Tryon Palace
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Tryon Palace is a reconstructed 18th-century colonial governor’s mansion and museum complex in New Bern, North Carolina, known for its historical significance and period gardens.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tryon Palace canonical | 2 |
| Tryon Palace (in New Bern) | 1 |
| Tryon Palace Historic District | 1 |
| Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens | 1 |
| Tryon Palace, New Bern, North Carolina | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1756542 — 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: Tryon Palace Context triple: [New Bern, hasHistoricSite, Tryon Palace]
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A.
North Carolina State Legislative Building
The North Carolina State Legislative Building is the modernist government complex in Raleigh that serves as the primary home of the state’s legislative chambers and related offices.
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B.
Tryon Festival Theatre
Tryon Festival Theatre is a principal performance venue within the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, hosting large-scale theatrical, musical, and dance productions.
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C.
Old Salem
Old Salem is a restored historic district in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, preserving the 18th- and 19th-century Moravian town through museums, original buildings, and living history demonstrations.
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D.
Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and restored historic district in Virginia that recreates and interprets life in the 18th-century capital of colonial America.
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E.
Alamance Battleground State Historic Site
Alamance Battleground State Historic Site is a North Carolina state historic site preserving the location of the 1771 Battle of Alamance, a key pre-Revolutionary War conflict between colonial militia and the Regulators.
- 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: Tryon Palace Target entity description: Tryon Palace is a reconstructed 18th-century colonial governor’s mansion and museum complex in New Bern, North Carolina, known for its historical significance and period gardens.
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A.
North Carolina State Legislative Building
The North Carolina State Legislative Building is the modernist government complex in Raleigh that serves as the primary home of the state’s legislative chambers and related offices.
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B.
Tryon Festival Theatre
Tryon Festival Theatre is a principal performance venue within the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, hosting large-scale theatrical, musical, and dance productions.
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C.
Old Salem
Old Salem is a restored historic district in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, preserving the 18th- and 19th-century Moravian town through museums, original buildings, and living history demonstrations.
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D.
Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and restored historic district in Virginia that recreates and interprets life in the 18th-century capital of colonial America.
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E.
Alamance Battleground State Historic Site
Alamance Battleground State Historic Site is a North Carolina state historic site preserving the location of the 1771 Battle of Alamance, a key pre-Revolutionary War conflict between colonial militia and the Regulators.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former governor's residence
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historic house museum ⓘ reconstructed building ⓘ |
| architect | John Hawks ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Georgian architecture ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1770 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1767 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| destroyedBy | fire ⓘ |
| destructionDate | 1798 ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
18th-century decorative arts
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colonial-era artifacts ⓘ historical documents related to North Carolina ⓘ period furniture ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
costumed interpreters
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educational programs ⓘ guided tours ⓘ living history interpretation ⓘ period-accurate formal gardens ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | National Register of Historic Places listing (Tryon Palace Historic District) ⓘ |
| hasPart |
North Carolina History Center
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formal gardens ⓘ governor's mansion ⓘ kitchen building ⓘ museum complex ⓘ stable building ⓘ visitor center ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationAppliesToPart |
Tryon Palace
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Tryon Palace Historic District
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| locatedIn |
New Bern
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surface form:
New Bern, North Carolina
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| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
Craven County, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
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North Carolina ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod | colonial era ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Neuse River ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Trent River ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Governor William Tryon
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surface form:
William Tryon
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| openingDate | 1959 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
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Tryon Palace self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens
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| originalFunction |
residence of the royal governor of North Carolina
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seat of colonial government of North Carolina ⓘ |
| originallyBuiltFor | Governor William Tryon ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
North Carolina
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surface form:
State of North Carolina
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| reconstructionEndDate | 1959 ⓘ |
| reconstructionStartDate | 1950s ⓘ |
| reopenedAs | historic site and museum ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
served as first permanent capitol of North Carolina
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site of colonial and Revolutionary-era political activity ⓘ |
| startDate | 1770 ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Tryon Palace Description of subject: Tryon Palace is a reconstructed 18th-century colonial governor’s mansion and museum complex in New Bern, North Carolina, known for its historical significance and period gardens.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
William Tryon
this entity surface form:
Tryon Palace, New Bern, North Carolina
this entity surface form:
Tryon Palace Historic District
this entity surface form:
Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens
this entity surface form:
Tryon Palace (in New Bern)