Historical Marker

Jersey Claim Line

Historical marker location:
Cochecton, New York
( Marker is on New York State Route 97, on the right when traveling west.)

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.