2. Conference House

Conference House was constructed by Chritopher Billopp circa 1680 as the epicenter of his 1,600 acre Manor of Bentley. The moniker Conference House is derived from the peace conference held there on September 11, 1776. The meeting, which was attended by John Adams, Edward Rutledge, and Benjamin Franklin, and Admiral Lord Richard Howe, who were unable to agree on a way to end the War. In 1937, the house was opened to the public and became the first house museum on Staten Island. Conference House is a member of the Historic House Trust of New York.