Conference House Park

Historic House · Staten Island, New York

⚠ THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT IN NEW YORK STATE, and the site of the only attempt to negotiate an end to the American Revolution. ⚠ ON 11 SEPTEMBER 1776 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JOHN ADAMS AND EDWARD RUTLEDGE MET LORD HOWE IN THIS 1680 STONE MANOR HOUSE. The talks lasted three hours and failed, and the war ran another seven years.

298 Satterlee Street, Staten Island, New York, 10307, United States

⚠ THE 265-ACRE PARK, THE SHORELINE AND THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT IN NEW YORK STATE ARE FREE AND OPEN YEAR ROUND — and even if the house is shut, the sunset west across the Arthur Kill toward New Jersey is one of the best and least-visited in the five boroughs. ⚠⚠ CHECK THE HOUSE'S SEASON AND HOURS BEFORE YOU SET OFF: they are NARROW, it is run by a small organisation, and TOTTENVILLE IS AN HOUR FROM THE FERRY TERMINAL. This is the longest wasted journey available in New York City. ⚠ TAKE THE STATEN ISLAND RAILWAY — Tottenville is the southern terminus and it is effectively free except at the end stations; confirm the current fare arrangement. ⚠ TREAT IT AS ITS OWN TRIP: every other Staten Island row in this database is thirty minutes or more away. Free parking. ⚠ HOURS AND PRICES NOT VERIFIED.

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