Historical Marker
The Genesee River
Historical marker location:
Rochester, New York
( Marker is on Main Street, ΒΌ mile west of St. Paul Street, on the right when traveling east.)
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.