Bingham-Waggoner Estate

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historic house museum tourist attraction

The Bingham-Waggoner Estate is a historic 19th-century mansion and former home of artist-politician George Caleb Bingham, now preserved as a museum in Independence, Missouri.

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Label	Occurrences
Bingham-Waggoner Estate canonical	6
Bingham-Waggoner Historical Society	1
historic Bingham-Waggoner Estate	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T38296 — 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: Bingham-Waggoner Estate
Context triple: [Independence, Missouri, hasLandmark, Bingham-Waggoner Estate]

A. Griswold Hall
Griswold Hall is an academic and administrative building at Harvard Law School that houses faculty offices, classrooms, and legal research facilities.
B. Vaile Mansion
Vaile Mansion is a historic 19th-century Victorian estate in Independence, Missouri, renowned for its ornate architecture and role as a prominent local landmark.
C. Silver Hill
Silver Hill is a small commuter rail station in Weston, Massachusetts, served by the MBTA's Fitchburg Line.
D. Pine Hill
Pine Hill is the modestly elevated summit that serves as the highest natural point on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
E. Hillwood Development
Hillwood Development is a prominent real estate development company founded by Ross Perot Jr., known for large-scale commercial and mixed-use projects across the United States.
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: Bingham-Waggoner Estate
Target entity description: The Bingham-Waggoner Estate is a historic 19th-century mansion and former home of artist-politician George Caleb Bingham, now preserved as a museum in Independence, Missouri.

A. Griswold Hall
Griswold Hall is an academic and administrative building at Harvard Law School that houses faculty offices, classrooms, and legal research facilities.
B. Vaile Mansion
Vaile Mansion is a historic 19th-century Victorian estate in Independence, Missouri, renowned for its ornate architecture and role as a prominent local landmark.
C. Silver Hill
Silver Hill is a small commuter rail station in Weston, Massachusetts, served by the MBTA's Fitchburg Line.
D. Pine Hill
Pine Hill is the modestly elevated summit that serves as the highest natural point on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
E. Hillwood Development
Hillwood Development is a prominent real estate development company founded by Ross Perot Jr., known for large-scale commercial and mixed-use projects across the United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic house ⓘ museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
address	313 West Pacific Avenue, Independence, Missouri ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Italianate architecture ⓘ
area	approximately 19 acres ⓘ
builtIn	1850s ⓘ
category	Historic house museums in Missouri ⓘ Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri ⓘ Museums in Independence, Missouri ⓘ
city	Independence, Missouri, United States ⓘ surface form: Independence, Missouri
completionDate	1852 ⓘ
constructionStart	1851 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
function	cultural events ⓘ educational programs ⓘ guided tours ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	Italianate ⓘ Victorian architecture ⓘ
hasFeature	carriage house ⓘ formal gardens ⓘ historic interior décor ⓘ original woodwork ⓘ outbuildings ⓘ period furnishings ⓘ
hasFormerResident	George Caleb Bingham ⓘ Waggoner family ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.bwestate.net/ ⓘ
listedOn	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn	Independence, Missouri, United States ⓘ surface form: Independence, Missouri Jackson County, Missouri ⓘ Missouri ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
namedAfter	Bingham family ⓘ Waggoner family ⓘ
NRHPListingDate	1969 ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber	69000113 ⓘ
NRHPType	building ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
operator	Bingham-Waggoner Estate self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bingham-Waggoner Historical Society
originalOwner	John Lewis ⓘ
ownedBy	Independence, Missouri, United States ⓘ surface form: City of Independence, Missouri
significance	association with artist and politician George Caleb Bingham ⓘ example of mid-19th-century Italianate mansion ⓘ
situatedNear	Independence Square ⓘ Santa Fe Trail ⓘ surface form: Santa Fe Trail route
use	event venue ⓘ historic house museum ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Independence, Missouri, United States → hasLandmark → Bingham-Waggoner Estate ⓘ

subject surface form: Independence, Missouri

Bingham-Waggoner Estate → operator → Bingham-Waggoner Estate self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bingham-Waggoner Historical Society

Independence → hasMuseum → Bingham-Waggoner Estate ⓘ

subject surface form: Independence, Missouri

Waggoner family → residence → Bingham-Waggoner Estate ⓘ

Waggoner family → associatedWith → Bingham-Waggoner Estate ⓘ

Waggoner family → heritageSiteConnection → Bingham-Waggoner Estate ⓘ

this entity surface form: historic Bingham-Waggoner Estate

John Lewis → associatedWith → Bingham-Waggoner Estate ⓘ

subject surface form: John Lewis (businessman, Independence, Missouri)

Independence, Missouri → hasLandmark → Bingham-Waggoner Estate ⓘ

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