Belle Boyd House
E282565
The Belle Boyd House is a historic residence and museum in Martinsburg, West Virginia, best known as the childhood home of famed Confederate spy Belle Boyd.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Belle Boyd Cottage | 1 |
| Belle Boyd House canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2614816 — 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: Belle Boyd House Context triple: [Berkeley County, West Virginia, contains, Belle Boyd House]
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A.
Saxton McKinley House
The Saxton McKinley House is a historic residence in Canton, Ohio, best known as the former home of First Lady Ida Saxton McKinley and part of the site commemorating her life and that of President William McKinley.
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B.
Stonewall Jackson Shrine
Stonewall Jackson Shrine is a historic site and preserved building where Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson died in 1863, now maintained as a memorial and museum.
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C.
Stonewall Jackson’s Headquarters Museum
Stonewall Jackson’s Headquarters Museum is a historic house museum in Winchester, Virginia, that preserves and interprets the former Civil War headquarters of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.
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D.
Attmore–Oliver House
The Attmore–Oliver House is a historic 18th-century residence and museum in New Bern, North Carolina, noted for its preserved period architecture and role in interpreting local history.
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E.
Isaiah W. Snuggs House
The Isaiah W. Snuggs House is a historic 19th-century residence in Albemarle, North Carolina, recognized for its architectural and local historical significance.
- 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: Belle Boyd House Target entity description: The Belle Boyd House is a historic residence and museum in Martinsburg, West Virginia, best known as the childhood home of famed Confederate spy Belle Boyd.
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A.
Saxton McKinley House
The Saxton McKinley House is a historic residence in Canton, Ohio, best known as the former home of First Lady Ida Saxton McKinley and part of the site commemorating her life and that of President William McKinley.
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B.
Stonewall Jackson Shrine
Stonewall Jackson Shrine is a historic site and preserved building where Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson died in 1863, now maintained as a memorial and museum.
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C.
Stonewall Jackson’s Headquarters Museum
Stonewall Jackson’s Headquarters Museum is a historic house museum in Winchester, Virginia, that preserves and interprets the former Civil War headquarters of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.
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D.
Attmore–Oliver House
The Attmore–Oliver House is a historic 18th-century residence and museum in New Bern, North Carolina, noted for its preserved period architecture and role in interpreting local history.
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E.
Isaiah W. Snuggs House
The Isaiah W. Snuggs House is a historic 19th-century residence in Albemarle, North Carolina, recognized for its architectural and local historical significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic house
ⓘ
museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | 19th-century American residential architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Martinsburg, West Virginia
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Historic house museums in West Virginia ⓘ Houses in Berkeley County, West Virginia ⓘ Museums in Berkeley County, West Virginia ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Berkeley County, West Virginia ⓘ |
| hasPart |
local history exhibits
ⓘ
museum exhibits related to Belle Boyd ⓘ |
| hasVisitorFacility | guided tours ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Register of Historic Places
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surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
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| locatedIn |
Berkeley County, West Virginia
ⓘ
Martinsburg, West Virginia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
West Virginia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Belle Boyd ⓘ |
| notableFor | association with Confederate spy Belle Boyd ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Berkeley County Historical Society ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American Civil War history
ⓘ
Confederate espionage ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Childhood residence of Confederate spy Belle Boyd ⓘ |
| state | West Virginia ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Civil War heritage tourism materials ⓘ |
| tourism | open to the public as a museum ⓘ |
| use | historic house museum ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Belle Boyd House Description of subject: The Belle Boyd House is a historic residence and museum in Martinsburg, West Virginia, best known as the childhood home of famed Confederate spy Belle Boyd.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Belle Boyd Cottage