Lewis Henry Morgan

Historical marker location:

1810 Route 90, Black Rock, New York

( Marker is on New York State Route 90, 0.1 miles north of Ledyard Road (County Route 45A), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1999

The Hudson River School of painting, which was a 19th-century art movement that focused on landscapes and the natural world, was founded in New York State. Some of its most famous artists, such as Thomas Cole and Frederic Edwin Church, lived and worked in the Hudson River Valley.