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DeMille Gatehouse

 
 
DeMille Gatehouse Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, May 4, 2016
1. DeMille Gatehouse Marker
Inscription. This building served as the gatehouse to Pamilco, the seventy six acre estate built by Hollywood producer Cecil B. DeMille’s father who first came to Pompton Lakes in 1891.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1891.
 
Location. 40° 59.879′ N, 74° 16.423′ W. Marker is in Wayne, New Jersey, in Passaic County. It is on Terhune Drive (U.S. 202). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 266 Terhune Drive, Wayne NJ 07470, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New Jersey’s North Jersey, in Greater Newark, and in the New York City Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in 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 walking distance of this marker: Pompton Furnace (approx. half a mile away); Doctor's Island (approx.
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0.6 miles away); Memorial United States Army (approx. 0.7 miles away); VFW Post 2906 Vietnam Veterans Monument (approx. 0.7 miles away); In Memory of All Vietnam Veterans (approx. 0.7 miles away); Memorial United States Coast Guard (approx. 0.7 miles away); Cpl. Donald Miller (approx. 0.7 miles away); Cpl. George G. Carlough (approx. 0.7 miles away).
 
DeMille Gatehouse image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, May 4, 2016
2. DeMille Gatehouse
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 16, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,486 times since then and 153 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 16, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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