Historical Marker
1848 Root House
Historical marker location:
3106 Upper Mountain Road, Cambria, New York
( Marker is on Upper Mountain Road, 1.7 miles west of Shawnee Road (New York State Route 425), on the left when traveling west.)
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.