Continental Barracks

Historical marker location:

Schuylerville, New York

( Marker is on Spring Street (New York State Route 29), on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1927

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.