{"nrhp_refnum":"73001542","name":"Hudson Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Hudson Historic District (Boundary Increase)"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by College, Streetsboro, S. Main, and Baldwin Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hudson","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.24222021200006,"lon":-81.44002937709843,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-11-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 70-acre historic district centered on the Village Green in Hudson, Summit County, Ohio, containing houses, churches, schools and commercial buildings from the early 1800s through the early 1900s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Hudson is a fine example of early development in the Connecticut Western Reserve, in both architecture and town planning. It is especially rich in buildings of the 1820s to 1840s in Greek Revival, Federal, Western Reserve and other vernacular styles. The Green, ringed by brick commercial buildings and white frame houses, represents the best of 19th and early 20th century town character. Ties to Owen and John Brown, Western Reserve College and architect Simeon Porter add to its importance.","narrative":"Hudson's historic core is a 70-acre district of houses, churches, schools and shops arranged around the Village Green in Summit County, Ohio. Settlement began after David Hudson surveyed Western Reserve land in 1799, and the earliest surviving frame house dates to 1806. The district is especially rich in buildings of the 1820s, 1830s and 1840s, showing Greek Revival, Federal, Western Reserve, Tuscan and Gothic Revival styles, along with many vernacular designs. Lemuel Porter and his sons Simeon and Orrin designed or built many early structures, including the 1865 Congregational Church. Commercial blocks near the Green were rebuilt in brick and stone after fires in 1892 and 1911, following a village fireproofing ordinance. The 1912 Clock Tower, a gift from James W. Ellsworth, became a village emblem. Owen Brown, father of John Brown, lived and worked here. Several buildings served as schools tied to Western Reserve College and Academy, and many have been moved, altered or adapted over time.","period_of_significance":"1806-1912","architect_builder":"Lemuel Porter and his sons Simeon and Orrin Porter; John Corbusier (1907-09 clubhouse remodeling); Henry Hardenberg (Clock Tower, 1912)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Western (Connecticut) Reserve, Federal, Tuscan, Gothic Revival, and vernacular architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Marked occupied, in good condition, and altered; the form lists government, commercial, private residence, religious and museum uses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.342342-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001542.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001542/ea891bdd85-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001542/ea891bdd85-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Main_street_hudson_oh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Main_street_hudson_oh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991593","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Historic_District_(Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5928727"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/hudson-historic-district-73001542/"}