Historical Marker
Mechanicstown School
Historical marker location:
665 East Main Street, Middletown, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (County Route 67) and Midland Park Dr, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.)
Marker installed: 2004
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.