Kirtland Temple
E223986
Latter Day Saint temple
National Historic Landmark
historic religious building
property listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Kirtland Temple is a historic Latter Day Saint temple in Kirtland, Ohio, revered as a sacred site by the Community of Christ and known as the first temple built in the movement.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kirtland Temple canonical | 3 |
| Kirtland Temple Historic District | 1 |
| Kirtland Temple Historic Site | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2001491 — 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: Kirtland Temple Context triple: [Community of Christ, sacredSite, Kirtland Temple]
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A.
Provo Utah Temple
The Provo Utah Temple is a Latter-day Saint temple located in Provo, Utah, known for serving the large local LDS community and nearby Brigham Young University.
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B.
Salt Lake Temple
The Salt Lake Temple is a prominent 19th-century granite temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and an iconic religious and architectural symbol of Salt Lake City.
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C.
Cardston Alberta Temple
The Cardston Alberta Temple is a historic Latter-day Saint temple in Cardston, Alberta, notable as one of the earliest temples built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints outside the United States.
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D.
Provo City Center Temple
The Provo City Center Temple is a Latter-day Saint temple in downtown Provo, Utah, notable for being reconstructed from the historic Provo Tabernacle after a devastating fire.
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E.
Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
The Church of Christ (Temple Lot) is a small Latter Day Saint denomination headquartered in Independence, Missouri, best known for owning the Temple Lot site revered by many Restorationist groups.
- 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: Kirtland Temple Target entity description: Kirtland Temple is a historic Latter Day Saint temple in Kirtland, Ohio, revered as a sacred site by the Community of Christ and known as the first temple built in the movement.
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A.
Provo Utah Temple
The Provo Utah Temple is a Latter-day Saint temple located in Provo, Utah, known for serving the large local LDS community and nearby Brigham Young University.
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B.
Salt Lake Temple
The Salt Lake Temple is a prominent 19th-century granite temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and an iconic religious and architectural symbol of Salt Lake City.
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C.
Cardston Alberta Temple
The Cardston Alberta Temple is a historic Latter-day Saint temple in Cardston, Alberta, notable as one of the earliest temples built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints outside the United States.
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D.
Provo City Center Temple
The Provo City Center Temple is a Latter-day Saint temple in downtown Provo, Utah, notable for being reconstructed from the historic Provo Tabernacle after a devastating fire.
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E.
Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
The Church of Christ (Temple Lot) is a small Latter Day Saint denomination headquartered in Independence, Missouri, best known for owning the Temple Lot site revered by many Restorationist groups.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latter Day Saint temple
ⓘ
National Historic Landmark ⓘ historic religious building ⓘ property listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kirtland Temple
ⓘ
surface form:
Kirtland Temple Historic Site
|
| architecturalStyle |
Federal style
ⓘ
Greek Revival architecture ⓘ
surface form:
Greek Revival
|
| associatedWith |
Joseph Smith
ⓘ
Sidney Rigdon ⓘ early Latter Day Saint movement ⓘ |
| buildingMaterial |
stone
ⓘ
wood ⓘ |
| constructionStartYear | 1833 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentUse |
historic site
ⓘ
place for religious services and gatherings ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| dedicatedBy | Joseph Smith ⓘ |
| dedicationDate | 27 March 1836 ⓘ |
| denominationalAffiliation | Community of Christ ⓘ |
| floorCount | 3 ⓘ |
| formerDenominationalAffiliation | Church of the Latter Day Saints ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Churches completed in 1836
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Latter Day Saint temples in Ohio ⓘ Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
exterior stucco scored to resemble stone
ⓘ
multi-level assembly halls ⓘ pulpits at both ends of main assembly hall ⓘ |
| hasVisitorCenter | yes ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Register of Historic Places
ⓘ
surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
National Historic Landmark ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Historic Landmark
|
| locatedIn |
Kirtland, Ohio
ⓘ
Lake County, Ohio ⓘ Ohio ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| maintainedBy | Community of Christ ⓘ |
| near | Historic Kirtland village ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 66000607 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| originallyBuiltFor | Church of the Latter Day Saints ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Community of Christ ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Latter-day Saint movement churches
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surface form:
Latter Day Saint movement
|
| roofMaterial | shingles ⓘ |
| significance |
first temple built in the Latter Day Saint movement
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important historic site for various Latter Day Saint denominations ⓘ sacred site for the Community of Christ ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
dedicatory services of the first Latter Day Saint temple
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visions reported by Joseph Smith and other early Latter Day Saint leaders in 1836 ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1836 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kirtland Temple Description of subject: Kirtland Temple is a historic Latter Day Saint temple in Kirtland, Ohio, revered as a sacred site by the Community of Christ and known as the first temple built in the movement.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kirtland Temple Historic Site
subject surface form:
Kirtland, Ohio
subject surface form:
Kirtland, Ohio
this entity surface form:
Kirtland Temple Historic District
subject surface form:
Kirtland, Ohio