Auburn in Cayuga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Willow Brook

Photographed by Mira Earls, October 1, 2025

1. Willow Brook Marker

Inscription.
Home of Enos T. Throop
1784-1874
Congressman 1815
Circuit Judge 1823
Governor of N.Y. 1829-32

Erected 1932 by State Education Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. A significant historical year for this entry is 1815.

Location. 42° 53.753′ N, 76° 31.31′ W. Marker is in Auburn, New York, in Cayuga County. It is at the intersection of East Lake Road and Willowbrook Drive, on the left when traveling north on East Lake Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6606 E Lake Road, Auburn NY 13021, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Central New York,

and in the Syracuse Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8

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other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: War Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Ford (approx. 0.9 miles away); Algonkian Village Site (approx. 1.1 miles away); Routes of the Armies of General John Sullivan and General James Clinton / Owasco (approx. 1.2 miles away); Stone School (approx. 2 miles away); First Church (approx. 2.3 miles away); Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged (approx. 2.4 miles away); Harriet Tubman (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Auburn.

Willow Brook Marker area image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mira Earls, October 1, 2025

2. Willow Brook Marker area

Willow Brook Marker area looking north image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mira Earls, October 1, 2025

3. Willow Brook Marker area looking north

Credits. This page was last revised on October 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 1, 2025, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 59 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 1, 2025, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.