Historical Marker

Latta House

Historical marker location:
4437 Lake Avenue, Rochester, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Latta Road, on the left when traveling north on Lake Avenue.)
Marker installed: 2013

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.