Historical Marker
Fredonia #1
Historical marker location:
58 West Main Street, Fredonia, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street (U.S. 20) and Forest Place, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.)
Marker installed: 2008
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.