Charter Street Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts
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Charter Street Cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts is one of the city’s oldest and most historic graveyards, notable for containing the graves of prominent figures from the Salem witch trials era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charter Street Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T782591 — 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: Charter Street Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts Context triple: [John Hathorne, burialPlace, Charter Street Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts]
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A.
Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown
Phipps Street Burying Ground in Charlestown is a historic colonial-era cemetery best known as the final resting place of John Harvard, the namesake of Harvard University.
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B.
Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts
Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts is a historic 19th-century garden cemetery known for its notable burials, landscaped grounds, and significant funerary art.
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C.
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Granary Burying Ground in Boston is a historic colonial-era cemetery notable as the resting place of prominent American Revolution figures, including John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Paul Revere.
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D.
Stockbridge Cemetery, Massachusetts
Stockbridge Cemetery in Massachusetts is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of iconic American illustrator Norman Rockwell.
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E.
Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Union Cemetery in Amesbury, Massachusetts is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of the poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier.
- 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: Charter Street Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts Target entity description: Charter Street Cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts is one of the city’s oldest and most historic graveyards, notable for containing the graves of prominent figures from the Salem witch trials era.
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A.
Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown
Phipps Street Burying Ground in Charlestown is a historic colonial-era cemetery best known as the final resting place of John Harvard, the namesake of Harvard University.
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B.
Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts
Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts is a historic 19th-century garden cemetery known for its notable burials, landscaped grounds, and significant funerary art.
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C.
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Granary Burying Ground in Boston is a historic colonial-era cemetery notable as the resting place of prominent American Revolution figures, including John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Paul Revere.
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D.
Stockbridge Cemetery, Massachusetts
Stockbridge Cemetery in Massachusetts is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of iconic American illustrator Norman Rockwell.
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E.
Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Union Cemetery in Amesbury, Massachusetts is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of the poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
burial ground
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historic cemetery ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Charter Street
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Liberty Street ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Charter Street Cemetery
ⓘ
surface form:
Charter Street Burial Ground
Old Burying Point Cemetery ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| earliestGravesDateFrom | 1600s ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Salem, Massachusetts
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surface form:
City of Salem
|
| hasAccessRestriction |
limited visiting hours
ⓘ
rules to protect fragile stones ⓘ |
| hasChronology | continuous use from 17th century into 19th century ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
early New England funerary art
ⓘ
memory of Salem witch trials ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
carved death’s head motifs
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family plots ⓘ footstones ⓘ historic gravestones ⓘ slate headstones ⓘ table tombs ⓘ winged skull iconography ⓘ |
| hasHistoricPeriod |
Colonial era
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Salem witch trials era ⓘ |
| hasNearbySite |
Salem Witch Trials Memorial in Salem, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Salem Witch Trials Memorial
|
| heritageDesignation |
National Register of Historic Places
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surface form:
National Register of Historic Places contributing property
|
| inception | 17th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Essex County, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedNear |
Salem Historic District
ⓘ
surface form:
Salem downtown historic area
Salem Harbor ⓘ
surface form:
Salem waterfront
|
| maintainedBy |
Salem, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Salem
|
| municipality |
Salem, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Salem
|
| notableFor |
association with Salem witch trials era
ⓘ
graves of prominent 17th-century Salem residents ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | Charter Street Historic District ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
heritage preservation efforts
ⓘ
historical research ⓘ tourist walking tours ⓘ |
| tourismType |
dark tourism
ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ |
| usedFor |
burial
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commemoration ⓘ heritage tourism ⓘ |
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Subject: Charter Street Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts Description of subject: Charter Street Cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts is one of the city’s oldest and most historic graveyards, notable for containing the graves of prominent figures from the Salem witch trials era.
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