Historical Marker
Wilson Harbor
Historical marker location:
Wilson, New York
( Marker is on Ontario Street, on the left when traveling west.)
Boards, Boats, and Beaches.
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.