Historical Marker
Fort Herkimer
Historical marker location:
Mohawk, New York
( Marker is on New York State Route 5S west of Plantation Road (County Route 212A), on the left when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1906
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.