A Notable Home

Historical marker location:

Glenville, New York

( Marker is on Amsterdam Road (New York State Route 5), on the right.)

Marker installed: 1936

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.