Historical Marker
The Old Upper Road
Historical marker location:
Beekman, New York
( Marker is on Main Street (County Route 7) 0.1 miles west of Church Street, on the left when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2007
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.