BUILT By a British Naval Officer in 1680, Site of a Revolutionary war Conference in 1776.

Captain Christopher Billopp built this grand stone manor overlooking the Arthur Kill and Perth Amboy, New Jersey, around 1680, and his grandson, Colonel Christopher Billopp, owned the house when it was taken over by Admiral Lord Richard Howe, head of the British Forces in the Americas.

The museum is named in memory of the 1776 conference convened at the house in an attempt to end the Revolutionary War.

The Conference House is owned by the City of New York, is operated by the Conference House Association, and is a member of the Historic House Trust.

Hours: From April to mid-December, the house is open for guided tours on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. $3 for adults, $2 for students and seniors 60 and over.

Contact us: (718) 984-6046

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visit the Conference House on Sept. 11

The 1776 Peace Conference Celebration will be held this year on Saturday, Sept. 11 (the actual date of the conference in 1776). Lord Richard Howe will meet with Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Edward Rutledge at the house and reprise the actual meeting. For more information, call 718 984-6046.

How Did You Come to Staten Island? What Was Tottenville Like in the 1950s?

Life in the 1950s

Listen to and add your stories about the 1950s on Staten Island or about how you or your family came to Staten Island.

Recordings are saved online so that anyone from around the world can listen and contribute their own comments by phone, microphone, webcam, or keyboard.

For the full-size VoiceThread, click here.

How I Came to Staten Island

See Vivian Vassar's description of her visit to the Conference House and the 1950s exhibit by clicking here. See great photos of loaned items from the Hey Viv! collection as well as Viv herself in vintage clothing!

For the full-size VoiceThread, click here.

Any questions? Call us at 718 984-6046 and we'll help you add your story.

Tell Us a Fish Story!

Remembering the Fulton Fish Market

Many Fulton Fish Market employees, customers, and business owners live on Staten Island.

Artist Naima Rauam is collecting stories from and about the Fulton Fish Market as a part of a new local history project. (See http://artpm.com for more on Naima.)

Anyone who worked at lower Manhattan’s Fulton Fish Market, owned a business there, bought fish there, or was a fisherman who sold to the market is invited to contribute. Naima adds, “You can also talk about family members from prior generations who might have done the same, or perhaps you have some family memorabilia to talk about.”

For the full-size VoiceThread, click here.

This project is supported by a JP Morgan Chase Regrant in partnership with the Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island.