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The Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House, located at 1476 Richmond Road, Staten Island, New York, is a Dutch Colonial structure and is the oldest standing building on Staten Island. Originally built by Pierre Billiou, a Huguenot, who arrived at New Amsterdam fleeing religious persecution in Europe in 1661 and founder of Oude Dorpe (Old Town) in the same year, subsequently received a land grant on Staten Island, erecting the original stone section about 1662. His daughter Martha (1652-1736) inherited the property and resided there with her husband, Thomas Stillwell (1651-1705), and later with her second husband, Rev. David de Bonrepos (1654-1734). She married Rev. de Bonrepos in 1711. In about 1680, Thomas Stillwell, a well-to-do landowner, enlarged the house.〔 His and Martha's descendants, the Brittons, owned it until the mid-18th century. It was then acquired by Edward Perine in 1758. The Perine family owned it until 1913.〔 It has a shingled, sloping roof, and a Dutch jambless fireplace, which is very high and has a large stone hearth. A secret chamber opens into a room that features a ceiling with exceptionally large beams. Owned by Historic Richmondtown, the house is open to the public on a limited weekend schedule or by appointment. ==See also== *List of the oldest buildings in New York 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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