It is the oldest house in Hudson. Originally this house had only two rooms; succeeding generations added rooms on either side of the dwelling as well as a second floor. The Goodale House was offered as a safe haven to runaway slaves during the Civil War.
The house remained in the Goodale family for 223 years. It is presently held in a private Trust and is no longer open to the public.

Important to the Pleasant Street neighborhood, this Classical Revival house was built by Lewis Dewart Apsley in 1905.

This house has been identified by local residents as important to the character of the Pleasant Street neighborhood.

This important brick Queen Anne house (ca. 1889) is located north of downtown area in the Pleasant Street neighborhood. Includes a porte cochere and carriage house.

Col. Adelbert Mossman built this handsome large Queen Anne house in 1901. The house has been given Victorian paint work that enhances it. It is located near Wood Park in the Park Street neighborhood, which is a priority heritage landscape.

The Assabet River is central to Hudson’s identity and is closely linked with the history of the community. Early settlers located their homes along the river and waterpower provided by the river led to the creation of the mills along its banks.

Hudson has many distinctive residential neighborhoods ranging from compact mill worker housing to large houses on generous lots. One of the best known is the Central Street neighborhood, located west of the town center. The neighborhood was built in the late 19th century to accommodate Hudson’s growing middle and managerial class.

The downtown area, which is the civic and commercial center of the community, extends roughly from Cottage Street on the west to Grove Street on the east. The Assabet River marks the southern edge of downtown while the northern edge is generally the rear of the properties along the north side of Main Street except where it extends further north to encompass Bruce’s Pond. Part of the downtown was designated a local historic district in 1988 but the area is not listed in the National Register. Wood Square is the traffic island at the intersection of Lincoln Street, Main Street and Washington Street.

Hudson residents identified Gospel Hill as their highest priority heritage landscape. Hudson once included large areas of agricultural land, but little active agriculture remains in Hudson except in Gospel Hill, which is located in the geographic center of the community. The two most prominent farms are the Ferjulian Farm and Pompositticut Farm.

The corridor of the Mass Central Railroad line runs roughly east/west through the center of Hudson. The line is no longer active, and the hope is that this corridor too will become a railtrail.

One of the best known neighborhoods is the Park Street neighborhood (named for Wood Park which is a central feature of the neighborhood), located southwest of the town center.

Another of Hudson’s well-preserved residential neighborhoods is the Pleasant/Pearl Street neighborhood immediately north of the downtown area extending up Lincoln Street. It is best known for some of the town’s most distinctive houses.