Water Tower

Historical marker location:

East Rochester, New York

( Marker is on West Maple Street just east of Garfield Street, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1997

The Woodstock Music Festival, which is considered a seminal moment in American cultural history, did not actually take place in the town of Woodstock, New York. The festival was held on a dairy farm in nearby Bethel, New York, about 60 miles south of Woodstock.