Property Record
1334 FOX RIVER DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Dr. Alden and Amalia Hudson House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 121390 |
| Location (Address): | 1334 FOX RIVER DR |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | De Pere |
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| Year Built: | 1936 |
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| Survey Date: | 20012017 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Limestone |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Sign at gate states "Hudson House 1936." Slate roof. 2017: No immediately apparent exterior alterations since last surveyed. 2017 survey recommendation write-up: Sheathed with rough-cut limestone, this large Tudor Revival-style house is comprised of four blocks, all of which are topped with a slate-shingled, gabled roof of varying height. The (largely) central side-gabled block rises two-and-one-half stories. It features at its center a two-story, five-sided bay set within a gabled wall dormer; the bay carries multiple-light, double-hung (or casement) windows along each level. Additional multiple-light windows are located to the left (south) of the bay, while a single, tall-and-narrow window is located to the right. Within a narrow, side-gabled, one-and-one-half-story block to its right, a wooden door is set within a stone surround and topped with a label mold; a hipped-roof dormer rises from the roofline above. An additional entry to the house proper is located in southernmost, one-and-one-half-story wing. The door and a small window are both topped with a stone label mold, both of which are set within a gabled wall dormer that carries a double-hung sash within the peak. Finally, a front-gabled, three-car garage wing completes the house on the north. Windows throughout the house are finished with smooth stone surrounds. Built for Dr. Alden and Amalia Hudson, construction began in June 1936 and was likely not complete until early 1937. Born in 1900, Alden Hudson was the son of D.W. Hudson, the head of the Hudson-Sharp Machinery Company in Green Bay. Alden attended Marquette University, after which he opened a dental office in Green Bay in 1925; that was the same year he wed Amalia (aka Molly) Hulpert. Following construction, the Hudsons remained in the subject house until sometime between 1947 and 1949. They moved to Green Bay for a short period before building another home in Allouez. Alden practiced dentistry for thirty-three years, retiring in 1958. Prior to retiring to Minocqua, Molly was a member of the Green Bay Garden Club, the De Pere Woman’s Club, as well as the Green Bay-De Pere Antiquarians. Alden died in 1977 and Molly passed away two years later. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Citations for 2017 information found below in Additional Comments: “Dr. Alden Hudson Opens Dental Office,” Green Bay Press-Gazette, 7 September 1925, 2; “Real Estate Transfers,” Mary Denman to Alden and Amalia Hudson, Green Bay Press-Gazette, 28 January 1936; “Several New Homes Started Here,” Green Bay Press-Gazette, 27 June 1936, 5/6; “Motor Burns Out,” Green Bay Press-Gazette, 28 June 1947, 2; Green Bay City Directory, 1949; “Dr. Alden Hudson,” Obituary, Green Bay Press-Gazette, 8 December 1977, 47; “Mrs. Alden (Molly) Hudson,” Obituary, Green Bay Press-Gazette, 9 January 1979, 27. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |