Historical Marker
John Leach
Historical marker location:
8355 Brewerton Road, Cicero, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of Brewerton Road and New York State Route 31, on the left when traveling north on Brewerton Road.)
Marker installed: 1932
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.