historicallyUsedFor

P2417
predicate

Indicates that something served a particular function or purpose at some point in the past, even if it may no longer be used that way now.

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All labels observed (81)

Label Occurrences
formerUse 1,567
hasHistoricalUse 1,263
historicallyUsedFor canonical 652

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: historicallyUsedFor
Generated description
Indicates that something served a particular function or purpose at some point in the past, even if it may no longer be used that way now.

Sample triples (5,513)

Subject Object
Strivers’ Row middle-class housing via predicate surface "historicUse" ⓘ
Big Bang pejorative term via predicate surface "initiallyUsedAs" ⓘ
Slaithwaite mill village via predicate surface "hasLandUseHistory" ⓘ
Derby Wharf Light Station guiding ships into a major early American seaport via predicate surface "historicUse" ⓘ
Europa Point military fortifications via predicate surface "hasHistoricalUse" ⓘ
Europa Point coastal defense via predicate surface "hasHistoricalUse" ⓘ
Rubin Museum of Art Barneys New York department store via predicate surface "buildingPreviouslyUsedAs" ⓘ
Central Eastside Industrial District industrial via predicate surface "hasHistoricalUse" ⓘ
Old State Capitol State Historic Site seat of the Illinois General Assembly via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
Old State Capitol State Historic Site office of the Governor of Illinois via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
Montpelier, Orange County, Virginia tobacco plantation via predicate surface "hasLandUseHistory" ⓘ
Montpelier, Orange County, Virginia grain farming via predicate surface "hasLandUseHistory" ⓘ
River Leine mill power via predicate surface "hasHistoricalUse" ⓘ
River Leine transport via predicate surface "hasHistoricalUse" ⓘ
Cherry Street Pier municipal shipping pier via predicate surface "hasHistoricUse" ⓘ
Yaletown warehouse district via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
Yaletown railway and industrial area via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
American Tobacco Campus tobacco factory complex via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
American Tobacco Campus industrial complex via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
Mills Mansion country home via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
Cuban Art Factory (Fábrica de Arte Cubano)
surface form: Cuban Art Factory
cooking oil factory via predicate surface "formerUseOfBuilding" ⓘ
Medgar Evers Home Museum private residence of Medgar Evers and family via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
Festival Pier site waterfront entertainment venue via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
Festival Pier site event venue via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
Erasmus Darwin House residence of Erasmus Darwin via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
Coyote Point Recreation Area former country club site via predicate surface "hasHistoricalUse" ⓘ
Coyote Point Recreation Area former military use area via predicate surface "hasHistoricalUse" ⓘ
Fannie Bay penal facility via predicate surface "hasHistoricalUse" ⓘ
Leros naval base via predicate surface "hasHistoricalUse" ⓘ
Leros military fortification via predicate surface "hasHistoricalUse" ⓘ
Lost River Cave Civil War campsite area via predicate surface "hasHistoricalUse" ⓘ
Lost River Cave nightclub and ballroom in the 1930s–1940s via predicate surface "hasHistoricalUse" ⓘ
Lost River Cave hideout for outlaws and bandits (local lore) via predicate surface "hasHistoricalUse" ⓘ
Livermore ranching center via predicate surface "hasHistoricUse" ⓘ
Spike Island industrial site via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
Spike Island chemical industry site via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
Spike Island dock and canal-side wharves via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building exhibition hall for arts and industries via predicate surface "historicUse" ⓘ
Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building National Museum of American History via predicate surface "historicUse" ⓘ
surface form: national museum of the United States
Ponte Sant'Angelo pilgrimage route to St. Peter's Basilica via predicate surface "wasUsedFor" ⓘ
Brentford Dock trans-shipment dock via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
Brentford Dock freight dock via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
Forth estuary naval base via predicate surface "hasHistoricalUse" ⓘ
Forth estuary trade route via predicate surface "hasHistoricalUse" ⓘ
Bodine family
surface form: Bodine family home museum
private residence of the Bodine family via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
Sitka Sound indigenous Tlingit fishing grounds via predicate surface "hasHistoricalUse" ⓘ
Albrecht Dürer House residence via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
Old Corner Bookstore bookstore via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
Old Corner Bookstore publishing house via predicate surface "formerUse" ⓘ
Pennsport neighborhood
surface form: Pennsport
port-related industry via predicate surface "hasHistoricalUse" ⓘ