Historical Marker
The Hill
Historical marker location:
65 Bells Pond Rd, Churchtown, New York
( Marker is on Bells Pond Road (County Route 12) ½ mile east of Route 82, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1932
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.