Trinity Church in the City of Boston
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Trinity Church in the City of Boston is a historic Episcopal church renowned for its Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and prominent location in Boston’s Back Bay.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Trinity Church in the City of Boston canonical | 8 |
| Trinity Church, Boston | 6 |
| Trinity Church | 1 |
| Trinity Church in Copley Square | 1 |
| earlier Trinity Church building in downtown Boston | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T641311 — 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: Trinity Church in the City of Boston Context triple: [Copley Square, hasNearbyLandmark, Trinity Church in the City of Boston]
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A.
Trinity Church
Trinity Church is a historic Episcopal parish church in Lower Manhattan, New York City, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture and prominent location at the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway.
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B.
King's Chapel
King's Chapel is a historic 18th-century Unitarian church in Boston renowned for its Georgian architecture and prominent role in the city’s colonial and revolutionary-era history.
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C.
Old North Church
Old North Church is a historic 18th-century Boston church best known as the site where lanterns were hung to signal Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride during the American Revolution.
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D.
Memorial Church
Memorial Church is a prominent interdenominational Christian church and war memorial at Harvard University, serving as a central site for worship, reflection, and major university ceremonies.
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E.
Park Street Church
Park Street Church is a historic Congregational church in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, renowned for its early 19th-century architecture and its role in significant social and religious movements in American history.
- 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: Trinity Church in the City of Boston Target entity description: Trinity Church in the City of Boston is a historic Episcopal church renowned for its Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and prominent location in Boston’s Back Bay.
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A.
Trinity Church
Trinity Church is a historic Episcopal parish church in Lower Manhattan, New York City, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture and prominent location at the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway.
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B.
King's Chapel
King's Chapel is a historic 18th-century Unitarian church in Boston renowned for its Georgian architecture and prominent role in the city’s colonial and revolutionary-era history.
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C.
Old North Church
Old North Church is a historic 18th-century Boston church best known as the site where lanterns were hung to signal Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride during the American Revolution.
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D.
Memorial Church
Memorial Church is a prominent interdenominational Christian church and war memorial at Harvard University, serving as a central site for worship, reflection, and major university ceremonies.
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E.
Park Street Church
Park Street Church is a historic Congregational church in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, renowned for its early 19th-century architecture and its role in significant social and religious movements in American history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Episcopal church
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historic church ⓘ landmark building ⓘ parish church ⓘ |
| address | 206 Clarendon Street, Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| architect |
Henry Hobson Richardson
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surface form:
H. H. Richardson
Henry Hobson Richardson ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Richardsonian Romanesque
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Neo-Romanesque ⓘ
surface form:
Romanesque Revival architecture
|
| category |
Churches in Boston, Massachusetts
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Episcopal churches in Massachusetts ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1877 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1872 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| diocese | Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts ⓘ |
| groundbreakingDate | 1872 ⓘ |
| hasDenominationRite | Anglican liturgy ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Greek-cross floor plan
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central tower ⓘ extensive interior murals ⓘ polychromatic stone exterior ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ |
| hasParishStatus | active parish ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 1970 ⓘ |
| listedOn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedInCity |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston
|
| locatedInCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInCounty | Suffolk County, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedInNeighborhood | Back Bay ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | New England ⓘ |
| locatedInState | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedOnSquare |
Copley Square, Boston
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surface form:
Copley Square
|
| namedAfter | Holy Trinity ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Richardsonian Romanesque
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surface form:
Richardsonian Romanesque architecture
influence on American church architecture ⓘ prominent location on Copley Square ⓘ |
| NRHPListingDate | 1970 ⓘ |
| NRHPType | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| openedForUseDate | 1877 ⓘ |
| province |
Province I of the Episcopal Church (United States)
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surface form:
Province I of the Episcopal Church
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| publicAccess | open to visitors ⓘ |
| reasonForNewBuilding | original church destroyed in the Great Boston Fire of 1872 ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination |
Anglican Communion
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Episcopal Church ⓘ |
| replaced |
Trinity Church in the City of Boston
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
earlier Trinity Church building in downtown Boston
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| usesLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Trinity Church in the City of Boston Description of subject: Trinity Church in the City of Boston is a historic Episcopal church renowned for its Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and prominent location in Boston’s Back Bay.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Copley Square
this entity surface form:
Trinity Church, Boston
this entity surface form:
Trinity Church, Boston
this entity surface form:
Trinity Church
this entity surface form:
Trinity Church, Boston
this entity surface form:
Trinity Church, Boston
Trinity Church in the City of Boston
→
replaced
→
Trinity Church in the City of Boston
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
earlier Trinity Church building in downtown Boston
subject surface form:
Henry Hobson Richardson
this entity surface form:
Trinity Church, Boston
subject surface form:
Henry Hobson Richardson
this entity surface form:
Trinity Church, Boston
this entity surface form:
Trinity Church in Copley Square