Old San Mateo County Courthouse
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The Old San Mateo County Courthouse is a historic Beaux-Arts courthouse in Redwood City, California, now repurposed as a cultural landmark and museum space.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old San Mateo County Courthouse canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5169713 — 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 San Mateo County Courthouse Context triple: [San Mateo County History Museum, locatedInBuilding, Old San Mateo County Courthouse]
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A.
Santa Barbara County Courthouse
The Santa Barbara County Courthouse is a historic California landmark renowned for its ornate Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, lush sunken gardens, and panoramic clock tower views.
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B.
Contra Costa County Courthouse
Contra Costa County Courthouse is the main judicial complex and historic county government building serving Contra Costa County in Martinez, California.
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C.
Riverside County Historic Courthouse
Riverside County Historic Courthouse is a Beaux-Arts style landmark courthouse in downtown Riverside, California, renowned for its grand architecture and role as a centerpiece of the city's civic and historic district.
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D.
Orange County Courthouse
The Orange County Courthouse is a historic judicial building and prominent civic landmark serving as the county's main courthouse in Goshen, New York.
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E.
Santa Barbara City Hall
Santa Barbara City Hall is the main municipal government building of Santa Barbara, California, known for its Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and role as the center of local civic administration.
- 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 San Mateo County Courthouse Target entity description: The Old San Mateo County Courthouse is a historic Beaux-Arts courthouse in Redwood City, California, now repurposed as a cultural landmark and museum space.
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A.
Santa Barbara County Courthouse
The Santa Barbara County Courthouse is a historic California landmark renowned for its ornate Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, lush sunken gardens, and panoramic clock tower views.
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B.
Contra Costa County Courthouse
Contra Costa County Courthouse is the main judicial complex and historic county government building serving Contra Costa County in Martinez, California.
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C.
Riverside County Historic Courthouse
Riverside County Historic Courthouse is a Beaux-Arts style landmark courthouse in downtown Riverside, California, renowned for its grand architecture and role as a centerpiece of the city's civic and historic district.
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D.
Orange County Courthouse
The Orange County Courthouse is a historic judicial building and prominent civic landmark serving as the county's main courthouse in Goshen, New York.
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E.
Santa Barbara City Hall
Santa Barbara City Hall is the main municipal government building of Santa Barbara, California, known for its Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and role as the center of local civic administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Beaux-Arts building
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county courthouse ⓘ historic courthouse ⓘ landmark ⓘ museum building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Beaux-Arts ⓘ |
| category |
Beaux-Arts architecture in California
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Buildings and structures in Redwood City, California ⓘ Courthouses in California ⓘ Government buildings in California ⓘ Museums in San Mateo County, California ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| currentFunction |
cultural landmark
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museum space ⓘ |
| function | former seat of county government ⓘ |
| hasType | public building ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic building ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Redwood City, California NERFINISHED ⓘ San Mateo County, California ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| materialStatement | constructed primarily of masonry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Beaux-Arts architectural design
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role in the civic history of San Mateo County ⓘ |
| ownedBy | San Mateo County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
cultural landmark in San Mateo County
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historic Beaux-Arts courthouse in Redwood City ⓘ |
| use |
courthouse
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cultural center ⓘ museum ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Old San Mateo County Courthouse Description of subject: The Old San Mateo County Courthouse is a historic Beaux-Arts courthouse in Redwood City, California, now repurposed as a cultural landmark and museum space.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.