Medal: 275th anniversary of Staten Island

1936

Place madeNewark, New Jersey, United States, North America

Bronze

Overall (Medal): 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)

Gift of Loring B. McMillen

1936.601

This medal commemorates the first settlement on Staten Island in 1661. In 1675, English naval officer Christopher Billopp was granted 527 hectares on Staten Island; land that was later named after him. Billopp built the "conference house" noted in the exergue of the medal as his residence several years later.

DescriptionBronze struck medal with obverse showing landscape with wooden log cabin; inscriptions: "OUDE DORP/1661/FIRST PERMANENT/SETTLEMENT"; legend around border: "275TH ANNIVERSARY OF STATEN ISLAND/OCT. 18-25, 1936." Reverse shows two-storey building with gable roof with inscrptions: "BUILT 1679/CONFERENCE/SEPT. 11, 1776 [in exergue]"; legend around border: "BILLOPP . CONFERENCE . HOUSE/FRANKLIN . ADAMS . RUTLEDGE . HOWE."

MarkingsInscription: obverse, at lower center of field: "WHITEHEAD & HOAG"

ClassificationsMEDALS