And now the best part of the whole tour through the old Nellie Glenn house. I was told before heading into the house to be sure to look in every cupboard. Not sure what that meant, I kind of dismissed it -- until I arrived in the back room. What appeared to be a laundry room/pantry. Then I noticed cupboards, floor to ceiling. My curiosity was aroused. I opened a couple doors and found empty shelves. Then the third opened door revealed something very interesting, and even a little heart-rendering. In all the years and through all the renovations, repainted walls, and repairs, one rectangle of has never been painted over. Following is the full picture, 
and then the left side, 
and then the right side. 
Nellie Glenn, the wife of Dr. B.H. Glenn, became Fowlerville's historian over the years in the mid-1900s, passing away in 1975. The above etchings show her statistics recorded on the inside of a cupboard door after she had been widowed and remained in the area. She was well-known for inviting those interested to learn and discuss Fowlerville history into her home, and the few I have spoken with that knew her speak very highly of her as a "true lady." I will always be grateful to her for her diligence in recording so many memories and facts, so many of which can be found in the Fowlerville Historical Collection in the village office.
So, of course, since I was on the second floor of this beautiful house on East Grand River, I took a moment to look out over the main street. 
The other day I had mentioned the State Farm house, formerly the Curtis home, and that can be seen at the center of this picture. A few months back, I showed numerous squint shots of the inside of the State Farm building.The greenish house, only barely visible at the far left center, and formerly located at the northeast corner of North Second Street and East Grand River and is now gone. It was removed in December -- pictures of this house, inside and out as well as the demolition, will be shown at a later date.
We are still in the second floor of the old Nellie Glenn house and, as I wandered around, I noticed how bare these four rooms proved to be; especially compared to the first floor. The shuttered doors in the bathroom had these delicate pulls -- no doubt newer than most things in the house, but still beautiful to the period of the house.
As with yesterday's squint shot and the common occurrence of landings on stairways, I also noted the trimwork at the landing window. In many of the older homes, a square is at each upper corner of window and door framing. This made it unnecessary to miter corners and made for a unique, finished look. 
A few squint shots earlier, I showed some of this trim on the first floor that had not been painted and had leafy etchings in the squares.
Yesterday's squint shot showed a picture of the stairway heading up to the second floor. As in many older homes, "landings" were popular. I showed a picture of one a few months back that is in the State Farm building on East Grand River, formerly the Curtis home. This house, the big red building at South Collins and East Grand River, has this landing, 
and pillar at the railing.
After checking out all of the first floor and peeking into the basement of the old Nellie Glenn house, corner of South Collins Street and East Grand River, I headed up to the second floor. The walls have been reworked over the years, but the steps were highly worn. 
At first I couldn't find the staircase to the second floor -- I wandered around the first floor of the house twice and finally started opening doors. In the front room, on the west side of the house, it turned out a normal looking door, with a crystal handle, was the way to the second floor.
If you've been following this website at all, you already know I'm eventually going to check out the basement -- whether it is an old building or old house. Before heading up to the second floor of the old Nellie Glenn house, every footfall on the stairway creaked as I went downstairs to grab this shot. As it turned out, there wasn't much to see but always worth documenting.
Doorbell? I didn't check any further than looking at it and tapping a fingernail on it, but my best guess is it is a doorbell -- any thoughts? This odd-looking chime is attached to the front door of the house we have been looking at. 
It doesn't appear the front door is used much anymore as the South Collins Street entrance comes into the kitchen and is much more accessible to the driveway and garage.
As we continue checking out the large red house on the southwest corner of East Grand River and South Collins Street, today's squint shot shows some of the wood trim along the floor and below a front window. The windows on the west side of the house are tall, nearly floor to ceiling, and exquisite. 
One of the wonderful amenities of older homes are "pocket" doors -- these are doors that slide, and disappear, into walls instead of being in the way. This particular set of two doors, in the old Nellie Glenn house, divides the dining room from a living room, and when the doors were pushed into the walls, a very large room was created. 
Very seldom will you see "pocket" doors anymore because there are not the normal part of home construction.On a side note -- while I was working on these posts for this intriguing hardware, I 'googled' 1896 door pulls and doorknobs. At one point, I came across a Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog for that year and lo-and-behold these were shown. As you may have noticed in other squint shots, I've wondered what might be original to the house and what items might be replications. I believe these might be the original pieces of hardware put in the pocket door at the time the house was built.
Just like the drawer pull in yesterday's squint shot, I wonder if this is an antique or a replicate of an old style. The house at the corner of South Collins Street and East Grand River was renovated in the mid-1990s and I wonder how much was preserved and how much needed to be replaced. 
The etching in the doorknob base is very similar to the drawer pull shown yesterday so I tend to think these might be replication. But, all the same, they definitely "fit" the house.
As I continued my tour through the old Nellie Glenn house, now rental property, I searched for items that might be original to the house. Years earlier, in the mid-1990s, Patti Reis refurbished the house; even winning recognition from various groups in the village for her hard work. It would appear much of the wood was cleaned up and some pieces of hardware changed. But the following piece looked fairly old, including some patena from years of wear.
In the old house at the corner of East Grand River and South Collins Street there is artistry in the wood floors. Fortunately, as the years have gone along and the house has been updated and refurbished, the uniqueness of the floors has been saved. 
Both of these floors can be found on the first floor of the house.If you head back a few days, you will see other pictures of this old house once owned by Nellie Glenn and her doctor husband. Mrs. Glenn promoted Fowlerville in wonderful ways by preserving the history of this village with type-written pages that are now safely stored in the village office's historical collection.As with the usual schedule, I will be at the village offices this Tuesday morning at 9 am if anyone would like to check out what we have. If no one shows up, I usually bail around 10 am; if someone shows up, 10:30. Hope to see you there.
Another item I have photographed in numerous houses and buildings throughout the Fowlerville area, include wiring and gadgets such as today's squint shot. So, was this a door bell? It would appear to be if we can assume the left part of this picture shows the bell which would have been tapped and sounded off.
Old or new? Here is another light fixture in the old Nellie Glenn house. I believe this one is a newer version of an old style, while I still wonder about the one over the kitchen sink (which you can check out by going back a few days' worth of squint shots). 
No matter what, it definitely looks nice in this house.
As with other houses I've photographed, I've been intriqued by the window and door trims. Obviously the easiest way to cut the trim would be square cuts instead of mitered corners. Therefore, so many of the indoor trims show a square at the top corners -- sometimes with a circle inside (especially as found in the Harmon building upper floors as well as the old Bell Opera House) or as with these, floral carvings. 
Inside this house, some was left natural while other doorways were painted.
As I still stood in the kitchen of the three-story red house just east of the Zizka-Grand-Lockwood building, I photographed some of the cupboard units. On the other side of this "pass-through" is the dining room with a bay window looking out over the west side yard. The second picture shows a close-up of the drawer pulls.
Heavy woodwork trim surrounds all of the doors and windows in the house we have been looking at and are now inside of -- if you feel lost, check back over the last few days! Anyhow, this house was refurbished about 30 years ago and no doubt has been repainted over the years. 
So now I wonder if this woodwork has layers and layers of paint on it or is some of the new trim.
and some floor trim. This floor trim is definitely period work as I have come across it numerous other times, including some of the pictures shown of the renovated storefront one door in from the old Ruth's Resale building. That storefront is currently empty but had most recently housed Granny Greenthumbs, which is now located in the old Ford building. 
Once downstairs, I found another old doorstop.
