Historical Marker
Griffins Tavern
Historical marker location:
Hopewell Junction, New York
( Marker is on New York State Route 82, 0.2 miles north of All Angels Hill Road (County Route 94), on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1928
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.