Alida Conde was born in Monroe in 1854. She had an interest in seeking early education for children and became a Sunday School teacher at the First Universalist church and was instrumental in kindergarten programming. 

Henry Ludlow, born in 1848 also in Monroe, was director for the first Sunday School library in the First Universalist Church, now the Green County Historical Society Museum. It was here that he may have met Alida, later known as Lida, who was appointed librarian and where their romance may have started. 

They were married Aug. 18, 1874. She was 20 years old and he six years her senior at 26. They had three children: May Ludlow Luchsinger, Charles Arabut Ludlow and Adelaide Condee Ludlow Crawford. 

Together, the Ludlow’s built this fine home on the corner of 20th Avenue and 11th Street. 

Their educational interest continued with reading clubs, an early library in the upstairs rooms of a building on the square and the building and dedication of the Arabut Ludlow Memorial Library in 1905, AT the present location of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce Building.