Historical Marker
Brighton Village
Historical marker location:
1775 East Avenue, Rochester, New York
( Marker is on East Avenue (New York State Route 96) 0.1 miles west of Winton Road, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1962
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.