UPPER HUDSON

Cedar Grove: The Thomas Cole National Historic Site
https://thomascole.org/
218 Spring Street
Catskill, NY 12414
Phone: 518-943-7465 Email [email protected]

Hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 11 AM to 4 PM (timed entry to main house)

Please see website for admission rates.

 

Historical Description:   "From the first, Cedar Grove and the Catskill Mountain region nurtured Thomas Cole's artistry. In his “Essay on American Scenery” (1835), Cole said the local landscape had “varied, undulating, and exceedingly beautiful outlines – [the Catskills] heave from the valley of the Hudson like the subsiding billows of the ocean after a storm.” In this setting, in his “painting room” at Cedar Grove, Thomas Cole created many of the Hudson River School masterpieces that assured his fame." 

 

The Site:   "In the late 1980s, the National Park Service recognized the significance of Thomas Cole and his life at Catskill, status formalized in 1999 when Cedar Grove was declared a National Historic Site. But in the 1980s and 90s funds to acquire the site were not forthcoming until the Greene County Historical Society purchased the property in 1998. Restoration of the main house followed and in 2001, Thomas Cole's 200th birthday, Cedar Grove opened to the public."