New York, Staten Island, Tottenville. Conference House" of Captain Christopher Billopp built before 1688" – Vintage Wall Art
![New York, Staten Island, Tottenville. Conference House" of Captain Christopher Billopp built before 1688", [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/eb/eb4befd48e15-L.webp)
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A window into the past: New York, Staten Island, Tottenville. Conference House" of Captain Christopher Billopp built before 1688", preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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New York, Staten Island, Tottenville. Conference House" of Captain Christopher Billopp built before 1688"
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The Conference House in Tottenville takes its name from a meeting held there on September 11, 1776, when Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Edward Rutledge met British envoy Lord Howe in an unsuccessful effort to avert the Revolution. The caption dates the stone house's construction to before 1688, which would make it one of the oldest surviving dwellings on Staten Island. Its builder, Captain Christopher Billopp, was a British naval officer and Loyalist, so the house links the colonial period to the Revolution. The photograph is undated, so it is best read as a record of how the building looked to a later observer.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Wittemann Coll., no. 2015. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: US Hist--Rev. War; NY--NYC--Staten Island--Tottenville; BI; Residences; Shelf. |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,049 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-138888 |
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