Dibble House
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Dibble House is a modest 19th-century Carpenter Gothic-style farmhouse in Eldon, Iowa, best known as the real-life backdrop that inspired Grant Wood’s iconic painting "American Gothic."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dibble House canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T266180 — 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: Dibble House Context triple: [American Gothic, inspiredBy, Dibble House]
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A.
Seelye Mansion
Seelye Mansion is a historic early-20th-century home in Abilene, Kansas, renowned for its grand architecture, original furnishings, and role as a popular museum and tourist destination.
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B.
Bingham-Waggoner Estate
The Bingham-Waggoner Estate is a historic 19th-century mansion and former home of artist-politician George Caleb Bingham, now preserved as a museum in Independence, Missouri.
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C.
D.A. Dorsey House
The D.A. Dorsey House is a historic Miami residence that was home to Dana A. Dorsey, one of the city’s first Black millionaires and a prominent businessman and community leader.
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D.
Hoxie House
Hoxie House is one of the oldest surviving houses on Cape Cod, serving as a historic museum that showcases early colonial life in Massachusetts.
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E.
Emlen Physick Estate
The Emlen Physick Estate is a preserved Victorian house museum in Cape May, New Jersey, renowned as an outstanding example of Stick Style architecture and 19th-century seaside resort life.
- 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: Dibble House Target entity description: Dibble House is a modest 19th-century Carpenter Gothic-style farmhouse in Eldon, Iowa, best known as the real-life backdrop that inspired Grant Wood’s iconic painting "American Gothic."
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A.
Seelye Mansion
Seelye Mansion is a historic early-20th-century home in Abilene, Kansas, renowned for its grand architecture, original furnishings, and role as a popular museum and tourist destination.
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B.
Bingham-Waggoner Estate
The Bingham-Waggoner Estate is a historic 19th-century mansion and former home of artist-politician George Caleb Bingham, now preserved as a museum in Independence, Missouri.
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C.
D.A. Dorsey House
The D.A. Dorsey House is a historic Miami residence that was home to Dana A. Dorsey, one of the city’s first Black millionaires and a prominent businessman and community leader.
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D.
Hoxie House
Hoxie House is one of the oldest surviving houses on Cape Cod, serving as a historic museum that showcases early colonial life in Massachusetts.
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E.
Emlen Physick Estate
The Emlen Physick Estate is a preserved Victorian house museum in Cape May, New Jersey, renowned as an outstanding example of Stick Style architecture and 19th-century seaside resort life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Carpenter Gothic building
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farmhouse ⓘ historic house ⓘ house ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Carpenter Gothic ⓘ |
| category |
Gothic Revival architecture in Iowa
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa ⓘ Tourist attractions in Wapello County, Iowa ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 210 meters ⓘ |
| floorCount | 2 ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLocation | 40.918°N 92.222°W ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
icon of American regionalism
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symbol of rural Midwestern life ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
front porch
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pointed-arch window ⓘ rear outbuildings ⓘ small front lawn ⓘ upper-story Gothic window ⓘ white wooden siding ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfStories | 1.5 ⓘ |
| hasRestoration |
20th-century preservation work
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21st-century preservation work ⓘ |
| hasTourismActivity | photo opportunities with American Gothic props ⓘ |
| hasVisitorCenter | American Gothic House Center ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Register of Historic Places
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surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| heritageDesignationDate | 1974 ⓘ |
| imageDepicts | American Gothic painting setting ⓘ |
| inception | 1880s ⓘ |
| inspiredByArtist | Grant Wood ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | American Gothic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Eldon, Iowa ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Iowa
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Midwestern United States ⓘ Wapello County, Iowa ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| materialUsed | wood ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Noland family
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surface form:
Dibble family
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| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operator | American Gothic House Center ⓘ |
| ownedBy | City of Eldon ⓘ |
| partOf |
American Gothic House Center
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surface form:
American Gothic House Historic District
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| roofShape | gabled roof ⓘ |
| significantEvent | served as model for Grant Wood painting American Gothic ⓘ |
| use |
museum-related site
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tourist attraction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dibble House Description of subject: Dibble House is a modest 19th-century Carpenter Gothic-style farmhouse in Eldon, Iowa, best known as the real-life backdrop that inspired Grant Wood’s iconic painting "American Gothic."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.