Frederick C. Robie House
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Frederick C. Robie House is a landmark Prairie School residence in Chicago designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and celebrated for its horizontal lines, open plan, and integration with its surroundings.
All labels observed (1)
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| Frederick C. Robie House canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2427343 — 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: Frederick C. Robie House Context triple: [The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, hasPart, Frederick C. Robie House]
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A.
Glessner House, Chicago
Glessner House in Chicago is a landmark 19th-century residence celebrated for its fortress-like design and influential role in American residential architecture.
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B.
Santa Fe Building (Chicago)
The Santa Fe Building in Chicago is a historic early 20th-century office skyscraper in the Chicago Loop, notable for its Beaux-Arts design and prominent location along Michigan Avenue.
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C.
Republic Building (Chicago)
The Republic Building in Chicago was a historic early skyscraper designed in the Chicago School style, exemplifying the commercial architecture of the late 19th century.
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D.
Crown Hall
Crown Hall is a landmark modernist building on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus in Chicago, celebrated for its open-plan steel-and-glass design by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
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E.
Fisher Building (Chicago)
The Fisher Building in Chicago is a historic late-19th-century skyscraper renowned for its Gothic Revival terra cotta ornamentation and status as one of the city's early high-rise landmarks.
- 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: Frederick C. Robie House Target entity description: Frederick C. Robie House is a landmark Prairie School residence in Chicago designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and celebrated for its horizontal lines, open plan, and integration with its surroundings.
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A.
Glessner House, Chicago
Glessner House in Chicago is a landmark 19th-century residence celebrated for its fortress-like design and influential role in American residential architecture.
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B.
Santa Fe Building (Chicago)
The Santa Fe Building in Chicago is a historic early 20th-century office skyscraper in the Chicago Loop, notable for its Beaux-Arts design and prominent location along Michigan Avenue.
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C.
Republic Building (Chicago)
The Republic Building in Chicago was a historic early skyscraper designed in the Chicago School style, exemplifying the commercial architecture of the late 19th century.
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D.
Crown Hall
Crown Hall is a landmark modernist building on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus in Chicago, celebrated for its open-plan steel-and-glass design by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
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E.
Fisher Building (Chicago)
The Fisher Building in Chicago is a historic late-19th-century skyscraper renowned for its Gothic Revival terra cotta ornamentation and status as one of the city's early high-rise landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Prairie School building
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house ⓘ landmark ⓘ residence ⓘ |
| architect | Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Prairie School ⓘ |
| client | Frederick C. Robie ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1910 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1909 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| designatedChicagoLandmark | 1957 ⓘ |
| designatedNationalHistoricLandmark | 1963 ⓘ |
| designatedNRHP | 1966 ⓘ |
| floorCount | 3 ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalElement |
broad overhanging eaves
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central chimney mass ⓘ open-plan living and dining space ⓘ ribbon windows ⓘ |
| hasPart |
billiard room
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dining room ⓘ garage and stable wing ⓘ living room ⓘ playroom ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Chicago Landmark
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National Historic Landmark ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
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| influenced | modern residential architecture ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Midwestern prairie landscape ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cantilevered rooflines
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extensive use of art glass windows ⓘ integration with surrounding landscape ⓘ open interior plan ⓘ strong horizontal lines ⓘ |
| location |
Chicago
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Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| managedBy | Frank Lloyd Wright Trust ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
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limestone ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Frederick C. Robie ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Hyde Park ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 66000315 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| owner |
University of Chicago
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surface form:
The University of Chicago
|
| partOf | University of Chicago campus ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 5757 South Woodlawn Avenue ⓘ |
| use |
house museum
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tourist attraction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Frederick C. Robie House Description of subject: Frederick C. Robie House is a landmark Prairie School residence in Chicago designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and celebrated for its horizontal lines, open plan, and integration with its surroundings.
Referenced by (3)
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