Historical Marker

First Post Office

Historical marker location:
210 Central Avenue, Bethpage, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of Central Avenue and Seaman Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Central Avenue.)

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.