Centre Block (historical)
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Centre Block (historical) was the main building of Canada’s federal parliamentary complex on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, housing the House of Commons and Senate chambers before its destruction by fire in 1916.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Centre Block | 8 |
| Centre Block (historical) canonical | 1 |
| Centre Block (historically) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T789244 — 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.
Target entity: Centre Block (historical) Context triple: [Parliament of Canada, meetsIn, Centre Block (historical)]
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A.
Madison Building
The Madison Building is one of the main Library of Congress structures in Washington, D.C., housing extensive research collections, reading rooms, and administrative offices.
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B.
Alexander Hall
Alexander Hall is a historic academic building on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary, used for theological instruction and institutional functions.
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C.
Adams Building
The Adams Building is one of the main Library of Congress buildings in Washington, D.C., housing extensive research collections and reading rooms.
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D.
Pan American Union Building
The Pan American Union Building is a historic Beaux-Arts headquarters in Washington, D.C., serving as the main building of the Organization of American States and a symbol of inter-American diplomacy.
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E.
Liberty Bell Center
The Liberty Bell Center is a museum in Philadelphia that houses and interprets the historic Liberty Bell, a symbol of American independence and freedom.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Centre Block (historical) Target entity description: Centre Block (historical) was the main building of Canada’s federal parliamentary complex on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, housing the House of Commons and Senate chambers before its destruction by fire in 1916.
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A.
Madison Building
The Madison Building is one of the main Library of Congress structures in Washington, D.C., housing extensive research collections, reading rooms, and administrative offices.
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B.
Alexander Hall
Alexander Hall is a historic academic building on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary, used for theological instruction and institutional functions.
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C.
Adams Building
The Adams Building is one of the main Library of Congress buildings in Washington, D.C., housing extensive research collections and reading rooms.
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D.
Pan American Union Building
The Pan American Union Building is a historic Beaux-Arts headquarters in Washington, D.C., serving as the main building of the Organization of American States and a symbol of inter-American diplomacy.
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E.
Liberty Bell Center
The Liberty Bell Center is a museum in Philadelphia that houses and interprets the historic Liberty Bell, a symbol of American independence and freedom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former building
ⓘ
parliamentary building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Gothic Revival
ⓘ
surface form:
Victorian High Gothic
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| cityServed | Ottawa ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfDestruction |
1916
ⓘ
February 3, 1916 ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | fire ⓘ |
| followedBy | current Centre Block ⓘ |
| function | seat of the Parliament of Canada ⓘ |
| governmentBodyServed | Parliament of Canada ⓘ |
| hasPart |
House of Commons chamber
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Senate chamber ⓘ committee rooms ⓘ offices for parliamentarians ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | no longer extant ⓘ |
| housed |
House of Commons of Canada
ⓘ
Senate of Canada ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ Ottawa ⓘ Parliament Hill ⓘ |
| locatedOn | bluff above the Ottawa River ⓘ |
| materialUsed | stone ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
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surface form:
Government of Canada
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| partOf |
Parliament Hill
ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament Hill complex
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| precededBy | original Parliament buildings of the Province of Canada ⓘ |
| replacedBy | rebuilt Centre Block with Peace Tower ⓘ |
| significance | symbol of Canadian federal government ⓘ |
| usedFor | federal legislative functions ⓘ |
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Subject: Centre Block (historical) Description of subject: Centre Block (historical) was the main building of Canada’s federal parliamentary complex on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, housing the House of Commons and Senate chambers before its destruction by fire in 1916.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.