Nancy Hoffmann started coming up to Juddville, WI as a four-year old in 1949. After that, she came regularly during summers to a small cabin her parents Augie and Mary built by hand on Juddville Road. The Hoffmann property was one mile east of Hwy 42, at the top of a long uphill, on the south side of the road. Nancy’s parents and a group of friends from the Chicago area bought adjacent properties on Juddville Road in 1940 with the intent of starting a commune. That did not come to fruition, but it was not due to lack of effort from Nancy’s father Augie. Nancy treasures the time she spent in Juddville and Door County during her childhood and later as an adult. Click HERE to read Nancy’s unique and entertaining Juddville recollections.
Below is a collection of Nancy Hoffmann’s photos mostly from her family’s summers in Juddville during the 1940s and 50s.
Nancy in 1954.
Nancy climbing in the apple tree at her family’s cabin (holding a toy horse). July 1952.
Nancy’s parents, Augie and Mary, circa 1949.
The original Hoffmann cabin circa 1947.
The Hoffmann cabin after a new west wing was added. 1949.
The cabin with east and west wing additions. Undated.
The new house that was built on the property. Circa November 1970.
Juddville Road, November 1970, looking west from the base of the hill just west of the Hoffmann property. Notes with this photo indicate there is a lime kiln on the left of Juddville Rd and Mrs. Greis’ barn is across the road on the right.
Nancy visiting Marie Gatter at her “Owl’s Nest” cabin in Peninsula State Park circa 1960. Marie was a weaver from Evanston, IL with a fondness for owls.
Nancy’s mother, “Creosote Mary”, applying creosote to the cabin during construction.
Juddville, Wisconsin 