Hudson Historic District (Boundary Increase)

This boundary increase extends Hudson's historic district to several tree-lined residential streets east and north of the village green, including Streetsboro, Oviatt, Aurora and Hudson Streets. It contains 150 contributing buildings, mostly wood-frame houses with sandstone or concrete block foundations, built between about 1826 and the early twentieth century. Styles range from Federal and Greek Revival to Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival, including the Ellsworth estate gatehouse at 250 Aurora Street. The area matters for two reasons. The arrival of the railroad in the 1850s prompted speculative building, notably Henry Noble Day's Day's Addition, and local builders such as Noah Carter and Ransom Sanford shaped the streetscapes. Later, James W. Ellsworth's early twentieth-century restoration and planning helped preserve the older buildings and give the village its cohesive character.