Cape Henry Lighthouse
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Cape Henry Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, notable as one of the earliest federally funded public works in the United States.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Cape Henry Lighthouse | 3 |
| Cape Henry | 2 |
| Cape Henry Lighthouse canonical | 1 |
| Cape Henry Memorial | 1 |
| New Cape Henry Lighthouse | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T918165 — 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: Cape Henry Lighthouse Context triple: [Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States, hasLandmark, Cape Henry Lighthouse]
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A.
Eastern Point Lighthouse
Eastern Point Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Gloucester, Massachusetts, guiding ships at the entrance to Gloucester Harbor on the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
Cape May Lighthouse
Cape May Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century coastal beacon and popular tourist attraction located at the southern tip of New Jersey.
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C.
Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse
The Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century brick lighthouse near Daytona Beach, Florida, renowned as one of the tallest and best-preserved lighthouses in the United States.
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D.
Chatham Lighthouse
Chatham Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, renowned for guiding ships through the treacherous waters off Chatham.
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E.
Sankaty Head Light
Sankaty Head Light is a historic lighthouse on the eastern shore of Nantucket, Massachusetts, known for guiding ships along the treacherous waters off the island since the mid-19th century.
- 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: Cape Henry Lighthouse Target entity description: Cape Henry Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, notable as one of the earliest federally funded public works in the United States.
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A.
Eastern Point Lighthouse
Eastern Point Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Gloucester, Massachusetts, guiding ships at the entrance to Gloucester Harbor on the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
Cape May Lighthouse
Cape May Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century coastal beacon and popular tourist attraction located at the southern tip of New Jersey.
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C.
Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse
The Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century brick lighthouse near Daytona Beach, Florida, renowned as one of the tallest and best-preserved lighthouses in the United States.
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D.
Chatham Lighthouse
Chatham Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, renowned for guiding ships through the treacherous waters off Chatham.
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E.
Sankaty Head Light
Sankaty Head Light is a historic lighthouse on the eastern shore of Nantucket, Massachusetts, known for guiding ships along the treacherous waters off the island since the mid-19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
ⓘ
lighthouse ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| addedTo | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cape Henry Lighthouse
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Cape Henry Lighthouse
|
| authorizedBy |
First United States Congress
ⓘ
George Washington ⓘ
surface form:
President George Washington
|
| builder | John McComb Jr. ⓘ |
| category |
Historic American Buildings Survey
ⓘ
surface form:
Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
Lighthouses in Virginia ⓘ |
| color | unpainted stone ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1792 ⓘ |
| constructedFrom | aquia sandstone ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1791 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county |
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Virginia Beach
|
| designation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
surface form:
National Historic Landmark of the United States
|
| designer | John McComb Jr. ⓘ |
| feature | interior stairway to observation level ⓘ |
| focalHeight | about 90 feet ⓘ |
| function | aids navigation at the entrance to Chesapeake Bay ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| governingBody |
United States Coast Guard
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Coast Guard
|
| height |
about 26 meters
ⓘ
about 90 feet ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Virginia Landmarks Register
ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia Historic Landmark
|
| locatedAt | entrance to the Chesapeake Bay ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia Beach, Virginia
|
| locatedNear | First Landing site of English colonists in 1607 ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Cape Henry Lighthouse
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Henry
|
| maintainedBy |
United States Coast Guard
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Coast Guard
|
| managedBy |
Preservation Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
|
| material | stone ⓘ |
| near |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Fort Story ⓘ |
| notableAs | one of the earliest federally funded public works in the United States ⓘ |
| nrhpListingYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| nrhpType | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. government
|
| publicAccess | open to visitors ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Cape Henry Lighthouse
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
New Cape Henry Lighthouse
|
| shape | octagonal ⓘ |
| significance | first lighthouse authorized by the U.S. federal government ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
| status |
active as a daymark
ⓘ
light decommissioned for primary navigation ⓘ |
| yearLit | 1792 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cape Henry Lighthouse Description of subject: Cape Henry Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, notable as one of the earliest federally funded public works in the United States.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cape Henry Memorial
this entity surface form:
Cape Henry
this entity surface form:
Cape Henry
this entity surface form:
New Cape Henry Lighthouse
this entity surface form:
Old Cape Henry Lighthouse
this entity surface form:
Old Cape Henry Lighthouse
this entity surface form:
Old Cape Henry Lighthouse