St. Thomas Church, New York City

E11300

Episcopal parish church Gothic Revival church church building

St. Thomas Church in New York City is a prominent Episcopal parish church on Fifth Avenue, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture, elaborate stone carvings, and rich choral music tradition.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue	5
St. Thomas Church, New York City canonical	2
Choir of St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue	1
St. Thomas Church (New York City)	1
St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York City	1
St. Thomas Episcopal Church (New York City, original building)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T36623 — 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: St. Thomas Church, New York City
Context triple: [Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, notableWork, St. Thomas Church, New York City]

A. St. James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park, New York
St. James Episcopal Church in Hyde Park, New York, is a historic Episcopal parish church notable as the Roosevelt family’s home church and burial site, including that of James Roosevelt I.
B. St. Patrick’s Cathedral
St. Patrick’s Cathedral is a prominent Neo-Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, renowned for its striking architecture and status as a major religious and tourist landmark.
C. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel is a grand Gothic-style chapel at the University of Chicago, renowned for its monumental architecture, carillon, and role as a central venue for ceremonies and cultural events.
D. Memorial Church
Memorial Church is a prominent interdenominational Christian church and war memorial at Harvard University, serving as a central site for worship, reflection, and major university ceremonies.
E. Old North Church
Old North Church is a historic 18th-century Boston church best known as the site where lanterns were hung to signal Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride during the American Revolution.
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: St. Thomas Church, New York City
Target entity description: St. Thomas Church in New York City is a prominent Episcopal parish church on Fifth Avenue, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture, elaborate stone carvings, and rich choral music tradition.

A. St. James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park, New York
St. James Episcopal Church in Hyde Park, New York, is a historic Episcopal parish church notable as the Roosevelt family’s home church and burial site, including that of James Roosevelt I.
B. St. Patrick’s Cathedral
St. Patrick’s Cathedral is a prominent Neo-Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, renowned for its striking architecture and status as a major religious and tourist landmark.
C. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel is a grand Gothic-style chapel at the University of Chicago, renowned for its monumental architecture, carillon, and role as a central venue for ceremonies and cultural events.
D. Memorial Church
Memorial Church is a prominent interdenominational Christian church and war memorial at Harvard University, serving as a central site for worship, reflection, and major university ceremonies.
E. Old North Church
Old North Church is a historic 18th-century Boston church best known as the site where lanterns were hung to signal Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride during the American Revolution.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Episcopal parish church ⓘ Gothic Revival church ⓘ church building ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Gothic architecture ⓘ surface form: French High Gothic Gothic Revival ⓘ
borough	Manhattan ⓘ
category	Episcopal churches in Manhattan ⓘ Fifth Avenue buildings ⓘ Gothic Revival church buildings in New York City ⓘ
city	New York ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
denomination	Anglican ⓘ
function	parish church ⓘ place of worship ⓘ
hasChancelChoir	St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys ⓘ
hasOrgan	pipe organ ⓘ
hasPart	St. Thomas Choir School ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.saintthomaschurch.org/ ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing New York City Landmark ⓘ
intersection	Fifth Avenue–53rd Street ⓘ surface form: Fifth Avenue and West 53rd Street
knownFor	boys’ choir ⓘ elaborate stone carvings ⓘ liturgical music ⓘ rich choral music tradition ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ Midtown Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ
locatedOn	Fifth Avenue ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
musicProgram	organ recitals ⓘ professional choir of men and boys ⓘ regular choral services ⓘ
notableFeature	elaborate façade ⓘ large rose window ⓘ nave with Gothic vaulting ⓘ sculpted reredos ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
primaryUse	Christian worship ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Episcopal Church ⓘ surface form: Episcopal Church in the United States of America
state	New York ⓘ
streetAddress	1 West 53rd Street ⓘ
tradition	Anglo-Catholic worship style ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue → notableWork → St. Thomas Church, New York City ⓘ

Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue → designed → St. Thomas Church, New York City ⓘ

Ralph Adams Cram → notableWork → St. Thomas Church, New York City ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York City

St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys → basedIn → St. Thomas Church, New York City ⓘ