Step inside the lovely Sowers-Scofield-Hudson home in Ovid, Michigan

I may be a Detroit girl, but it's not where I grew up. Tucked into a small town in mid-Michigan -- the greater Lansing area, really -- are this author's earliest roots, before I started moving here, there and everywhere for my education and career. 

The village of Ovid, Michigan, was incorporated in 1869 and named after Ovid, New York. That same year of its birth, a home was built for George and Carrie Sowers -- a delightful Italianate creature now sporting a pleasing gray and blue paint job (and a matching metal roof installed in more recent years). Back then, Sowers was a local businessman. In fact, his business was across the street. Later, in 1882, the home was sold to another local businessman, Frank Scofield, and his wife Adelaide. Then, in 1907, Henry and Sophia Hudson purchased the house. Nowadays, via a donation from Mary Hudson Myers, the home is owned and managed by the Ovid Historical Society. It is an official Michigan Historic Site.

I get a chance to get back to Ovid now and then, and my brother helps manage the home as part of the historical society. This past July, the home was open for tours as part of the town's Carriage Days festival, so that's when I got the clips and snips below.

With the idea that a picture is worth a thousand words, and a video is worth a whole lot more than that, let's step inside, shall we?

Stepping inside >>>

First floor and doll collection >>>

Kitchen and back yard >>>

This is a quick breeze-through, nothing like going to see the home yourself, live and in person.

If you want to read more about the house, here is the info sheet they have just inside the door, next to the address book:

To learn more about the Ovid Historical Society and the home, see the group's website or Facebook page. Especially check out the latter, as you'll see a wealth of vintage Ovid photos.