North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island
E149764
North Burial Ground in Providence, Rhode Island is a historic municipal cemetery established in the early 18th century, known as the resting place of many notable local and national figures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island canonical | 1 |
| North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1311666 — 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: North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island Context triple: [Esek Hopkins, burialPlace, North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island]
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A.
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut
Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut is a historic 18th-century burial ground known for its notable interments, including prominent American statesman Roger Sherman.
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B.
Copp's Hill Burying Ground
Copp's Hill Burying Ground is a historic colonial-era cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts, notable for its prominent early American burials and inclusion on the city's Freedom Trail.
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C.
Granary Burying Ground
Granary Burying Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known as the resting place of several prominent figures of the American Revolution, including Paul Revere.
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D.
Stockbridge Cemetery, Massachusetts
Stockbridge Cemetery in Massachusetts is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of iconic American illustrator Norman Rockwell.
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E.
King's Chapel Burying Ground
King's Chapel Burying Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, known as one of the city’s oldest graveyards and the resting place of many prominent colonial figures.
- 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: North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island Target entity description: North Burial Ground in Providence, Rhode Island is a historic municipal cemetery established in the early 18th century, known as the resting place of many notable local and national figures.
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A.
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut
Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut is a historic 18th-century burial ground known for its notable interments, including prominent American statesman Roger Sherman.
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B.
Copp's Hill Burying Ground
Copp's Hill Burying Ground is a historic colonial-era cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts, notable for its prominent early American burials and inclusion on the city's Freedom Trail.
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C.
Granary Burying Ground
Granary Burying Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known as the resting place of several prominent figures of the American Revolution, including Paul Revere.
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D.
Stockbridge Cemetery, Massachusetts
Stockbridge Cemetery in Massachusetts is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of iconic American illustrator Norman Rockwell.
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E.
King's Chapel Burying Ground
King's Chapel Burying Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, known as one of the city’s oldest graveyards and the resting place of many prominent colonial figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cemetery
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historic place ⓘ municipal cemetery ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Moshassuck River
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North Main Street, Providence ⓘ |
| burialPlaceOf |
Charles Collins Van Zandt
ⓘ
Edward Mitchell Bannister ⓘ Elisha Dyer Sr. ⓘ
surface form:
Elisha Dyer Jr.
Elisha Dyer Sr. ⓘ Henry Wheaton ⓘ Horace Mann ⓘ John Brown (Rhode Island merchant) ⓘ Moses Brown ⓘ Samuel Gorton ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel Gorton Jr.
Sarah Helen Whitman ⓘ Seth Padelford ⓘ Stephen Hopkins ⓘ Thomas Wilson Dorr ⓘ members of the Brown family of Providence ⓘ |
| category |
1700 establishments in Rhode Island
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Cemeteries in Providence, Rhode Island ⓘ Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| establishedFor | public burial ground ⓘ |
| governedBy | Providence Parks Department ⓘ |
| hasCoordinates | 41.842°N 71.406°W ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
family plots
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historic gravestones ⓘ landscaped grounds ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ monumental sculpture ⓘ |
| hasHeritageValue | example of early American municipal cemetery ⓘ |
| hasSection |
African American burial sections
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Jewish burial sections ⓘ veterans burial sections ⓘ |
| hasUse |
active cemetery
ⓘ
historic cemetery ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.providenceri.gov/parks/north-burial-ground/ ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Register of Historic Places
ⓘ
surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| inception | 1700 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Providence County, Rhode Island
ⓘ
Providence, Rhode Island, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Providence, Rhode Island
Rhode Island ⓘ |
| notableFor |
graves of notable local figures
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graves of notable national figures ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Providence
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surface form:
City of Providence
|
| partOf | historic resources of Providence, Rhode Island ⓘ |
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Subject: North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island Description of subject: North Burial Ground in Providence, Rhode Island is a historic municipal cemetery established in the early 18th century, known as the resting place of many notable local and national figures.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island, United States