Province House, Boston
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Province House in Boston was the official residence and administrative center for the royal governors of colonial Massachusetts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Province House, Boston canonical | 2 |
| Province House vicinity in Boston | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2591028 — 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: Province House, Boston Context triple: [Deputy Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, seatOfGovernment, Province House, Boston]
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A.
Faneuil Hall
Faneuil Hall is a historic marketplace and meeting hall in downtown Boston that played a key role as a gathering place for American colonists during the Revolutionary era.
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B.
Paul Revere House
The Paul Revere House is a historic colonial-era home in Boston that served as the residence of American patriot Paul Revere and is now a museum open to the public.
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C.
Boston City Hall
Boston City Hall is a prominent example of Brutalist civic architecture in downtown Boston that houses the city’s municipal government offices and council chambers.
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D.
William Brattle House
The William Brattle House is a historic 18th-century mansion in Cambridge, Massachusetts, notable as one of the city’s finest surviving examples of Georgian architecture and for its associations with prominent colonial and Revolutionary-era figures.
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E.
Massachusetts State House
The Massachusetts State House is the historic gold-domed capitol building in Boston that serves as the seat of the state’s government and legislature.
- 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: Province House, Boston Target entity description: Province House in Boston was the official residence and administrative center for the royal governors of colonial Massachusetts.
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A.
Faneuil Hall
Faneuil Hall is a historic marketplace and meeting hall in downtown Boston that played a key role as a gathering place for American colonists during the Revolutionary era.
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B.
Paul Revere House
The Paul Revere House is a historic colonial-era home in Boston that served as the residence of American patriot Paul Revere and is now a museum open to the public.
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C.
Boston City Hall
Boston City Hall is a prominent example of Brutalist civic architecture in downtown Boston that houses the city’s municipal government offices and council chambers.
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D.
William Brattle House
The William Brattle House is a historic 18th-century mansion in Cambridge, Massachusetts, notable as one of the city’s finest surviving examples of Georgian architecture and for its associations with prominent colonial and Revolutionary-era figures.
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E.
Massachusetts State House
The Massachusetts State House is the historic gold-domed capitol building in Boston that serves as the seat of the state’s government and legislature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
governor's residence
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historic building ⓘ royal government building ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 1716 ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Georgian architecture ⓘ |
| authorOfDepiction | Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
| builtFor | Peter Sergeant ⓘ |
| condition | deteriorated in the 19th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart | circa 1679 ⓘ |
| coordinates | 42.355°N 71.062°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| demolitionDate | 1864 ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
The Province House Tales
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surface form:
Legends of the Province House
The Province House Tales ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | fire ⓘ |
| era | colonial America ⓘ |
| function |
administrative center of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
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official residence of the royal governors of Massachusetts ⓘ |
| governorResident |
Francis Bernard
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Thomas Hutchinson ⓘ Thomas Pownall ⓘ William Shirley ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central courtyard
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elaborate interior woodwork ⓘ ornate staircase ⓘ royal coat of arms over the entrance ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | no longer standing ⓘ |
| inception | circa 1679 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston
Downtown Boston ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ New England ⓘ Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ |
| materialUsed | brick ⓘ |
| memorial | historical marker on Washington Street ⓘ |
| originalOwner | Peter Sergeant ⓘ |
| partOf | colonial Boston ⓘ |
| postRevolutionUse |
used as commercial building
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used for state government offices ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
abandoned as royal residence after outbreak of American Revolutionary War
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center of colonial administration during pre-Revolutionary tensions ⓘ served as seat of royal executive authority in Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ |
| streetAddress | Washington Street ⓘ |
| topicOf | Province House (Boston) article ⓘ |
| useAsGovernorResidenceEnd | 1776 ⓘ |
| useAsGovernorResidenceStart | 1716 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Province of Massachusetts Bay
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surface form:
provincial government of Massachusetts Bay
royal governors of Massachusetts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Province House, Boston Description of subject: Province House in Boston was the official residence and administrative center for the royal governors of colonial Massachusetts.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature
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seatOfCourt
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Province House, Boston
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this entity surface form:
Province House vicinity in Boston