• Post Office (former) - Hudson WI
    The former Hudson Wisconsin Post Office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1939. It is now a private business the Postmark Grille. The restaurant's website describes the history of the building: "In 1939, construction began on this building located at 225 Locust Street. The lot was purchased for $9,000.00 and the completed structure was 4,500 square feet and cost $70,000.00. The new Hudson Post Office dedication was held June 1, 1940, the same day it opened to the public and served as the United States Post Office building in Hudson for 56 years. In 1996, the post office relocated to...
  • Sewage Plant and Storm Water System - Hudson WI
    According to the testimony of Wendall Peterson, City Attorney of Hudson during hearings in Congress over a toll bridge in 1941, the Works Progress Administration was involved in constructing a large storm sewer 4 or 5 blocks long. The City Attorney of Hudson described how the Wisconsin State Board of Health was forcing them to build a Sewage Disposal plant that was being lined up next year. The previous speaker, Mayor James Newton mentions the sewage plant, how the state was forcing them to build it, and that the estimated cost was $65,000. See source below.