Old Courthouse
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The Old Courthouse is a historic 19th-century courthouse in downtown St. Louis best known as the site of the pivotal Dred Scott slavery trials and as a prominent architectural landmark near the Gateway Arch.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Courthouse canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T90022 — 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: Old Courthouse Context triple: [St. Louis, Missouri, United States, hasLandmark, Old Courthouse]
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A.
Old City Hall
Old City Hall is a historic courthouse and former city government building in Philadelphia that stands adjacent to Independence Hall within Independence National Historical Park.
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B.
Jefferson Market Courthouse
Jefferson Market Courthouse is a historic Victorian Gothic former courthouse in New York City's Greenwich Village, renowned for its distinctive clock tower and now repurposed as a public library.
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C.
Newton City Hall
Newton City Hall is the main municipal government building and administrative center for the city of Newton, Massachusetts.
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D.
Durham County Courthouse
Durham County Courthouse is the primary judicial building serving Durham County, North Carolina, housing its main courts and related legal offices.
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E.
Pioneer Courthouse
Pioneer Courthouse is a historic 19th-century federal courthouse in downtown Portland, Oregon, and one of the oldest functioning federal courthouses in the western United States.
- 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: Old Courthouse Target entity description: The Old Courthouse is a historic 19th-century courthouse in downtown St. Louis best known as the site of the pivotal Dred Scott slavery trials and as a prominent architectural landmark near the Gateway Arch.
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A.
Old City Hall
Old City Hall is a historic courthouse and former city government building in Philadelphia that stands adjacent to Independence Hall within Independence National Historical Park.
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B.
Jefferson Market Courthouse
Jefferson Market Courthouse is a historic Victorian Gothic former courthouse in New York City's Greenwich Village, renowned for its distinctive clock tower and now repurposed as a public library.
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C.
Newton City Hall
Newton City Hall is the main municipal government building and administrative center for the city of Newton, Massachusetts.
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D.
Durham County Courthouse
Durham County Courthouse is the primary judicial building serving Durham County, North Carolina, housing its main courts and related legal offices.
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E.
Pioneer Courthouse
Pioneer Courthouse is a historic 19th-century federal courthouse in downtown Portland, Oregon, and one of the oldest functioning federal courthouses in the western United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic courthouse
ⓘ
landmark building ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Classical Revival elements
ⓘ
Greek Revival architecture ⓘ
surface form:
Greek Revival
|
| associatedWith |
Dred Scott
ⓘ
Harriet Scott ⓘ civil rights history ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| builtOnSiteOf | earlier 1820s courthouse ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in St. Louis
ⓘ
Courthouses in Missouri ⓘ Museums in St. Louis ⓘ National Park Service ⓘ
surface form:
National Park Service visitor attractions
|
| city |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis
|
| constructionEnd | 1862 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1839 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentUse | museum ⓘ |
| formerlyPartOf | Jefferson National Expansion Memorial ⓘ |
| hasDome | yes ⓘ |
| hasExhibit |
19th-century St. Louis history
ⓘ
Dred Scott case history ⓘ westward expansion themes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central rotunda
ⓘ
courtrooms ⓘ interior murals ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| knownFor |
19th-century architecture
ⓘ
Dred Scott v. Sandford ⓘ
surface form:
Dred Scott trials
role in U.S. slavery history ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Gateway Arch ⓘ |
| location |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis, Missouri
downtown St. Louis ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| NRHPType | contributing property to a historic district ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| originalFunction |
St. Louis city courthouse
ⓘ
St. Louis county courthouse ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| partOf |
Gateway Arch
ⓘ
surface form:
Gateway Arch National Park
|
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Dred Scott freedom suits
ⓘ
Dred Scott v. Sandford lower court proceedings ⓘ Virginia Minor women’s suffrage case ⓘ |
| state | Missouri ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Courthouse Description of subject: The Old Courthouse is a historic 19th-century courthouse in downtown St. Louis best known as the site of the pivotal Dred Scott slavery trials and as a prominent architectural landmark near the Gateway Arch.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.