Newell Inn

Historical marker location:

Durham, New York

( Marker is at the intersection of County Route 20 and Cochrane Road, on the left when traveling east on County Route 20.)

Marker installed: 1964

1800-1825.

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.