ historic textiles ⓘ period furniture ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
brownstone exterior
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elaborate wall and ceiling paintings ⓘ grand central staircase ⓘ marble fireplaces ⓘ original 19th-century furnishings ⓘ ornamental plasterwork ⓘ ornate interior woodwork ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| location | Portland, Maine ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Libby family
ⓘ
Morse family ⓘ |
| NHLDesignationDate | 1970 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
lavish mid-19th-century design
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well-preserved Victorian interiors ⓘ |
| NRHPListingDate | 1970 ⓘ |
| NRHPType | individually listed property ⓘ |
| numberOfStoreys | 3 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| originalOwner | Ruggles Sylvester Morse ⓘ |
| period | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | well-preserved ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | American Civil War era ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 109 Danforth Street ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| use | historic house museum ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Morse-Libby House Description of subject: Morse-Libby House is a lavish mid-19th-century Italianate mansion in Portland, Maine, renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Victorian architecture and interiors.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Morse–Libby House