United States Custom House (New Orleans)
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The United States Custom House in New Orleans is a monumental 19th-century Greek Revival federal building that served as a major customs and government center for the bustling port city.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Custom House, New Orleans (design involvement attributed) | 1 |
| U.S. Custom House, New Orleans | 1 |
| United States Custom House (New Orleans) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4971639 — 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: United States Custom House (New Orleans) Context triple: [Isaiah Rogers, notableWork, United States Custom House (New Orleans)]
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A.
New Orleans City Hall
New Orleans City Hall is the central municipal government building of New Orleans, Louisiana, housing the mayor’s office and key city administrative departments.
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B.
United States Custom House
The United States Custom House is a historic federal building in New York City that once served as the primary customs collection point for the bustling port, reflecting the city’s central role in American trade and finance.
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C.
U.S. Custom House (Galveston, Texas)
The U.S. Custom House in Galveston, Texas is a historic 19th-century federal building known for its grand Second Empire architectural style and its role in regulating the bustling Gulf Coast port’s trade.
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D.
U.S. Custom House (Key West, Florida)
The U.S. Custom House in Key West, Florida is a historic, monumental federal building designed in the late 19th century by architect Alfred B. Mullett, now serving as a prominent museum and landmark in the island’s Old Town.
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E.
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal is the primary intercity rail and bus station in New Orleans, Louisiana, serving as a major transportation hub for Amtrak and regional transit services.
- 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: United States Custom House (New Orleans) Target entity description: The United States Custom House in New Orleans is a monumental 19th-century Greek Revival federal building that served as a major customs and government center for the bustling port city.
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A.
New Orleans City Hall
New Orleans City Hall is the central municipal government building of New Orleans, Louisiana, housing the mayor’s office and key city administrative departments.
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B.
United States Custom House
The United States Custom House is a historic federal building in New York City that once served as the primary customs collection point for the bustling port, reflecting the city’s central role in American trade and finance.
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C.
U.S. Custom House (Galveston, Texas)
The U.S. Custom House in Galveston, Texas is a historic 19th-century federal building known for its grand Second Empire architectural style and its role in regulating the bustling Gulf Coast port’s trade.
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D.
U.S. Custom House (Key West, Florida)
The U.S. Custom House in Key West, Florida is a historic, monumental federal building designed in the late 19th century by architect Alfred B. Mullett, now serving as a prominent museum and landmark in the island’s Old Town.
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E.
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal is the primary intercity rail and bus station in New Orleans, Louisiana, serving as a major transportation hub for Amtrak and regional transit services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek Revival building
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custom house ⓘ federal government building ⓘ historic building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Greek Revival ⓘ |
| architecturalType | monumental public building ⓘ |
| category |
19th-century architecture in the United States
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Custom houses in the United States ⓘ Government buildings in New Orleans ⓘ Greek Revival architecture in Louisiana ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| function |
customs house
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federal offices ⓘ government center ⓘ |
| governingBody | United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
example of large-scale Greek Revival civic architecture in the United States
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symbol of New Orleans’ status as a major Gulf Coast port ⓘ |
| hasHistoricRole |
administrative hub for federal activities in New Orleans
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major customs and government center for New Orleans port trade ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
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National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| isPublicBuilding | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Business District, New Orleans
NERFINISHED
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Louisiana ⓘ New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | New Orleans metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Canal Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
granite
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marble ⓘ |
| owner | United States General Services Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | historic architecture of New Orleans ⓘ |
| regionServed | Port of New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantFor |
19th-century federal presence in New Orleans
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role in New Orleans port commerce ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 423 Canal Street ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administration of maritime trade regulations
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collection of customs duties ⓘ housing federal agencies ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: United States Custom House (New Orleans) Description of subject: The United States Custom House in New Orleans is a monumental 19th-century Greek Revival federal building that served as a major customs and government center for the bustling port city.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
U.S. Custom House, New Orleans
this entity surface form:
Custom House, New Orleans (design involvement attributed)