Detail View: The Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Photo Collection: Conference House
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Landmark Name:
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Conference House
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LP Number:
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LP-00393
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Link to Designation Report:
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Landmark Type:
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Individual Landmark
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Designation Date:
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2/28/1967
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Image Type:
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Designation Photos
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Address:
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7455 Hylan Boulevard
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BIN:
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5087656
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BBL:
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5078570090
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Borough:
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Staten Island
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Block:
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7857
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Lot:
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90
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Architect or Builder:
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Not determined
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Date of Construction:
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1675
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Owner or Developer:
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Christopher Billopp
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Style Primary:
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Colonial
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Material Primary:
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Fieldstone
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Material Secondary:
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Wood Frame
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Material Tertiary:
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Brick
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Use Original:
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Residential, single family
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Use Other:
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Institutional, museum
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Building Type:
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Freestanding House
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Building Type Other:
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Museum
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Notes:
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Conference House is historically significant as the site of an ultimately unsuccessful conference held on September 11, 1776 to avert the Revolutionary War. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Edward Rutledge were in attendance.
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File Name:
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LP0393_001.JPG
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