Historical Marker
Little Italy
Historical marker location:
5 North Clover Street, Poughkeepsie, New York
( Marker is on North Clover Street north of Main Street, on the right when traveling north.)
The Heart of the Old World at the Foot of the Walkway. Greater Walkway Experience.
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.