Dorchester Heights Monument
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The Dorchester Heights Monument is a historic commemorative tower in South Boston marking the site where Continental Army fortifications forced the British evacuation of Boston during the American Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dorchester Heights Monument canonical | 4 |
| Dorchester Heights National Historic Site | 2 |
| Fortification of Dorchester Heights | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3482379 — 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: Dorchester Heights Monument Context triple: [Dorchester, hasLandmark, Dorchester Heights Monument]
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A.
Bunker Hill Monument
The Bunker Hill Monument is a granite obelisk in Boston commemorating one of the first major battles of the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
Yorktown Victory Monument
The Yorktown Victory Monument is a historic American monument in Yorktown, Virginia, erected to honor the decisive Revolutionary War victory that secured the United States’ independence.
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C.
Nathaniel Greene Monument
The Nathaniel Greene Monument is a historic memorial in Savannah, Georgia, honoring Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene for his leadership in the Southern campaign.
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D.
Charter Oak Monument
The Charter Oak Monument is a historic memorial in Hartford, Connecticut, marking the site of the legendary Charter Oak tree where the colony’s royal charter was said to have been hidden in 1687 to resist its confiscation by the English governor.
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E.
Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill is a strategically significant elevation near Fredericksburg, Virginia, that served as a key Confederate defensive position during the American Civil War.
- 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: Dorchester Heights Monument Target entity description: The Dorchester Heights Monument is a historic commemorative tower in South Boston marking the site where Continental Army fortifications forced the British evacuation of Boston during the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
Bunker Hill Monument
The Bunker Hill Monument is a granite obelisk in Boston commemorating one of the first major battles of the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
Yorktown Victory Monument
The Yorktown Victory Monument is a historic American monument in Yorktown, Virginia, erected to honor the decisive Revolutionary War victory that secured the United States’ independence.
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C.
Nathaniel Greene Monument
The Nathaniel Greene Monument is a historic memorial in Savannah, Georgia, honoring Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene for his leadership in the Southern campaign.
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D.
Charter Oak Monument
The Charter Oak Monument is a historic memorial in Hartford, Connecticut, marking the site of the legendary Charter Oak tree where the colony’s royal charter was said to have been hidden in 1687 to resist its confiscation by the English governor.
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E.
Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill is a strategically significant elevation near Fredericksburg, Virginia, that served as a key Confederate defensive position during the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Revolutionary War memorial
ⓘ
historic tower ⓘ monument ⓘ |
| architect |
John Goddard Stearns Jr.
ⓘ
Peabody & Stearns ⓘ
surface form:
Peabody and Stearns
Robert Swain Peabody ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Colonial Revival
ⓘ
Georgian Revival ⓘ |
| category |
American Revolutionary War memorials
ⓘ
Monuments and memorials in Boston ⓘ National Park Service National Historic Sites in Massachusetts ⓘ Towers in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| commemorates |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
Siege of Boston ⓘ
surface form:
Evacuation of Boston
fortification of Dorchester Heights by the Continental Army ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | circa 1900 ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 42.333°N 71.039°W ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Continental Army
ⓘ
George Washington ⓘ
surface form:
General George Washington
|
| elevation | approximately 90 feet above surrounding terrain ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | National Historic Landmark District (as part of Dorchester Heights) ⓘ |
| hasNearbyEvent | Evacuation Day celebrations in Boston ⓘ |
| hasPart |
belfry-like top
ⓘ
commemorative tower ⓘ lantern ⓘ octagonal shaft ⓘ stairway ⓘ terraced grounds ⓘ |
| hasView |
Boston Harbor
ⓘ
downtown Boston skyline ⓘ |
| height | approximately 115 feet ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
U.S. National Historic Site
ⓘ
surface form:
National Historic Site
|
| inaugurationDate | March 17, 1902 ⓘ |
| inception | late 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedInNeighborhood | South Boston ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Boston
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts ⓘ Suffolk County, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Dorchester Heights ⓘ |
| location |
South Boston
ⓘ
surface form:
South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
|
| maintainedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| materialUsed | white marble ⓘ |
| ownedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dorchester Heights Monument
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Dorchester Heights National Historic Site
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| significantEvent |
British evacuation of Boston on March 17, 1776
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placement of artillery on Dorchester Heights in March 1776 ⓘ |
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Subject: Dorchester Heights Monument Description of subject: The Dorchester Heights Monument is a historic commemorative tower in South Boston marking the site where Continental Army fortifications forced the British evacuation of Boston during the American Revolutionary War.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fortification of Dorchester Heights
this entity surface form:
Dorchester Heights National Historic Site
this entity surface form:
Dorchester Heights National Historic Site