This postcard from 1947 is a photo by A. Dallaire of Manchester, NH. It is an aerial view looking west to east over the Hudson Speedway track. Old Derry Road (Derry Road) is behind the bleachers with a field of the Nadeau Farm across the way being used as a parking lot. For 80 years,Continue reading “Hudson Speedway: A New England Racing Landmark”
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“The Poplars” Lowell Road
The farm homes and productive farm fields along Lowell Road, coupled with the street railroad (trolley) operating between Nashua and Lowell, bolstered a cottage industry of guest houses and country resorts along Lowell Road in Hudson during the early 1900’s. By 1895 the Lowell and Suburban Street Railway from Nashua was extended down Lowell RoadContinue reading ““The Poplars” Lowell Road”
20th Century Store at the Bridge
The concrete Taylor Falls Bridge was replaced in 1970 by the Veterans Memorial Bridge (northern span). A second span, the Taylor Falls Replacement Bridge (southern span) was then added in 1974. These new bridges completely altered the landscape and virtually ‘wiped out’ what many Hudson residents knew of as the business center of Hudson.Continue reading “20th Century Store at the Bridge”
Fall 2025 Newsletter
T-Bones Plaza Then and Now
In early 1968 the State of New Hampshire was searching for a site in Hudson for a State Liquor Store and this shopping center was soon selected as the site. By July of that year the ground breaking ceremony was held. Construction of a multi-unit building was started immediately and completed in November. By theContinue reading “T-Bones Plaza Then and Now”
Musquash Road Site of the First Meeting House!
This marker at the Musquash Road Conservation Area (adjacent to Musquash Brook) was placed here in 1934 by the Bicentennial Committee chaired by Dr. H. O. Smith. It was placed near the No 1 schoolhouse, still standing in 1933, which was also the general location of the first meetinghouse for the town of Nottingham, MA.Continue reading “Musquash Road Site of the First Meeting House!”
Hills Memorial Library and Webster School c 1910
From this early post card of Webster School, Hills Memorial Library, and the surrounding area we get an idea of what this section of town looked like about 1910. Kimball Webster School (right) had been in use since its completion in 1896. The new Hills Memorial Library (left) was completed in 1908. The photo forContinue reading “Hills Memorial Library and Webster School c 1910”
Central and Library Street
This picture of Central Street (Library Street on the right not shown) is from c 1907. The Hudson Community Church is visible in the far left. The street shows the trolley tracks! In 1895 the Taylor Falls bridge horse drawn trolley was re-organized as an electric railway and the tracks extended from the bridge upContinue reading “Central and Library Street”
Alvirne’s First Class!
Summer 1948 Alvirne High School First Class There were two pivotal events in 1948 which, in the final analysis, permitted the Town of Hudson to establish Alvirne High School on the former Hills Estate on Derry Road. The first of these was the legendary Alvirne Summer School which took place at the Alvirne Summer HomeContinue reading “Alvirne’s First Class!”