Historical Marker
1754 Homesite
Historical marker location:
Beekman, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of Church Street and Connecting Road, on the left when traveling north on Church Street.)
Marker installed: 1976
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.