Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum
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The Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum is a historic 19th-century whaling merchant’s mansion in New Bedford, Massachusetts, preserved as a museum with period furnishings and formal gardens.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5462638 — 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: Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum Context triple: [New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, contains, Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum]
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A.
Church House Gardens
Church House Gardens is a public park and landscaped green space located in the town centre of Bromley, in southeast London.
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B.
Holburne Museum
The Holburne Museum is an art museum in Bath renowned for its collection of fine and decorative arts, including paintings, sculpture, and period objects housed in a historic building.
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C.
Forbury Gardens
Forbury Gardens is a historic public park in central Reading, England, known for its ornamental gardens, Victorian-era features, and proximity to the medieval Reading Abbey ruins.
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D.
Painshill Park
Painshill Park is an 18th-century landscaped garden in Surrey, England, celebrated for its picturesque design, follies, and lakes.
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E.
Savill Garden
Savill Garden is a renowned ornamental garden in Windsor Great Park in England, celebrated for its diverse plant collections and carefully landscaped woodland and ornamental areas.
- 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: Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum Target entity description: The Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum is a historic 19th-century whaling merchant’s mansion in New Bedford, Massachusetts, preserved as a museum with period furnishings and formal gardens.
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A.
Church House Gardens
Church House Gardens is a public park and landscaped green space located in the town centre of Bromley, in southeast London.
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B.
Holburne Museum
The Holburne Museum is an art museum in Bath renowned for its collection of fine and decorative arts, including paintings, sculpture, and period objects housed in a historic building.
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C.
Forbury Gardens
Forbury Gardens is a historic public park in central Reading, England, known for its ornamental gardens, Victorian-era features, and proximity to the medieval Reading Abbey ruins.
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D.
Painshill Park
Painshill Park is an 18th-century landscaped garden in Surrey, England, celebrated for its picturesque design, follies, and lakes.
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E.
Savill Garden
Savill Garden is a renowned ornamental garden in Windsor Great Park in England, celebrated for its diverse plant collections and carefully landscaped woodland and ornamental areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic house
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historic house museum ⓘ |
| architect | Richard Upjohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Greek Revival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| area | approximately one city block ⓘ |
| associatedWithCityHistory | New Bedford whaling era ⓘ |
| associatedWithIndustry | whaling industry ⓘ |
| builtFor | William Rotch Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionYear | 1834 ⓘ |
| constructionStartYear | 1834 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| formerOwner |
Duff family
NERFINISHED
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Jones family NERFINISHED ⓘ Rotch family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
19th-century decorative arts
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historic furniture ⓘ historic textiles ⓘ whaling-era artifacts ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
monumental colonnade
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period furnishings ⓘ wraparound veranda ⓘ |
| hasGarden |
boxwood parterre
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formal gardens ⓘ rose garden ⓘ woodland garden ⓘ |
| hasGardenFeature |
arbor
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brick walkways ⓘ carriage house ⓘ fountain ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
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National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
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| locatedIn | Bristol County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | New Bedford, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | wood ⓘ |
| nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| numberOfStories | 2.5 ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
educational programs
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guided tours ⓘ public events ⓘ school programs ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalOwnerOccupation | whaling merchant ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roofType | hipped roof ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 396 County Street ⓘ |
| use |
historic site
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house museum ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum Description of subject: The Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum is a historic 19th-century whaling merchant’s mansion in New Bedford, Massachusetts, preserved as a museum with period furnishings and formal gardens.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
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contains
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Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum
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