THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The Conference House is associated with the legendary ghosts of Christopher Billopp and a young servant whom he allegedly killed for aiding American forces. Visitors have reported apparitions and sounds resembling the pair reenacting their fatal struggle, though historians dispute whether the murder ever occurred.
The Conference House, aka Billop House, was built in 1680. It was the scene of a tragedy when in 1779 owner Christopher Billop, a British loyalist, accused a female servant of spying on him for the Colonists. She denied the charge, and Billop threw her down the stairs, breaking her neck. Apparitions of both Billop and the servant as well as British soldier ghosts are believed to haunt the premises. Neighbors have heard a man singing or shouting and a woman screaming and falling.