Old Hudson Township Burying Ground

Old Hudson Township Burying Ground

The Old Township Burying Ground contains many of Hudson's earliest families.  At the gate of the cemetery, visitors will find a brochure with information provided by the Anna Lee Chapter of Questers.

The first burial, ...

Evaporator Works & Grimm Marker

Evaporator Works/Grimm Marker

46 Ravenna Street

A marker to Gustave H. Grimm on Ravenna Street was approved by the Ohio Historical Society and installed in 2007, thanks in part to the efforts of Hudson Archivist, Gwen Mayer.

Grimm, a German ...

Lincoln Marker

In February, 1861, Abraham Lincoln took a ‘Whistle-Stop Tour’ from Springfield, Illinois  to Washington, D.C.  on his way to his inauguration.  Hudson, where he was greeted by more than 6,000 admirers,  was one of 29 stops he made in Ohio.  ...

Clocktower

At the intersection of Aurora and Main Street is Hudson's iconic landmark, the  Clocktower.  This was given to Hudson by James Ellsworth in 1912, after he spent a decade revitalizing the town.  Some of his projects included buried electrical wires, ...

Case Barlow Farm

Case-Barlow Farm

1931 Barlow Road

The Cases, along with their five children and one cow tied to their two-horse covered wagon, left Granby, Connecticut in May 1814.   Arriving in Hudson 6 weeks later, the family moved into a log cabin ...

Brewster Store

Brewster Store

5 Aurora Street

The Brewster Store is a long-time business location, housing a variety of commerce since 1839, and is likely the oldest commercial building still in use in the Western Reserve.

The building is named for Anson ...

Brewster Mansion

Brewster Mansion

9 Aurora

Brewster Mansion was built in 1853 by Frederick Bunnell as the home of Anson Brewster after a fire in 1842 destroyed the earlier family home on the same spot. 

Stories have his wife, Sarah White Brewster ...

Brent House

The Historic Brent House

Meyer Sawmill

Swan Valley Museum Sawmill

The first settlers in the Swan Valley built their cabins from logs they felled with crosscut saws and axes. Benjamin B. Holland built one of the first cabins in the 1890s not far from Holland Lake. ...

Upper Swan Valley Historical Museum

The Swan Valley retains many signs of its varied history. Old Indian trails crisscross the mountains. Remnants of trapper cabins, notched trees for marten trapping, and old phone wires strung between trees by the U.S. Forest Service to improve communication, ...