St. Augustine Lighthouse

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historic site lighthouse maritime museum tourist attraction

The St. Augustine Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century lighthouse and maritime museum on Anastasia Island, renowned as an iconic symbol of St. Augustine’s coastal heritage and one of the oldest surviving aids to navigation in the United States.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
St. Augustine Lighthouse canonical	2
St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum	2
St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum, Inc.	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2016984 — 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. Augustine Lighthouse
Context triple: [St. Augustine, Florida, hasLandmark, St. Augustine Lighthouse]

A. 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.
B. Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century brick lighthouse and prominent navigational landmark located at the Jupiter Inlet on Florida’s Atlantic coast.
C. Drum Point Lighthouse
Drum Point Lighthouse is a historic screw-pile lighthouse originally built in the 19th century to mark the entrance to Maryland’s Patuxent River and now preserved as a museum exhibit.
D. West Chop Lighthouse
West Chop Lighthouse is a historic navigational beacon located on the West Chop headland in Vineyard Haven, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
E. 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.
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. Augustine Lighthouse
Target entity description: The St. Augustine Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century lighthouse and maritime museum on Anastasia Island, renowned as an iconic symbol of St. Augustine’s coastal heritage and one of the oldest surviving aids to navigation in the United States.

A. 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.
B. Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century brick lighthouse and prominent navigational landmark located at the Jupiter Inlet on Florida’s Atlantic coast.
C. Drum Point Lighthouse
Drum Point Lighthouse is a historic screw-pile lighthouse originally built in the 19th century to mark the entrance to Maryland’s Patuxent River and now preserved as a museum exhibit.
D. West Chop Lighthouse
West Chop Lighthouse is a historic navigational beacon located on the West Chop headland in Vineyard Haven, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic site ⓘ lighthouse ⓘ maritime museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
associatedWith	St. Augustine Lighthouse self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum United States Coast Guard ⓘ
category	National Register of Historic Places in Jackson County, Florida ⓘ surface form: National Register of Historic Places in St. Johns County, Florida
completionDate	1874 ⓘ
constructionMaterial	brick ⓘ
constructionStart	1871 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
focalHeight	about 160 feet ⓘ
function	aid to navigation ⓘ maritime museum ⓘ
hasFacility	keeper’s house ⓘ museum exhibits ⓘ observation deck ⓘ
hasStairs	over 200 steps ⓘ
height	about 165 feet ⓘ
heritage	St. Augustine’s coastal heritage ⓘ
historicPeriod	19th century ⓘ
lensType	first-order Fresnel lens ⓘ
lightCharacteristic	flashing white light ⓘ
locatedIn	Florida ⓘ St. Augustine, Florida ⓘ St. Johns County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
location	Anastasia Island ⓘ
marking	black and white spiral bands ⓘ red lantern ⓘ
near	Atlantic Ocean shoreline ⓘ Matanzas River ⓘ
notableFor	iconic black-and-white spiral design ⓘ role in navigation along the Florida coast ⓘ
offersView	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Matanzas Bay ⓘ historic city of St. Augustine ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operator	St. Augustine Lighthouse self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum, Inc.
ownedBy	non-profit organization ⓘ
preservationStatus	restored ⓘ
region	Atlantic coast of Florida ⓘ
replaced	earlier Spanish colonial watchtower ⓘ
significance	one of the oldest surviving aids to navigation in the United States ⓘ
theme	maritime history ⓘ
tourism	popular tourist attraction in St. Augustine ⓘ
towerShape	conical tower ⓘ
yearLit	1874 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

St. Augustine, Florida → hasLandmark → St. Augustine Lighthouse ⓘ

St. Augustine Lighthouse → operator → St. Augustine Lighthouse self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum, Inc.

St. Augustine Lighthouse → associatedWith → St. Augustine Lighthouse self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum

St. Augustine → hasLandmark → St. Augustine Lighthouse ⓘ

Anastasia State Park → nearbyAttraction → St. Augustine Lighthouse ⓘ