Highland Mills in Woodbury in Orange County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
F.F. Proctor
1851-1929. Known as "Dean of Vaudeville", owned numerous theaters. Gatehouse built 1912 for Proctoria, his 1,142-acre estate.
Erected 2025 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 1234.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1912.
Location. 41° 20.387′ N, 74° 6.286′ W. Marker is in Woodbury, New York, in Orange County. It is in Highland Mills. It is on Smith Clove Road (County Road 9) near Pine Hill Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 224 Smith Clove Rd, Highland Mills NY 10930, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Hudson Valley. 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 New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Camp Site (approx. 1.1 miles away); Tomas Estrada-Palma (approx. 1.1 miles away); German Machine Gun (approx. 1.2 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); September 11, 2001 Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Rushmore Library (approx. 1.2 miles away); Ethan I. Dodds Sr. (approx. 1.3 miles away); Carmore (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Woodbury.
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Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 22, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 5 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 22, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
