Historical Marker
The Balmville Tree
Historical marker location:
83 Balmville Road, Newburgh, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of Balmville Road and Commonweath Avenue & River Road, in the median on Balmville Road.)
Marker installed: 1959
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.