Historical Marker

Fort Anne

Historical marker location:
Fort Ann, New York
( Marker is on George Street (U.S. 4) 0.1 miles north of Crandall Lane, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2017

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.