Hudson Hotel

03 / The story of this place

What was here?

The Hudson was a modest 80-room working man's hotel with three storefronts, built in the 1920s for workers at the east side auto plants and possibly named for the Hudson Motor Car Co. factory nearby. In the 1950s it offered a “homelike atmosphere” for $10 to $12 a week, welcomed well-behaved pets and had a TV in the lobby. A new owner bought it in April 1983 and tried a flashy makeover, but it closed in March 1984. It came down in 1987, when Chrysler cleared the neighborhood for its new Jefferson Avenue plant.

• 80 rooms for factory workers
• Pets welcome in the 1950s
• Razed 1987 for Jefferson North

What’s there now?

The Stellantis Jefferson North Assembly Plant, for which the block was cleared in 1987.