John S. Moffat House

Infobox_nrhp | name =John S. Moffat House
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location= 1004 3rd Street Hudson, Wisconsin
lat_degrees = 44
lat_minutes = 58
lat_seconds = 51
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 92
long_minutes = 45
long_seconds = 19
long_direction = W
locmapin = Wisconsin
area =
built =1855
architect= Andrews Brothers
architecture= Greek Revival, Octagon Mode, Other
added = July 18, 1974cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=74000124

The John S. Moffat House is a stucco octagonal house in Hudson, in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at 1004 3rd Street. [cite web| last = Travis| first = Dale| title = Wisconsin Round Barns List| date = March 10, 2008| url = http://www.dalejtravis.com/rblist/rbwi.htm| accessdate = ] The home was built in 1855 by John (1814 Etna, New York-1903 Hudson, Wisconsin) and his wife Nancy Bennet (1822-1894), who moved to Hudson from Ithaca, New York the previous year with their ten-year-old daughter. Typical for the time, the Moffats traveled by train to Galena, Illinois where they took a steamboat to Prescott, Wisconsin. Then they traveled by horse and wagon, north to Hudson, which was a prosperous frontier town on the Saint Croix River, benefiting from lumber and flour mills. Two of Nancy's sisters already lived in the town when they arrived. Moffat initially was clerk of the United States Land Office for the Chippewa District and later practiced law before being elected a Saint Croix County judge in 1869. [Citation| last = Miller| first = Willis H.| title = The Octagon House at Hudson| journal = Wisconsin Magazine of History| volume = 28| issue = 1| pages = 81-87| date = September| year = 1944| url = http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/wmh&CISOPTR=15598&CISOMODE=print.] Their home is a Registered Historic Place and now serves as a museum.

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