Historical Marker
Jos. Ellicott
Historical marker location:
52 Harvester Avenue, Batavia, New York
( Marker is on Harvester Avenue, on the left when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1979
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.