Willey House Historic Site
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Willey House Historic Site is a historic 19th-century homestead in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, known for the tragic 1826 landslide that killed the Willey family and became a famous early American tourism and cautionary tale.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Willey House Historic Site canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5718854 — 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: Willey House Historic Site Context triple: [Crawford Notch, contains, Willey House Historic Site]
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A.
Colburn House State Historic Site
Colburn House State Historic Site is a preserved historic home and museum in Maine recognized as a National Historic Landmark for its architectural and historical significance.
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B.
Leffingwell House Museum
Leffingwell House Museum is a historic colonial-era house museum in Norwich, Connecticut, showcasing early American architecture and local history.
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C.
Carlyle House Historic Park
Carlyle House Historic Park is a preserved 18th-century Georgian mansion and museum in Old Town Alexandria that interprets colonial life and early American history.
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D.
Grant-Humphreys Mansion
Grant-Humphreys Mansion is a historic Beaux-Arts mansion in Denver, Colorado, known for its association with prominent political figures and its use as an event and cultural venue.
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E.
Liberty Hall Historic Site
Liberty Hall Historic Site is a preserved early 19th-century Federal-style mansion and museum in Frankfort, Kentucky, that interprets the history of the influential Brown family and early American life.
- 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: Willey House Historic Site Target entity description: Willey House Historic Site is a historic 19th-century homestead in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, known for the tragic 1826 landslide that killed the Willey family and became a famous early American tourism and cautionary tale.
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A.
Colburn House State Historic Site
Colburn House State Historic Site is a preserved historic home and museum in Maine recognized as a National Historic Landmark for its architectural and historical significance.
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B.
Leffingwell House Museum
Leffingwell House Museum is a historic colonial-era house museum in Norwich, Connecticut, showcasing early American architecture and local history.
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C.
Carlyle House Historic Park
Carlyle House Historic Park is a preserved 18th-century Georgian mansion and museum in Old Town Alexandria that interprets colonial life and early American history.
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D.
Grant-Humphreys Mansion
Grant-Humphreys Mansion is a historic Beaux-Arts mansion in Denver, Colorado, known for its association with prominent political figures and its use as an event and cultural venue.
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E.
Liberty Hall Historic Site
Liberty Hall Historic Site is a preserved early 19th-century Federal-style mansion and museum in Frankfort, Kentucky, that interprets the history of the influential Brown family and early American life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
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homestead ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Romanticism
NERFINISHED
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sublime landscape aesthetics ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| dateOfEvent | August 28, 1826 ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
19th-century travel literature about the White Mountains
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paintings of the White Mountains school ⓘ |
| hasAmenity |
interpretive displays
ⓘ
parking area ⓘ picnic area ⓘ visitor center ⓘ |
| hasEvent | Willey family landslide disaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Crawford Notch railroad line
NERFINISHED
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Mount Willey NERFINISHED ⓘ Saco River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResident |
Polly Willey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samuel Willey Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Willey children ⓘ hired workers ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Willey House building
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
barn ⓘ outbuildings ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
19th-century rural life in New Hampshire
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development of American tourism ⓘ human relationship with wilderness ⓘ natural disaster history ⓘ |
| hasView | Crawford Notch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| knownFor |
1826 landslide that killed the Willey family
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cautionary tale about mountain hazards ⓘ early American tourism ⓘ picturesque and sublime landscape associations ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Carroll, New Hampshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Coos County, New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Crawford Notch NERFINISHED ⓘ New Hampshire ⓘ White Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Willey family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NRHPState | New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NRHPType | site ⓘ |
| numberOfFatalitiesInDisaster | 9 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Crawford Notch State Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Hampshire state park system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantYear | 1826 ⓘ |
| touristAttractionSince | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Willey House Historic Site Description of subject: Willey House Historic Site is a historic 19th-century homestead in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, known for the tragic 1826 landslide that killed the Willey family and became a famous early American tourism and cautionary tale.
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