Port Mercer Canal House
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Port Mercer Canal House is a historic 19th-century canal worker’s residence along the Delaware and Raritan Canal in Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, preserved as a reminder of the region’s canal-era transportation history.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DePuy Canal House | 1 |
| Port Mercer Canal House canonical | 1 |
| Port Mercer canal house | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3993480 — 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: Port Mercer Canal House Context triple: [Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, hasHistoricSite, Port Mercer Canal House]
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A.
Ship Canal House
Ship Canal House is a prominent early 20th-century office building in Manchester, England, known for its grand neoclassical architecture and historical association with the Manchester Ship Canal Company.
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B.
Conference House
Conference House is a historic 17th-century stone manor on Staten Island, New York, best known as the site of a 1776 peace conference during the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Hampden House
Hampden House is a historic English country house in Buckinghamshire, long associated with the prominent 17th-century parliamentarian John Hampden and noted for its distinctive Gothic architecture.
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D.
Cabot House
Cabot House is one of Harvard College’s twelve upperclass residential houses, providing housing, dining, and community life for undergraduate students.
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E.
Lihou House
Lihou House is a residential and visitor accommodation property located on the small tidal island of Lihou, off the west coast of Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
- 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: Port Mercer Canal House Target entity description: Port Mercer Canal House is a historic 19th-century canal worker’s residence along the Delaware and Raritan Canal in Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, preserved as a reminder of the region’s canal-era transportation history.
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A.
Ship Canal House
Ship Canal House is a prominent early 20th-century office building in Manchester, England, known for its grand neoclassical architecture and historical association with the Manchester Ship Canal Company.
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B.
Conference House
Conference House is a historic 17th-century stone manor on Staten Island, New York, best known as the site of a 1776 peace conference during the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Hampden House
Hampden House is a historic English country house in Buckinghamshire, long associated with the prominent 17th-century parliamentarian John Hampden and noted for its distinctive Gothic architecture.
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D.
Cabot House
Cabot House is one of Harvard College’s twelve upperclass residential houses, providing housing, dining, and community life for undergraduate students.
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E.
Lihou House
Lihou House is a residential and visitor accommodation property located on the small tidal island of Lihou, off the west coast of Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal worker's residence
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historic house ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | 19th-century vernacular ⓘ |
| category |
Delaware and Raritan Canal
ⓘ
Historic district contributing properties in New Jersey ⓘ Houses in Mercer County, New Jersey ⓘ Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| county | Mercer County ⓘ |
| hasHistoricFunction |
housing canal employees
ⓘ
supporting canal operations ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
brick chimney
ⓘ
wood ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
illustrates transportation history of New Jersey
ⓘ
represents 19th-century canal-era domestic life ⓘ |
| hasStoreys | 2 ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| inception | 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedAlong | Delaware and Raritan Canal ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
ⓘ
Mercer County, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
Port Mercer, New Jersey ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedNear | Port Mercer bridge over the Delaware and Raritan Canal ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | local historical organizations ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
ⓘ
Delaware and Raritan Canal ⓘ
surface form:
Delaware and Raritan Canal historic district
|
| preservedAs | historic house museum ⓘ |
| roofMaterial | shingle ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | canal era ⓘ |
| state |
New Jersey, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
|
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| township | Lawrence Township ⓘ |
| usedFor |
locktender's house
ⓘ
residence for canal workers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Port Mercer Canal House Description of subject: Port Mercer Canal House is a historic 19th-century canal worker’s residence along the Delaware and Raritan Canal in Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, preserved as a reminder of the region’s canal-era transportation history.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
DePuy Canal House
this entity surface form:
Port Mercer canal house