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Conference House

A National Historic Landmark. Built in 1675 (Dutch Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1888.

From the record

“Conference House is a stone house in the Tottenville neighborhood of Staten Island in New York City. Built by Captain Christopher Billopp some time before 1680, it is located in Conference House Park near Ward's Point, the southernmost tip of New York state, which became known as "Billop's Point" in the 18th century.”

Wikipedia article Conference House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 63 National Register listings published here for Richmond County · listed in 1966 · category: Building · built in 1675, Dutch Colonial Revival architecture · a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. Hylan Blvd., New York
  • When was it listed? October 1966
  • Category. building
  • Borough. Staten Island
  • When was it built? 1675
  • Architectural style. Dutch Colonial Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 66000566 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

757 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 757 fires within 5 miles of Conference House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,115 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 144 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined403
Arson/incendiarism144
Misuse of fire by a minor43
Natural36
Smoking28
Railroad operations and maintenance28
Equipment and vehicle use24
Recreation and ceremony23
Debris and open burning12
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Fireworks4
Other causes3
Firearms and explosives use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Conference House: 3 producers, 2 plants, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sulfur, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Asarco Refinery/ Perth Amboy, N.J.Copper, SilverPlant
(Facility) Chevron Refinery/ Perth Amboy, N.J.SulfurPlant
Crossman CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Crossman Co. Clay MineClayProducer
Mainstreet Clay MineClayProducer
Sayreville Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Richmond County

Maps showing this location

19 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church0.5 miles2025
House at 5910 Amboy Road3.0 miles1982
Seguine House3.1 miles1980
Woodrow Methodist Church3.9 miles1982
Messiah Lutheran Church4.8 miles2025
Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. Farmhouse5.4 miles2020

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 66000566 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Richmond CountyAll 63 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.