Conference House (Billopp House)
Staten Island, New York, USA
7455 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, New York 10307
MUSEUM
VISITOR INFORMATION
The house address is 7455 Hylan Boulevard. The Association office at 298 Satterlee Street is a separate visitor reference. Operator and Trust prices have differed; the current Trust-listed figures below require confirmation before travel. Map point reviewed October 3, 2026: Conference House building at 7455 Hylan Boulevard; not the larger park centroid or Association office. Visitor information reviewed October 3, 2026: Features describe the restored house museum and its arranged programs. Parking and public restrooms are in the surrounding park, not confirmed inside the historic house. Park toilet opening may differ from house tour hours. Confirm tours and admission before travel.
Visitor information batch 2 — reviewed October 3, 2026: Hours Link now uses the Historic House Trust visitor listing. The Association homepage returned unrelated material during this check. The Trust lists weekend opening and admission prices, but confirm them with the Association before travel because earlier operator prices conflicted.
Historic House Trust currently lists Conference House visits Saturday–Sunday noon–4 pm, adult admission $4 and students/seniors $3. Association and Trust prices have differed, so confirm the tour, current charge and any seasonal closure at 718-984-6046 before travel. Park restroom opening may differ from house tour hours.
Peak visitation season unconfirmed. No reliable site-specific annual monthly attendance pattern was established.
May-June or September-October for a confirmed weekend house tour paired with park walks. Check the interior tour day separately from park access.
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About Conference House (Billopp House)
The Billopp House on Staten Island hosted a peace conference on September 11, 1776. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Edward Rutledge met Admiral Lord Howe, but reached no agreement to end the war. The surviving stone house is now a museum within Conference House Park.
The late seventeenth-century house remains and has been restored to a mid-eighteenth-century appearance. It opened as a museum in 1927 and is operated by the Conference House Association on city park property. Its restored interiors interpret the Billopp family and conference rather than preserving every furnishing from September 1776.
History happened here at Conference House (Billopp House)
Christopher Billopp built the stone manor around 1680 as the center of his Staten Island estate. A later generation of the family remained loyal to Britain during the Revolution. In 1776, British forces used the property as part of their occupation of the island.
On September 11, representatives of the Continental Congress met Admiral Richard Howe here to explore a settlement. Franklin, Adams, and Rutledge participated for the Americans. The conference produced no agreement, and the war continued. Its significance lies in an attempted diplomatic resolution after independence had been declared. The house’s later restoration and museum use preserved an associated building through which visitors can consider both the negotiations and the Loyalist family setting.
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EXTERNAL LINKS
Research reviewed October 2, 2026. Event IDs 65fbc584-9afb-4ef2-a4ae-254b7da0c2cb; Events Latest 10PM.csv rows 240.
https://historichousetrust.org/houses/conference-house/
Map location reviewed October 3, 2026. Conference House building at 7455 Hylan Boulevard; not the larger park centroid or Association office. Map geometry © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/241857895
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Visitor classification and amenities reviewed October 3, 2026. Destination: Conference House Museum, Billopp House, within Conference House Park.
https://nycgovparks.org/parks/conference-house-park
https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/R006/map/ConferenceHousebrochure.pdf
Prose batch 2 researched October 3, 2026. Fast pass; proofing pending. Surviving restored house; furnishings not presented as unchanged conference-era objects.
Visitor admission and access fields reviewed October 3, 2026. Destination: Conference House Museum, Billopp House, within Conference House Park. The Historic House Trust page remains the Museum Site link. The association website contains unrelated casino content and has conflicting admission amounts. Do not rely on that domain for the current fee.