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Conference House Park
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Conference House Park
Conference House Park
is a park in the
Tottenville
section of
Staten Island
,
New York
, one of the
boroughs
of
New York City
. The park is named after the historic
Conference House
a c.1680 stone manor house in which a
peace conference
was initiated on September 11, 1776 by
Lord Howe
representing the
British Crown
with representatives of the
Continental Congress
including
Benjamin Franklin
, in an effort to halt the
American Revolution
. The area of the park was once part of Bentley Manor owned by the
Billop
family. The Henry Hogg Biddle house constructed between 1845 and 1853 is another historic structure in the park.
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