Welcome to Beacon

Historical marker location:

Beacon, New York

( Marker is at the intersection of Fishkill Ave (New York State Route 52) and Robert Cahill Drive, on the right when traveling west on Fishkill Ave.)

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.