McLean House
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McLean House is the historic Virginia residence where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, effectively ending major combat in the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| McLean House canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T487047 — 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: McLean House Context triple: [Appomattox Court House, Virginia, contains, McLean House]
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A.
Blake House
Blake House is a historic residence and notable landmark located in the City of Fairfax, Virginia.
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B.
Seelye Mansion
Seelye Mansion is a historic early-20th-century home in Abilene, Kansas, renowned for its grand architecture, original furnishings, and role as a popular museum and tourist destination.
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C.
Emlen Physick Estate
The Emlen Physick Estate is a preserved Victorian house museum in Cape May, New Jersey, renowned as an outstanding example of Stick Style architecture and 19th-century seaside resort life.
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D.
Dibble House
Dibble House is a modest 19th-century Carpenter Gothic-style farmhouse in Eldon, Iowa, best known as the real-life backdrop that inspired Grant Wood’s iconic painting "American Gothic."
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E.
Hancock-Clarke House
The Hancock-Clarke House is a historic colonial-era home and museum in Lexington, Massachusetts, best known as the site where Paul Revere and William Dawes warned John Hancock and Samuel Adams of approaching British troops on the night of April 18, 1775.
- 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: McLean House Target entity description: McLean House is the historic Virginia residence where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, effectively ending major combat in the American Civil War.
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A.
Blake House
Blake House is a historic residence and notable landmark located in the City of Fairfax, Virginia.
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B.
Seelye Mansion
Seelye Mansion is a historic early-20th-century home in Abilene, Kansas, renowned for its grand architecture, original furnishings, and role as a popular museum and tourist destination.
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C.
Emlen Physick Estate
The Emlen Physick Estate is a preserved Victorian house museum in Cape May, New Jersey, renowned as an outstanding example of Stick Style architecture and 19th-century seaside resort life.
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D.
Dibble House
Dibble House is a modest 19th-century Carpenter Gothic-style farmhouse in Eldon, Iowa, best known as the real-life backdrop that inspired Grant Wood’s iconic painting "American Gothic."
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E.
Hancock-Clarke House
The Hancock-Clarke House is a historic colonial-era home and museum in Lexington, Massachusetts, best known as the site where Paul Revere and William Dawes warned John Hancock and Samuel Adams of approaching British troops on the night of April 18, 1775.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic house
ⓘ
surrender site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | mid-19th-century American residential ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ United States Army ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | end of the Army of Northern Virginia’s field operations ⓘ |
| category |
American Civil War site
ⓘ
historic house museum ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| eventParticipant |
Army of Northern Virginia
ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ |
| function | private residence ⓘ |
| governingBody |
National Park Service
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Park Service
|
| hasCommemoration | interpretive exhibits about the surrender ⓘ |
| hasRoomUsedFor | parlor used for surrender meeting ⓘ |
| hasType | brick house ⓘ |
| hasVisitorAccess | guided tours ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed contributing property to a U.S. National Historical Park ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | marks the effective military defeat of the Confederacy’s principal eastern army ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Appomattox County, Virginia
ⓘ
Appomattox Court House, Virginia ⓘ
surface form:
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Appomattox Court House, Virginia ⓘ
surface form:
Appomattox Court House village
Virginia ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of Virginia
|
| namedAfter | Wilmer McLean ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the site where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
ⓘ
symbolizing the conclusion of major Confederate resistance in the Eastern Theater ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| originalOwner | Wilmer McLean ⓘ |
| partOf |
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
|
| preservedAs | historic site ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Confederate surrender ceremonies at Appomattox Court House ⓘ |
| relatedPlace |
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park Visitor Center
|
| roleInHistory | site of the effective end of major combat in the American Civil War ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant
ⓘ
Battle of Appomattox Court House ⓘ
surface form:
Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia
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| significantEventDate | 1865-04-09 ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | American Civil War ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
| theme | end of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction | Civil War heritage tourism ⓘ |
| usedAs | location for surrender negotiations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: McLean House Description of subject: McLean House is the historic Virginia residence where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, effectively ending major combat in the American Civil War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.