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Thomas Cole National Historic Site
Thomas Cole National Historic Site Review
You may feel the urge to pick up a paintbrush as you take in the Catskill Mountain views from the front porch of the yellow-brick Federal house of the Thomas Cole National Historic Site. Well, at least you can understand what inspired Thomas Cole (1801-48), the painter credited with starting the Hudson River School of art. Cole came to know the 1815 house, called Cedar Grove, when he set up a studio in an outbuilding he rented on the property; he settled down here after marrying a niece of the owner. James Fenimore Cooper and Asher B. Durand are among the 19th-century luminaries who visited Cedar Grove, 13 mi north of Saugerties.
- Address: 218 Spring St., near Rip Van Winkle Bridge, Catskill, NY, 12414 | Map It
- Phone: 518/943-7465
- Cost: House $5, grounds free
- Hours: House early May--late Oct., Thurs.--Sun 10--4
- Website: www.thomascole.org
- Location: Saugerties
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