IsabellaStoneHouses

Fieldstone Buildings in Isabella County, Michigan: An Illustrated Directory

                                                                                                                                          compiled by R.V. Dietrich

The first, and main part of this site is the internet version, with photographs, of Appendix C of "ISABELLA'S STONES: Fieldstone buildings, walls, landscape accents and other uses" (Dietrich, 2008). In addition, some illustrations, with brief explanations, are given about related features, most of which are not included in the book (ibid.). These are given under the subheading Photo Archive of older photos etc., which follows the Appendix C tabulation. It is anticipated that appropriate modifications and additions will be added to this both of these tabulations. I shall appreciate readers' sending me information that they think could lead to or would be included in such updating. Please feel free also to contact me with any comments. -- Contact me --

"Isabella's Stones: ..." is a manuscript of a book of 176 + xv pages that describes, with illustrations, several kinds of fieldstones and their various uses within Isabella County, Michigan. This county was selected for the study because these fieldstones and examples of their uses are common within the county. Indeed, amateur and professional stoneworkers, landscape designers, collectors , and several others who are interested in fieldstones find Isabella County to be a "happy hunting ground."   These stones were brought into the county by recent "Ice Age" glaciers (generally dated as last leaving this area 8 to10 thousand years ago) from Canada, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and Michigan's lower peninsula north of Isabella County. They range in size from small pebbles to boulders that measure up to several feet in greatest dimension and have various shapes and compositions that include several score of diverse igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks as well as migmatites, several of which are described within the book. It seems noteworthy that information relating to fieldstone buildings within the county, the focus of this tabulation, make up fifty per cent of the text of the book.

More than 200 fieldstone structures are included in the following tabulation. The locations of one hundred ninety-eight are show on Figure 1. One hundred forty-four (144) -- and possibly two others -- of the plotted buildings are or have been used as dwellings; the others include public buildings and various farmyard “outbuildings.” Although many of the plotted buildings continue to fulfill particular uses, a few of them have been abandoned or relegated to roles such as spaces for storing unwanted junk.   Some of the buildings are in fine shape; others are in various states of disrepair. A few of the structures shown, but not included in the just mentioned one hundred ninety-nine or in the totals listed at the beginning of each township heading, are noted in the remarks as not so-included. The images obtained when some of the thumbnails are clicked differ from the photographs shown as the thumbnails.

The "fieldstone-faced" designation represents subjective considerations. Although fieldstones constitute the major exterior walls of most of the included structures, there are several exceptions. Examples include the following: Several of the houses have gables or second stories with non-stone sidings; many of the buildings have window sills and/or lintels that are non-stone -- typically poured concrete; a few of the structures have quoins and/or window surrounds that consist of brick or rock-face concrete blocks; and, a few of the buildings have only relatively small parts of their exteriors covered with fieldstone veneers. The house at 111 Maple Street, Shepherd, which has perhaps the most diverse group of non-fieldstone parts of any house included on the following tabulation, is especially noteworthy. Fieldstones cover large parts of its walls, including the outside wall of the porch. But, in addition, one or more noteworthy parts of its exterior include the following: Gray-brown concrete rock-face blocks constitute the foundation, the wall on the house side of the porch, quoins on the corners of the house, the sides of the window (including the surround of the bay window on the north side of the house), and the facing of the chimney (for what appears to be an indoor fireplace) up to the level of the overhanging eaves. Gray-brown brick-sized “blocks” cover the top several feet of this chimney, upward from the roof. Poured concrete constitutes the window sills and lintels, the round porch posts and a “slab” atop the foundation. Red bricks make up two walls, one on each side of the steps up to the front porch. A clapboard-appearing material constitutes the siding of the second story.

The buildings are listed by township, and their locations within the townships are given by section number, quarter section (See Figure 2), and the side and name of the road they face or are nearest. This method is used in lieu of listing them by current owners or residents because the given location designations are unlikely to change whereas the owners and residents have changed in the past and will certainly change in the future. The dates or approximate dates (those preceded by ~) of construction and the source of this information, enclosed in parentheses – e.g., (early 1900s/owner) – follow each house for which this information has been found. Some of the dates are well documented, others are not. (It’s amazing how many people told me “~ it’s been there forever.”) Examples of dates that seem to warrant acceptance as well documented include nameplates placed during construction, published records ( – e.g., in a local newspaper), and diary entries. Other kinds of information that seem at least to support approximate dates include the date of a newspaper found in a wall, the date of a newspaper found beneath a floor covering, and dates or associated items on photographs. Other dates are based on direct recollections and recalled stories passed-down to the people with whom I talked.

The format of the remarks for buildings other than those used as residences differs from those for the past and present residences. The original function, in bold face type and underlined (e.g., Smoke house), precedes the location and additional, if any, remarks.

So far as the remarks, especially those that relate to the masonry, the following caution: while preparing different versions of this tabulation, I have frequently thought of the old saw to the effect that a little knowledge may be dangerous. Consequently it seems prudent to forewarn readers that my knowledge of masonry and statements about its characteristics are strictly my observations – i.e., they are not those of a professional mason.

In any case, the fieldstone buildings of Isabella County exist because of the ready availability of the stones within the area, the masons who built them and the people who had them built. The sources, occurrences, etc. of the stones are treated in the book for which this Appendix was prepared. Masons known to have worked within the county are listed in the Preface of that document. The names of a few of the people who had buildings built are mentioned in the text; other’s identities, not known to me, may be available in records and plats, which I have not searched.

Two additional notes: Most of the stones of Isabella’s fieldstone-faced buildings appear to have been used “as they came to hand” as building blocks. Some, however, were quite obviously selected because of their appearances for particular places – e.g., the jasper puddingstones put near doorways and in other prominent places in several of these buildings. And, others were selected because of their sizes and/or shapes for special roles – e.g., to make up herringbone-like paired courses (rows), polka-dot like patterns or roughly symmetrical composites. (For examples, see the text and the fieldstone houses at the following locations: Sec.20, 1/4, Rolland Twp. and Sec. 23, 1/4, Broomfield Twp.; Sec. 9, 1/4, Isabella Twp.; [and] Sec. 10, SE 1/4, Deerfield Twp.; S ec.34, NW 1/4, Gilmore Twp.; and Sec. 34, NE 1/4, Rolland Twp.)

The fieldstone walls of a large percentage of these buildings exhibit the natural surfaces of the fieldstones, and the masons responsible for the stonework are widely referred to as cobblestone masons. A few of the county’s fieldstone buildings are faced largely by squared stones, some with modified shapes that made them amenable to use in, for example, the surrounds of circular windows. (See Fig.Pb1B in Chapter 1, PUBLIC...)   The stoneworkers responsible for these buildings are usually called masons. The masonry of the walls of two of Isabella’s fieldstone buildings, in my opinion, warrant yet another designation for the mason who was responsible for them -- a designation that acknowledges his artistry. Physically, the stone-faced walls of these two buildings can be described as consisting of stones of many shapes and sizes that have been dressed so they fit together so closely that their intervening mortar joints are completely obscured by beads. Aesthetically, the appearances of the walls are indescribably attractive and intriguing. (See the Mausoleum in Sec. 15, Broomfield Twp. and the house in Sec 25, Coldwater Twp.) William Steele, the cobblestone mason and mason of many buildings and parts of buildings within the county, was the mason-artist responsible for the fieldstone facings of these buildings.

Two disclaimers:
     1. This list should not be considered to include all of the largely fieldstone-faced buildings within the county. Buildings I did not see as I drove along the roads – perhaps because they were obscured by topography, growth etc. – and fieldstone buildings, if there are any, that are along roads marked private are not included.
     2. Photographs of several of the buildings were taken without my getting permission from the residents or owners if no one was available when I was there. Indeed, some were taken during the one time I saw the buildings. This accounts for the quality of some of the photographs – i.e., I did not go back to take additional photographs when the light conditions would have been better.

Note:
     Structures within population centers are listed in the surrounding townships as follows:
                                                                                          Beal City – Nottawa Township
                                                                                          Blanchard – Rolland Township
                                                                                        Brinton – Coldwater Township
                                                                                        Lake Isabella – Sherman Township
                                                                                                    Loomis – Wise Township
                                                                                                  Mt. Pleasant – Union Township
                                                                                                    Shepherd – Coe Township

                Figure 1. Locations of fieldstone buildings.

Figure 2. Location of townships (left) and location of sections with townships (right).

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	BROOMFIELD Township – 21 buildings: 15 dwellings, 6 other buildings.
	((Sec. 9 SE 1/4, W side of Rolland Rd. (last half of 20th century) – A fieldstone veneer is on the lower part of the south side of this house and adjoining garage.)) ((Garage: Sec. 9 SE 1/4, W side of Rolland Rd. – two-stall garage attached on the east side of the above listed house.)) The role of the stonework of this paired structure led me to hesitate to include the structure in this tabluation. Neither part is included in the totals given in the Introductory remarks to this Appendix or the totals given in the above township heading.
	Sec.10 NE 1/4, W side of Brinton Rd. (early 1910s?) – A building, possibly the partly exposed fieldstone "core" of this house, is shown at this location on the 1915 township plat.
	Smoke house: Sec.11 NE 1/4, W side of Coldwater Rd.. This former smokehouse is on the same property as the parallel fieldstone walls shown on Fig. W7 in Chapter 4, WALLS. See also the "Date and name ..." photograph in the Photo Archive at the end of this tabulation and Fig. B15-right in Chapter 3, BARNS, ... of the text..
	Schoolhouse: Sec.12 NW 1/4, E side of Coldwater Rd. (1909/date on building). This inside of this schoolhouse building has been reconditioned and is currently used as a residence – additional information about the building is in Chapter 1, PUBLIC BUILDINGS... A photo of the name-date plate is in Photo Archive (q.v.) at the end of this tabulation.
	Mausoleum: Sec.15 SW 1/4, E side of Rolland Rd. (1936/Broomfield township records). See also Fig. O10-d in Chapter 6, OTHER USES. William Steele was the chief mason; Clayton Miller is said to have assisted him. Some interesting patterns characteristic of Steele's stonework are included in the mausoleum, especially on its western side. One of the gravestones within this cemetery that features fieldstones is shown as Fig. O16-b.
	Sec.15 SE 1/4, W side of Brinton Rd. (1927/owner) – A building, not necessarily this one, is shown at this location on the 1915 township plat. The clicked image shows the back plus an of the inset of the front sides of this house, the masonry of which is a good example of the "Isabella polka dot" pattern..
	Sec.16 SW 1/4, N side of M20=Remus Rd. (post-1932or so/neighbor) – A building, not necessarily this one, is shown at this location on the 1915 township plat. The preponderance of boulders among the fieldstones used is quite apparent.
	Sec.16 SE 1/4, N side of M20=Remus Rd. (1932/owner) – A building, apparently not this one, is shown at this location on the 1899 and1915 township plats. Perhaps it served as the core of the fieldstone-faced portion of this house. The clicked images include a view of the west side of the house and a close-up of the typicaly masonry of part of that side.
	Sec.19 NE 1/4, S side of M20=Remus Rd. (1920s/man whose father was involved in the construction) The stones used for the corners of this house and the next listed house and quite obvious on the "pillar" that supports the corner post of the porch of this house are larger than those used in similar positions in most fieldstone buildings within this county. In addition, as can be seen in the close-up, the esposed mortar to stone ratio is markedly higher in most of the masonry of this house than in most fieldstone houses within the county..
	Sec. 22 SE 1/4, W side of Brinton Rd. (late 1800s?) – A building, not necessarily this one, is shown at this location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats. See remark about the corner stones of the preceding house. The concrete block chimney on this fieldstone house is an example of several within the county. To me, each of them distracts -- indeed clashes, conflicts, ... with the stonework. As I have been told, however, fieldstone veneers can be added by anyone owning such houses if (s)he ever wants to make them match the rest of the masonry.
	Sec. 23 NE 1/4, S side of M20=Remus Rd. (early-mid 1920s – "1926 A. Edmond" is engraved into the concrete sill beneath a window in the basement of this house, and a date, which, on the basis of touch seems to be 1923 (but it may be 1926), is on the chimney in the basement). The clicked image includes a closeup of the east side of the house. Photos of the dates etc. are in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation. A building, apparently not this one, is shown at this location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats.
	Garage: Sec. 23 NE 1/4, W side of Coldwater Rd. ( mid-1930s with masonry by William Steele/owner). The clicked image includes a photograph of an antler that was set in the mortar of the north wall and a photo that shows a birch or aspen limb, still bearing its bark, that is one of the wooden studs that comprise the pre-masonry framing . In addition, a brick framed flue that is near the top of the back (west) end of the garage indicates the garage was originally made so it would could be heated.
	Sec. 23 SW 1/4, E side of Brinton Rd. (late 1800s?) – A building, not necessarily this one, is shown at this location on the 1899 plat. The masonry of this house is another good example of the "Isabella polka dot" pattern..
	Sec. 23 SE 1/4, N side Broomfield Rd. (late 1800s-early 1900s?) – William Steele is said to have been the mason and it is believed that this was his first major project in masonry. The herringbone-like arrangements exhibited by the stones at the lower level of the main gable and beneaththe east-facing gable behind the porch and the nearly square posts that support the porch roof are especially noteworthy. Additional information and photographs are given in the text and as Figure H4B in Chapter 2, HOUSES ...
	Sec. 24 NW 1/4, S side of M20=Remus Rd. (late 1920s-early 1930s?) – A building, not necessarily this one, is shown at this location on the 1915 township plat. The wall of this house is another example of the "Isabella polka dot" pattern (see closeup) whereas most of the masonry of the front side of the porch would not be so-characterized.
	Garage: Sec. 24 NW 1/4, S side of Remus Rd. The back side is shown to show the chimney – see also Fig. H13-b in Chapter 2, HOUSES... The stone masonry of this rather neat looking building – with its chimney and the sides of its window consisting of smaller stones than the rest of the building – was by two so-called amateur masons, Frank Hummel and Charlie Vandandt.
	Sec. 26 NE 1/4, S side Broomfield Rd. (late 1800s/former neighbor) – A building, not necessarily this one, is shown at this location on the 1899 plat. This was a home of the mason, William Steele. I have been told that 1)the basement masonry was likely not done by Steele; 2)the main part of the house was likely done by his father George Steele, perhaps with his help; and 3) the masonry of the chimney was by him – i.e., William.
	Sec. 27 SE 1/4, W side of Brinton Rd. (1921/owner) – A building, apparently not this one although it could have been the core of this one, is shown at this location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats. The mortar is now black, apparently painted.
	Sec. 28 NE 1/4, S side of Broomfield Rd. (between 1906 & 1917/family) – A building is shown at this location on both the 1899 and 1915 township plats. The concrete block chimney on this house seems doubly at odds with the rest of this house because the other chimney is fieldstone faced. . An aside: One of the largest boulders exposed within the county is in the field across Broomfield Rk.(and, an unknown portion of this monster is beneath the surface!).
	Sec. 30 SW 1/4, N side of Deerfield Rd. (pre-1920?/neighbor) – A building is shown at this location on the 1879, 1899 and 1915 township plats.
	Sec. 33 NE 1/4, S side of Deerfield Rd. (late1800s-early 1900s?/former neighbor) – A building, likely this one, is shown here on 1899 and 1915 township plats. The clicked image includes an enlargement – albeit not in focus – of a brick corner that shows the relations between the bricks and the stones and also the arrangement of the stones above and around the window.
	Milk house?: Sec. 35 NW 1/4, S side of Deerfield Rd. (date unknown-early 1900s?) – A building is shown at this location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats. The designation as a"Milk house?" is based largely on its size and position next to the barn. Although the current resident, Marie Peterman told me the barn most recently housed pigs, she agreed with me that it looks like it may once have been much higher and perhaps used for cattle. She also indicated that in the past a fieldstone house was on this property, that it burned, and the building was so-to-speak buried. I saw no evidence for this former house. This fieldstone sided structure, NOT included in the Appendix of the Book, was added to this version of the appendix on 17 August 2009.
	See also Photo Archive at the end of the county tabulations.
	CHIPPEWA Township – 2 buildings: 0 (1?) dwelling, 2 (1?)other building(s).
	Root cellar: Sec.10 NW 1/4, S side of River Rd. (date unknown-early 1900s?) – See also Fig. B14 in Chapter 3, BARNS,... This root cellar, still in use, is thought to have been built in the early 20th century, but perhaps even earlier.
	Honestead?/"cellar": Sec. 30 NW 1/4, S side of Broomfield Rd. (date unknown-early 1900s?) – See ?Cellar entry in Chapter 3, BARNS,... As noted in the text, this building has served several different purposes. It is known to have been used as a summer kitchen, a place where meat -- e.g., beef jerkey and ham -- was cured, and for storage (its current use). It seems likely that it was originally used as a homestead and may have subsequently been used as "guest room." It also may have been used as a smokehouse, a rootcellar, and even as a playhouse.

	COE Township – 10 buildings: 5 dwellings, 5 other buildings.
	Sec. 8 SE 1/4, 112 Cottage St., Shepherd (1901/ Shepherd historian)– A building, not necessarily this one, but perhaps the "core" of this one, is shown at this location on the 1899 township plat.
	Sec. 8 SE 1/4, 124 Wright Ave., Shepherd (1907/ Shepherd historian) Nearly all of the fieldstones of this house are about the same size. The larger discoidal stones used for the corners are the noteworthy exceptions.
	Sec.17 NE 1/4, 111 Maple Ave., Shepherd (1904/ Shepherd historian) – A building, not necessarily this one, is shown here on 1899 township plat. A general description of this house is in the introductory statements of this tabulation. Examples of brick and concrete as well as fieldstone parts are evident on both of the views shown on the clicked image. .
	Bullpen: Sec.19 SW 1/4, N side of Fremont Rd. (bullpen). This failing fieldstone building is on property west of that where the next two listed buildings occur.
	Sec.19 SW 1/4, N side of Fremont Rd. – This is the western, larger house. (~1916 – date once on west side-porch/current owner) – A building, not necessarily this one, is shown at this location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats. This house was the residence of Howard Johnson , who was responsible for the stonework of this house, the four buildings in the next entry, and also some other houses and other masonry (see Photo Archive at end of this tabulation). The clicked image has a close-up of the decorative arrangement of fieldstones included in the facing of the porch.
	Four outbuildings: Sec.19 SW 1/4, N side of Fremont Rd. (4 buildings: clockwise from upper left – garage, blacksmith shop, outhouse and “windmill## support”). – All of these buildings are on same property as the house in preceding entry. See also Figures. B7 & 16 and pertinent text in Chapter 3, BARNS,... ##This windmill, which was once on top of this small building, charged batteries that generated electricity for the house etc. -- i.e., it was not for pumping water from a well.
	Sec.19 SE 1/4, N side of Fremont Rd., i.e., the eastern, smaller house in this 1/4 section. (~1920? – apparently built at about the same time as larger house to the west). The mortar has been blackened, and two more of those disconcerting concrete block chimneys are now present. .
	See also Photo Archive at the end of the county tabulations.
	COLDWATER Township – 32 buildings: 24 dwellings, 8 other buildings.
	Schoolhouse: Sec.1 SE 1/4, N side of Herrick Rd. (Schoolhouse pre-1911). This school is shown on the 1915 township plat. Two doors – one for boys, one for girls – were relatively common on schoolhouses of this vintage. Since 1938, after which the building was no longer used as a schoolhouse, the building has been used as a residence and a hunting camp. See also Chapter 1, PUBLIC BUILDINGS:... and the two related photographs in the Photo Archive at the end of this tabulation.
	Sec. 3 SW 1/4, E side of Rolland Rd. (early 1900s/owner). Note that gray bricks were used for the corners of the house and along the sides of the door and windows that are shown.
	Sec. 5 SE 1/4, W side of Wyman Rd. (pre-1939/owner). The clicked image includes an inset that shows the curved steps leading up to the non-stone faced section; the stone work of the base of this section is another example of the "Isabella polka dot" pattern. Also, note that the foundation below this section and the risers of the curved steps are faced by the split-faces of its consituent fieldstones.
	Sec. 6 NE 1/4, N side of Sherman Lane (1926/owner) The clicked image is the front of this house -- i.e., the left side shown on the thumbnail image.
	Sec. 7 SW 1/4, N side Grass Lake Rd. – This is the western house of the two listed for this 1/4 section. (1926/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1889 (incorrectly dated as 1879) and 1915 township plats. For more information and photographs see text and Figure H5 in Chapter 2, HOUSES .... It is not mentioned there that some interesting wall paper, which appears to date well back, is on the wall of one of the rooms yet to be renovated, and the concrete cellar floor has three inscriptions including 1954, which appears to be the date it was poured. Photographs of the wall paper and the earliest and most recent dates on the floor are shown in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at the end of this Appendix.
	Bus hut: Sec. 7 SW 1/4, N side Grass Lake Rd. This building was originally a bus hut, which means it would have been built after 1935, the year the schools of this area were consolidated, which led to children's being bussed to centralized school buildings. The structure is now northwest of the house in the preceding entry. The current owners moved it there from its original location, beside Grass Lake Rd., and use it as a dog house. See also text, Chapter 6, OTHER USES.
	Sec. 7 SW 1/4, N side Grass Lake Rd. – This is the eastern house listed for this 1/4 section. (1906/date on nameplate) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1889 (incorrectly dated as 1879) and 1915 township plats. As is evident, the stones of the walls, most of which are within a rather small size range, are much smaller than the roughly dressed stones of the foundation. And, this is another one of the houses with a concrete block chimney. The nameplate, which shows house was build for H. Sloan, is shown in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation.
	Milk house?: Sec. 7 SW 1/4, N side Grass Lake Rd. This structure is northeast of the above listed house. Only the foundation remains of most of the barn to which this structure was originally attached. The lack of a door to the outside is my reason for questioning its role as a milkhouse.
	Sec. 8 SW 1/4, N side Grass Lake Rd. (~1910/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1889 (incorrectly dated as 1879) and 1915 township plats. The use of the concrete slabs for the lintel of the window in the gable, over the doorway, etc. along with the red bricks along their sides and for the chimney are noteworthy. See, especially the surrounds shown on the enhanced (only brightened!), right side photograph on the clicked image.
	Sec. 9 SW 1/4, N side Grass Lake Rd. (early 1900s/neighbor) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1915 township plat. Another concrete block chimney --
	Sec.10 NE 1/4, S side of Herrick Rd. (between 1918 and 1922/daughter of person born in house) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1915 township plat. The stone corners above the porch of this house, which is now being repaired, are especially well-defined.
	Granary: Sec.14 NW 1/4, W side of Brinton Rd. ( late 1890s or early 1900s/owner). The upper level of this rather large grannary was used as a "tool shed." The mason is said to have been William McCon(n).
	Sec.14 SW 1/4, N side of Stevenson Lake Rd. (late 1800s or early 1900s/owner) The corners consist of concrete(?) bricks. I have been unable to find out if the original surround of the window now on the east side of this part of the house did or did not consist of similar bricks; indeed, it may be that no window was originally on this wall.
	Sec.14 SE 1/4, E side of Beckley Rd. (early 1920s?/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1915 township plat. Note especially the top of the second story window in the gable of this house. And, another concrete block chimney --
	Sec.14 SE 1/4, W side of Coldwater Rd. (~1917/niece of former owner) This is a good example of how relatively small, original fieldstone houses have been enlarged by non-stone-faced additions.
	Sec.15 NW 1/4, E side of Rolland Rd. (pre-1930s/neighbor) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1889 (incorrectly dated as 1879) and 1915 township plats. The courses and distribution of different size stones within some of them on this house are markedly irregular.
	Sec.15 SW 1/4, S side of Beck Rd. (pre-1930s/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1915 township plat. This house has been abandoned, at least for the present.
	Sec.15 SW 1/4, N side of Stevenson Lake Rd. (pre-1930s?) The clicked image includes a close-up that shows the relations between the gray bricks and fieldstones of the doorway and window surrounds.
	Sec.15 SE 1/4, N side of street in Brinton that is a block north of and parallel to Stevenson Lake Rd. (1888/township historian, based on hearsay) – No buildings are shown within the hachure-covered area that was Brinton village on the 1889 or 1915 township plats.
	Carriage house and Granary: Sec.16 SW 1/4, E side of Wyman Rd. (1911/name plate, now on the ground in front of the structure). The debris of stones beside this building are said to have been part of a once adjoining, partially stone-faced chicken coop. The mason is said to have been Howard Wixon. A close-up of the name/date is in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation.
	Sec.16 SE 1/4, W side of Rolland Rd. (early 1900s/neighbor) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1915 township plat. For more information and photographs - e.g., the protruding mortar joints of the foundation and the different masonry of the base versus upper, railing part of the porch -- see Figures H14 and B2 in Chapter 2, HOUSES and in Chapter, BARNS..., respectively.
	Sec.19 NW 1/4, E side of County Line Rd. (early 1900s/neighbor) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1889 (incorrectly dated as 1879), but not on the 1915, township plats. The stonework of the north side of this house, which is shown in the clicked image, and that of the south side have quite different appearances. That of the south side seems likely to have been modified. The clicked image gives a general view of the house plus an enhanced (brightened) photograph taken in the winter that better exhibits the stonework. Again, a concrete block chimney ---
	Sec. 20 NE 1/4, near center of section (1911/date inscribed on concrete lentil above cellar window on south wall– See Photo Archive at the end of this tabulation.) Two close-ups are included with the clicked image. The top one shows the corner blocks and nearby stones; the lower one shows an example of the bricks and nearby stones that occur beside the doorway and the windows. Notice also that the roof roof of this fieldstone building has been recently recovered; the interior is currently being renovated.
	Sec. 20 SW 1/4, N side of Coleman Rd. (~1911/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1915 township plat. Notice, in particular, the use of the bricks on the corners and along the sides of the windows and doorway.
	Garage: Sec. 20 SW 1/4, N side of Coleman Rd. This structure is behind the house in the preceding entry.
	Sec. 21 NW 1/4, E side of Wyman Rd. (1913/date on nameplate) – A building is shown at this location on the 1915 township plat. The nameplate on this house, which indicates house was built for J. F. Bone, is shown in Photo Archive (q.v.) at the end of this tabulation. The white, teardrop-shaped stone left of the window is three-feet long.
	Townhall: Sec. 22 NE 1/4, S side of Stevenson Lake Rd. (1909). This building is currently used as a part-time residence. See Chapter 1, PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The clicked image shows the current character of the building as viewed from the northeast. A photograph taken during the end stages of the construction of the original building is in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation
	Sec. 22 SW 1/4, N side of Coleman Rd. (early 1900s/neighbor; modification and addition – 1964/owner) The clicked image consists of two photographs: One shows the western side of this house; the other, which was taken in the winter, shows the back side more clearly. Note the fact that the masonry of the original house differs from that of the added parts. The 1964 additions and modifications include the one-story wing, the round chimney and the "stoned up" former doorway. The top of the chimney, which is for the kitchen stone, is especially noteworthy. The more recent masonry was by Arthur J. Schrock, then owner and resident of this house.
	Sec. 25 NW 1/4, E side of Coldwater Rd. (1930s? – see text for House 6, Chapter 2, HOUSES ...) Additional photographs that show a few particular features of this house are shown as Figures H6, H6B and H19 in the text. The chief mason was William Steele.
	Sec. 26 NW 1/4, S side of Coleman Rd. (early 1900s/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1889 (incorrectly dated as 1879) and 1915 township plats. This thumbnail and its equivalent clicked photograph shows the western side of this house. A photograph, taken July 4th, 1943, which is in Pauline Estes' collection of photographs, shows the stone masonry now obscured by the subsequently added concrete block chimney; a copy of this photograph is in the files.
	Sec. 34 SE 1/4, W side of Brinton Rd. (late 1800s - early 1900s/owner – This date is based on the fact that the owner found a 1900 newspaper beneath some flooring.) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1915 township plat. The Labyrinth in Photo Archive at end of the county tabulations is in the woodland south of this house.
	Hoghouse: Sec. 34 SE 1/4, W side of Brinton Rd. This building was used as a "sugar shanty" (maple syrup) for several years after it was no longer used as a hoghouse. See also text and Fig. B11 in Chapter 3, BARNS,...
	See also Photo Archive at the end of the county tabulations.
	DEERFIELD Township – 12 buildings: 8 dwellings, 4 other buildings.
	Sec. 7 NE 1/4, W side of Littlefield Rd. (early 1900s?/neighbor) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 township plat. Note also the fieldstones around the planter.
	Sec. 7 SW 1/4, N side of Pickard Rd. – This is the eastern, larger residence with this listed location. (1917/ owner; ~1907/Burgess, n.d.) – A building is shown at this approximate location on 1879 and 1915 plats. This residence was apparently a frame house in the early 1900s that was subsequently faced with fieldstone, brick corners etc. Note especially the fieldstone and brick combination on the chimney – see also Fig. H13c in Chapter 2, HOUSES... Interestingly, it is a non-functional add-on "~ made by Einar Sandelius ... who apparently just wanted to show he could do it!?"
	Sec. 7 SW 1/4, N side of Pickard Rd. – This is the western house of the two with this listed location. (1917/ owner; ~1907/Burgess, n.d.) At one time, this rather small house was apparently the residence of a "tenant worker" on the farm of the resident of the house in the preceding entry. Currently, most of the fieldstone facing on the east side (left) is obscured by vines, and the facing on the west side is difficult to see from the road – see clicked images.
	Sec. 9 NW 1/4, S side of River Rd. (1903/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1879 and 1899 township plat maps as well as on later records.
	Sec.10 SE 1/4, W side of Vandecar Rd. (1908?/nameplate on house in old photo). The thumbnail shows the south side; the clicked image shows both the south side and the front (east) gable end. An old photograph of front side of house is included in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation. See also the text for House 3 in Chapter 2, HOUSES ...
	Sec.18 NE 1/4, W side of Littlefield Rd. (1912/owner) A building is shown at this location on the 1879, 1899 and 1915 plats. Ammon Brown, who is indicated as landowner on the 1915 map, was also the mason. The back and north side of the house is shown in this view. See also, Fig. H12b in Chapter 2, HOUSES ...
	Silo: Sec.18 NE 1/4, W side of Littlefield Rd. (early 1910s). This silo is on the same property as the house in the preceding entry. For another view, see Fig. B14-left in Chapter 3, BARNS, ...
	Sec.19 SW 1/4, N side of Broomfield Rd. (1900 or 1910s/owner’s daughter) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats.
	Wellhouse: Sec. 21 NE 1/4, S side of Remus Rd.=M10 This small ( floor space ~ 6 x 9 feet; inside height – 7 to 7½ feet) fieldstone building, which was originally a well house, it is now used as a storage shed. The facing stones, which were likely locally derived, are split and some of them are otherwise dressed. They range up to approximately two feet in largest dimension but are less than three and a half inches thick. The inside walls and ceiling are concrete. The ceiling/roof of the building is a concrete slab that is bowed slightly convex upward. The pipe, one of two, that is shown in the clicked images, provides an outlet for rain and water formed from melting snow to flow off the roof.
	Root cellar: Sec. 21 NE 1/4, W side of Winn Rd. Split-face stones are predominant . The roof of this structure is no longer present (September, 2009).
	Sec. 30 NE 1/4, S side of Broomfield Rd. (~1926/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats. The fact that this is a Centennial farm indicates that this house is not the original farmhouse or that the fieldstone facing was added to the original farmhouse several years after it was built. The large boulder in front of the house is puddingstone.
	((Sec. 32 SE 1/4, W side of Gilmore Rd. (early 1970s/owner))) The role of the stone work of this house, along with some comments by the owner, led me to hesitate to include this house in this tabulation. It is not included on the map or in totals given in Introductory remarks to this Appendix or in the totals in the heading for this township.
	Church: Sec. 34 NE 1/4, W side of Vandecar Rd. (1908 -- date stones were added). The original, wooden church one is shown on 1899 township plat map; this one is shown on the 1915 plat. A photograph of the church when the stonework was being added is included in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation. See also text in Chapter 1, PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
	See also Photo Archive at the end of the county tabulations.
	DENVER Township – 6 buildings: 5 dwellings, 1 other building. No buildings are indicated on the 1879 township plat.
	Sec.1 NE 1/4, S side of Vernon Rd. (1943/person raised in house) – A building (the original frame house?) is shown at this approximate location on the 1915 township plat map. A photograph taken when stones were being added to the original frame house is in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at the end of this tabulation.
	Sec. 4 NE 1/4, S side of Vernon Rd. (1901/date over doorway of front door) – A building is indicated to be on this approximate site on the 1899 township plat. The date block is shown in Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation.
	Sec. 5 NW 1/4. S side of Vernon Rd. (pre-1950/owner) – A building, certainly not this one, is indicated to be on this approximate site on the 1899 and 1915 township plats.
	Sec. 7 NE 1/4, W side of Leaton Rd. (1910s/owner) – A building is indicated to be on this approximate site on the 1899 township plat.
	Sec. 7 SW 1/4, N side of Rosebush Rd. (pre-1900/relative of former owner) – A building, apparently the log house noted in the next paragraph, is indicated to be on this approximate site on the 1899 township plat. This house was built by William and Emily Prout who lived in a wooden (log) house then on property.
	Garage/oil field machine shop?: Sec. 32 NW 1/4, S side of Jordan Rd. (probably during the 1930s when Mt. Pleasant was the "Oil Capitol" of the state). The clicked image shows several features described in Chapter 6, OTHER USES.
	See also Photo Archive at the end of the county tabulations.
	FREMONT Township – 9 buildings: 5 (6?) dwellings , 4 (3?) other buildings. In addition, the photo of a former fieldstone-sided commercial garage is shown in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation.
	???: Sec. 4 SE 1/4, N side of Walton Rd. (originally a homestead dwelling?) The designation, albeit tentative, given in the text ("?Potting shed") is based on the data and considerations that are given in the text, Chapter 3, BARNS... Schematic diagrams accompany the photograph on clicked image.
	Potato cellar: Sec. 5 NE 1/4, E side of La Pearl Rd. This building is currently used as a wood shed. The masonry of the side toward the house is similar to that shown on the main view of the clicked image. Part of the quite different masonry that is typical of the other side is shown on the right side of the clicked image. For additional views, see Fig. B12 in Chapter 3, BARNS, ...
	Sec.14 SW 1/4, E side of Vandecar Rd. (1903/owner and "nameplate") – A building, the precursor of this one(?), is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 township plat. The indicated landowner on the 1879 plot owner's list (J. Baker) and shown on the 1889 township plat (Josiah Baker) is also on the "nameplate" of the fieldstone house. For more information, see text about House 1 in Chapter 2, HOUSES ... The clicked image shows the front as well as the side that is the focus of the thumbnail. The "nameplate" is shown in Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation.
	Sec.15 SW 1/4, W side of Fordyce Rd. (1935/diary of former resident) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats. The large percentage of relatively large boulders is especially noteworthy.
	Cowshed: Sec.16 SE 1/4, E side of Curtis Rd. As noted in the text, in Chapter 3, BARNS, ..., the history of this building differs markedly from other fieldstone buildings within the country -- i.e., it consists of the foundation and raised part of a former circular barn, the former sides of which have been removed, plus an added metal roof that again made it useful and thus a fieldstone building per se.
	Mausoleum: Sec.17 NW 1/4, S side of Blanchard Rd. The great variety of rocks included in this mausoleum makes it a veritable collection of the diverse rocks transported into this area during the last "Ice Age." See also Fig.O16-a in Chapter 6, OTHER USES.
	Sec.19 SE 1/4, N side of Fremont Rd. (late 1800s?) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats. The horizontality of the courses in this house is remarkable. The clicked images, especially the close-up, show that this effect was accomplished in part by putting some of the stones of some of the courses at diverse angles so the exposed surface of the stones of each individual course would have the same approximate heights. Note also the dressed stones of the base of this house.
	Sec. 33 NW 1/4, E side of Gilmore Rd. (1906/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1915 township plat. The overall effect of the different sized fieldstones, especially on the south side – i.e., the side with the gable above the porch roof – warrants a second look.
	Unknown (perhaps a a garage/workshop with overhead storage for drying wood): Sec 35 SE 1/4, W side of Nottawa Rd. This structure is about the size of a double garage. It is said to be, and appears to be, "old" – i.e., it probably dates back to pre WW-II. It is not a fieldstone-faced building in the sense that those enumerated as such are, but it also is not a barn with only a fieldstone foundation. It is NOT included in the Appendix of the Book, and it isis not included on the map or in totals given in Introductory remarks to this Appendix or in the totals in the heading for this township.
	Sec. 36 NW 1/4, S side of Coe Rd. (late 1890s-early 1900s/former resident) – No building, other than a school, is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 township plat map; the school and a building at this location is, however, shown on the 1915 plat. If the date is correct, this house is an especially good example of how some of the older fieldstone houses have been modernized.
	See also Photo Archive at the end of the county tabulations.
	GILMORE Township – 11 buildings: 9 dwellings, 2 other buildings.
	Sec. 7 NE 1/4, S side of Herrick Rd. (post-1945?) This role of the fieldstones of this house seems to be virtually the same as that for those of the house in Section 32 of Deerfield Township. Consequently, it is not included on the map or in totals given in Introductory remarks to this Appendix or in the totals in the heading for this township.
	Sec. 8 NW 1/4, N side of Bawkey Rd. (late 1800s/neighbor) – Bawkey Rd. is not shown on the 1879 plat. A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 township plat. This house includes the decorative anchor, a close-up of which is in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at the end of this tabulation, and a noteworthy window surround shown in Fig. H11C-right in Chapter 2, HOUSES ...
	Sec.10 NE 1/4, S side of Herrick Rd. (pre-1916/owner) – According to the owner, 1916 is the date when this house was rebuilt with its fieldstone facing. A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899, 1915 township plats.
	Sec.14 NW 1/4, E side of Vandecar Rd. (early 1900s/neighbor) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats. The differences between the masonry below and above the porch floor level raise a number questions in my mind. Notice, for example how it differs from that of the foundation, wall of the adjoining gable topped wing of the house.
	Sec. 20 NW 1/4, W side of Littlefield Lake (late 1960s/neighbor) The quoins, surrounds and the outside chimney consist largely of sandstone blocks rather than fieldstones. The fireplace inside this house is shown as Fig. H19-center in Chapter 2, HOUSES ...
	Sec. 23 SE 1/4, N side of Coleman Rd. (1913/inscription on concrete block centered above the windows on the western section of the house) – This date plate is shown in Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation. Additional text and photographs of certain features exhibited by this house are given as Figs. H4D and H11D-1 in Chapter 2, HOUSES ...
	Sec. 27 NE 1/4, S side of Coleman Rd. (pre-1929/photograph dated as 1929) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 township plat map; the church, for which this building was the manse, is shown on the 1915 plat. Part of the alluded-to photograph is given in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation.
	Sec. 27 NE 1/4, W side of Vandecar Rd. (during 1910s!?/owner) – The nearby barn is dated as 1908, but at that time a house south of this one was the residence. The thumbnail shows the north side of the house. The clicked image includes part of the front and rounded-off northeastern side of the sun porch in the upper left corner. This porch was added after the main part of the house was built. Currently, the house is being renovated, added-to, and in part modernized. A photograph of the house taken during the late stages of its original construction is in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at the end of this tabulation.
	Swimming pool house: Sec. 33 NW 1/4, S side of Battle Rd. (recently built by owner, a professional mason)
	Sec. 34 NW 1/4, W side of Fordyce Rd. (late 1800s-early 1900s/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1879 and subsequent township plats. The decorative concrete star and arrangement of surrounding fieldstones in the gable above the roof are shown in the the Photo Archive (q.v.) at the end of this appendix.
	Sec. 34 SE 1/4, E side of Fordyce Rd. (1910s?/neighbor) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and subsequent township plats. A close-up of the decorative star in the gable is given as Fig. H11C-right in Chapter 2, HOUSES ... and, along with a different decorative anchor that is in another gable of the house, in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at the end of this tabulation.
	Root cellar?: Sec. 36 SW 1/4, E side of Nottawa. – A building (residence?) is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 township plat.
	See also Photo Archive at the end of the county tabulations.
	ISABELLA Township – 13 buildings:12 dwellings, 1 other building.
	Sec.1 SE 1/4, N side of Denver Rd. (early 1900s/neighbor) – The township plat maps with indications of building locations, which I had available, do not include this area. The clicked image shows the western side of this house and a closeup of the stones above the window up to the eaves. Note not only the arrangement of those directly above the window but also the fact that only some relatively small stones are included close to the top of this wall.
	Sec. 7 SE 1/4, W side of Whiteville Rd. (mid 1910s/neighbor) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and subsequent township plats. Note the thicker-than-usual concrete block above the window in the northern (right) gable. Similar blocks are above several other windows in this house.
	Sec. 9 SW 1/4, N side of Rosebush Rd. (1914-1915/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1879 and subsequent township plats. The masonry of this house, described as House 2 in Chapter 2, HOUSES ..., exhibit the "Isabella polka dot" pattern especially well.
	Sec.10 SE 1/4, N side of Rosebush Rd. (pre-1920s?/neighbor) – A building is at this approximate location on the 1915 township plat. Most of the stones of this house are about the same size. Several of them exhibit broken, not dressed("), surfaces.
	Sec.12 NE 1/4, W side of Summerton Rd. (late 1800s?) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1879 township plat. The area is not on the 1899 township map that I saw.
	Sec.13 NE 1/4, S side of Rosebush Rd. (mid-late 1800s/nearby resident) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1879 township plat map but not on the 1899 map. The photograph shows the east side of the house.
	Sec.17 NE 1/4, W side of Lincoln Rd. (1914/ photograph taken while the house was being built) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1879 and subsequent township plats. The stone pillars that support the posts of the porch are exemplary roughly square elements. The alluded-to photograph is in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation. Fay Johnson was mason.
	Sec.17 NW 1/4, S side of Rosebush Rd. (1914-1915/ relative of Fay Johnson, mason who built building) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and subsequent township plats. A photograph taken while the fieldstone house was being built is in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation. A photograph of one of the arches that support the front porch railing is given as Fig.H14-c in Chapter 2, HOUSES .... A photograph of the front of house, given me by Ruth Shrock, is in the files.
	Sec.17 SE 1/4, N side of Weidman Rd. (~1906/former owner)– A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1915 township plat. The masonry of this house has been repointed with the last few years. Another one of those concrete block chimneys -- A photograph taken of this house in 1910 is in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation.
	Sec. 20 NW 1/4, S side of Weidman Rd. (~1910/former owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1879 and subsequent township plats. One of the two circular block decorative inserts, which are near the corners of the second story, is shown as Fig. H11C in Chapter 2, HOUSES ...
	Sec. 20 SE 1/4, W side of Lincoln Rd. (~1901/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and subsequent township plats. The date is based on the date of a newspaper found in the wall. Since this photograph was taken, a non-fieldstone addition, painted purple, has been made to this house.
	Root cellar: Sec. 20 SE 1/4, W side of Lincoln Rd. The clicked image shows two views, one that includes a second view of the barbecue referred to under the Barbecue subheading in Chapter 6, OTHER USES. These fieldstone structures are south of the house of the preceding entry.
	Sec. 22 SE 1/4, N side of Beal City Rd. (late 1800s?/neighbor) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and subsequent township plats. The dark line below the second-story windows appears to have been the the roof line of a former porch.
	See also Photo Archive at the end of the county tabulations.
	LINCOLN Township – 13 buildings: 7 dwellings, 6 other buildings.
	Sec. 9 SE 1/4, N side of Blanchard Rd. (early 1900s/former owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1915 township plat.
	Root cellar: Sec. 11 NE 1/4, S side of Walton Rd. (post 1868, probably late 1800s or early 1900s/owners – 1868 is the date of the original homestead at this location; the core of the current house dates to 1896. This building is thought to have been made to store vegetables ("root cellar"). Subsequently, it has been used as a wash house, and currently is a storage shed. It is approximately 12 feet (east-west) and 13 feet (north-south) -- external dimensions. About a third of the north and adjoining east sides are covered by concrete, apparently covering original stonework (see smaller photo of the clicked images). A door on the north side and a small window on the west side are the only non-stonework portions of the walls. The lower approximately five feet of the south (back) wall is much thicker than the other walls; its top served as a shelf. A small stove was once on a base that is centered in front of this thick part of the wall.
	Sec.18 SW 1/4, W side of Green Rd. (1904/block in gable) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 township plat map, and the owner of the property is indicated to be L.E. Parkinson, the person for whom the fieldstone house was built in 1904. The same location is given on the 1915 township plat map so the question arises as to whether the 1899 building was a precursor, perhaps the core, of the 1904 fieldstone house. A photograph of the nameplate on this house is in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation. See also the photograph of the hitching post – Fig. O11 in Chapter 4, OTHER USES – which is one of two that are in front of this house.
	Bullpen: Sec. 22 NE 1/4, W side of Mission Rd. (1910/owner). The clicked photograph shows the south side as well as the east, road-facing side shown on the thumnail. As can be seen, the mortar joints on front side that faces road are painted whereas those of the side are not. See also Fig. B8, Chapter 3, BARNS ...
	Sec. 24 NE 1/4, W side of Summerton Rd. – This is the northernmost of the three residences with this listed location. (late 1940s/neighbor) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 but not on the 1915 map. Unless the latter was an error of omission, this supports a post-1915 date, which is in line with the date given by the neighbor. According to a neighbor, the gable of this house was also once faced by fieldstones.
	Sec. 24 NE 1/4, W side of Summerton Rd. – This is the middle one of the three residences with this listed location. (~1964/owner) The masonry of this house was by its current owner, Larry Sansote, and his father, George Sansote.
	Garage: Sec. 24 NE 1/4, W side of Summerton Rd. (~1964/owner). This two-stall garage is contiguous, on the north side, with the above listed house.
	Sec. 24 NE 1/4, W side of Summerton Rd. – This is the southern one of the three residences with this listed location. (~1963/son of former owner) The masonry for this house and adjoining garage, which were built for George Sansote, was by Howard Johnson. Garage: Sec. 24 NE 1/4, W side of Summerton Rd. (~1963). This two-stall garage is contiguous, on the south side, with the above listed house.
	Sec. 25 SE 1/4, W side of Summerton Rd. (1903/daughter-in-law of owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1879 and later plats. The larger size of the boulders used for the back part of the house -- i.e., to the left of the roof change -- than most of those of the rest of the house suggest either a sorting to make the walls of the front part of the house have a relatively homogeneous appearance and/or the possibility that the back part of the house was made later and stones the size of those of the front of the house were no longer readily available.
	Sec. 26 NE 1/4, W side of Isabella Rd. (1903/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1879 and later plats. The inside of this house has been modernized, but so many of its original features are preserved, by its current owner.
	Pig house and Bull pen: Sec. 27 SW 1/4, E side of Crawford Rd. – A building, possibly the owner's farmhouse, is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and subsequent township plats. Part of the stonework of the bull pen can be seen on the clicked image. It is behind what appears to be a panel of a former garage door, now on its side.
	Barn section: Sec. 33 SE 1/4, N side of South County Line Rd. This part of the barn contains stanchions for cows while they were being milked. I suspect that the field stones for this section may have been chosen to make it easier to keep the inside walls up to standard. The clicked image includes a close-up view in which a fine example of a breccia is near the center; it is part of the back side of this section of the barn. The apparently original role of this fieldstone-faced part of this barn led me to hesitate even to include it in this tabluation. Consequently, is not included on the map or in totals given in Introductory remarks to this Appendix or in the totals in the heading for this township.
	See also Photo Archive at the end of the county tabulations.
	NOTTAWA Township – 9 buildings: 5 dwellings, 4 other buildings. I have had no acces to pre-1900 plat maps for this township. See also photo of former schoolhouse in the Photo Archive at end of this tabulation.
	Sec. 3 SW 1/4, W side of Fordyce Rd. (1899 – I was told a stone on the house bears this date; but, I have been unable to find that stone.) As is evident in the photograph, this house, which was abandoned for a several years, is now being reconditioned, apparently for future use.
	Root cellar: Sec. 7 NW 1/4, W side of Johnson Rd.
	Pump house: Sec.11 NW 1/4, E side of Vandecar Rd.
	Sec. 21 SE 1/4, 21xx N.Winn Rd., Beal City (former Convent) (1909-1910/documents) The building on the right, to which this former Sisters' Convent is now attached, is the "Gathering area"– see next entry. A general summary about the uses of this building is given in the text about the "Dominican Sister's Convent," which is included in the "Special Residences" section in Chapter 2, HOUSES...
	Church & Gathering Area: Sec. 21 SE 1/4, 2163 N.Winn Rd., Beal City (2 buildings: left,"Gathering Area" (2004) of church; right, Church (1906)). For additional information and photographs, see the text and Figs. Pb1A and Pb1B in Chapter 1, PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
	Sec. 24 SW 1/4, E side of Nottawa Rd. (1896/date on house) – The date, "scratched" into mortar, is shown in Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation. This fieldstone house has a bit of "gingerbread" ornamentation. Relatiavely large dressed – virtually squared – boulders are used as quoins on the corners of this house – see Fig. H10A-c in Chapter 2, HOUSES...
	Sec. 27 NW1/4, 1892 N. Winn Rd., Beal City (1910/block in gable) – This block is shown in Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation.
	Sec. 33 SW 1/4, N side of Base Line Rd. (1911/inscribed on stone in gable) – This stone is shown in Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation. The use of dressed stones of different sizes in combination with man-made materials – e.g., concrete blocks of various sizes and shapes – for corners, around the windows and at the top of the gable, is especially noteworthy -- see close-up taken in the winter when the not obscured by leaves. The larger, perhaps all, of these blocks would likely be called quoins by, for example, architects.
	See also Photo Archive at the end of the county tabulations.
	ROLLAND Township – 15 buildings: 9 dwellings, 6 other buildings, plus.
	Sec.18 NW 1/4, 124 2^nd Street, Blanchard (~1887/owner) The current owner was told that this building was once a school house. To date, I have found no record of such use. See also pertinent text in Chapter 1, PUBLIC BUILDINGS:...
	Sec.18 NW 1/4, 319 3^rd Street, Blanchard ("old" – early 1900s?) The filling in of the former window or door and the atypical roof line above the patio are noteworthy.
	Sec.18 NW 1/4, 304 4^th Street, Blanchard (1908/realtor) Note the use of red bricks for the corners of the house, along the sides of the windows and door, and above the window on the side of the house. And, bricks, not visible in the photograph, also are above the front windows and door.
	Sec.18 NW 1/4, 327 Herbert Street, Blanchard The fieldstone-faced part of the porch and of the east side of this house may be the only fieldstone part of this house. Consequently, it is perhaps imprudent to include this house as an entry on the tabulation.
	Sec. 20 NW 1/4, S side of Pleasant Valley Rd. (pre-1910s?/owner) – A building is shown in this approximate location on the 1915 township plat. This photo shows the eastern side of the house. For additional information about the stonework of this house and an additional photograph, see the pertinent text and Fig. H4A in Chapter 2, HOUSES ...
	Milk house: Sec. 20 SW 1/4, E side of Sherman Rd. (milk house). – A building -- representing farm buildings(?) -- is at this approximate location on the 1915 township plat. See also Fig. B11 in Chapter 3, BARNS, ...
	Sec. 24 SW 1/4, N side of Fremont Rd. (pre-1900/former owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1879 and susequent township plats. For more information and a photograph of some of the included herringbone-like stonework, see the pertinent text and Fig. H4C in Chapter 2, HOUSES ...
	Sec. 25 SE 1/4, W side of Woodruff Rd. (1972/owner) The stonework of this house and the nearby buildings – i.e., the next two entries – was by its then resident, Roberta McIvor, apparently helped by her husband.
	Henhouse & Kennel: Sec. 25 SE 1/4, W side of Woodruff Rd. ( ~1972/owner). This and next entry are near the house in preceding entry. The clicked image includes the entryway "stepping stone" that consists of fieldstones and concrete. The brown staining of the end wall has resulted from watering flowers along that side with the local iron-rich water. Similarly stained areas occur here and there the stones of other fieldstone-faced buildings on this property. .
	Garage plus storage area: Sec. 25 SE 1/4, W side of Woodruff Rd. (~1972/owner). This structure also has an entryway "stepping stone" that consists of fieldstones andconcrete; it is in front of the door to the enclosed storage area. The garage part of the building has fieldstone masonry on both of its sides – i.e., the enclosed storage section has four walls of fieldstone plus mortar and one of those walls is also one of the sides of the garage.
	Smoke house: Sec. 30 SW 1/4, S side of Jerseyville Rd. For more information about the stonework of this former smoke house, see Fig. B15-left in Chapter 3, BARNS, ...
	Outhouses (Two of them): Sec. 32 NE 1/4, W side of Wyman Rd. These privies were for a schoolhouse that has been moved from the site. The clicked images include views to exhibit the characteristics of the four sides of these buildings.
	Root cellar?: Sec. 32 NE 1/4, W side of Wyman Rd. – It seems noteworthy that this structure is near the former location of Rolland Sta., on the Detroit , Lansing & Northern R.R. [Railroad] – see 1879 township plat. So little is left of this structure that it is not included on the map or in totals given in Introductory remarks to this Appendix or in the totals in the heading for this township.
	Sec. 34 NE 1/4, W side of Brinton Rd. (early 1917/former resident) A close-up of the relations of rocks above the window in south-facing gable is included on the clicked image. Part of the foundation is shown in Fig.H14 in Chapter 2, HOUSES...
	Sec. 36 SW 1/4, S side of Remick Rd. (pre 1900/nearby resident)

	SHERMAN Township – 10 buildings: 8 dwellings, 2 other buildings.
	Sec. 3 NW 1/4, S side of Vernon Rd. (pre-1940?/owner; son of owner notes that some newspapers dating 1909 are in?/on? wall of a second-story room.) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats. The bricks of the corners to left and above porch roof are (painted?) green.
	Sec. 4 SW 1/4, E side of Wyman Rd. (1920s/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1615 township plat.
	Well house: Sec.15 SW1/4, S side of Airline Rd. The masonry of this building has a rather haphazard arrangement of stones that includes stones that range in size from pebbles to sizeable boulders.
	Sec.17 SE 1/4, N side of Weidman Rd. (1908/owner, which is documented by a newspaper article) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats. A rather old photograph, when the house was still occupied, is in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation.
	Sec.17 SE 1/4, W side of Wyman Rd. (~1969/owner) The fieldstones used for facing parts of this house on the north side of the south branch of the Chippewa River near Horr are split-faced. The mason was Lloyd Eisenbach. The role of the stonework of this structure led me to hesitate to include the structure in this tabluation. Consequently, it is not included in the totals given in the Introductory remarks to this Appendix or the totals given in the above township heading.
	Sec. 21 NW 1/4, W side of Kimball Rd. (1911/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats. The privy in the next entry is northwest of this house.
	Outhouse: Sec. 21 NW 1/4, W side of Kimball Rd. See also Fig. O17 in Chapter 6, OTHER USES.
	Sec. 28 NW 1/4, N side of Drew Rd. (1910/newspaper-Central Michigan Times, out of Weidman) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats. The fieldstone-faced façade and other parts of this house have undergone several changes, and the western (left) side, for example, is not stone faced.
	Sec. 33 NE 1/4, W side of Rolland Rd. (1920s/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats.
	Sec. 33 SE 1/4, E side of Rolland Rd. (1910/on stone below peak of gable) – This date-bearing stone is shown in Photo Archive (q.v.) at the end of this tabulation.
	Sec. 35 SE 1/4, W side of Coldwater Rd. (1916/stone on south wall) – This stone is shown in Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation.
	See also Photo Archive at the end of the county tabulations.
	UNION Township – 5 buildings: 5 dwellings.
	Sec.15 NE 1/4, 401 Andre St., Mt. Pleasant (early 1900s, perhaps earlier?-southern part; after the mid-1960s-northern section/relative of former resident) As can be seen in the clicked photograph, this building consists of two distinct parts, both of which are faced by fieldstone: Most of the stones of the apparently original, southern part of the house are relatively small cobbles, all of about the same size. Larger stones, the sizes of which range from cobbles to boulders with greatest exposed dimensions that range up to nearly two feet, comprise the siding of the northern part of the structure, including the garage. Two fairly old photographs of the house as it originally appeared after being sided with fieldstone is in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation.
	Sec.15 SE 1/4, 300 University Ave. ( pre-1920/owner) The eastern building of this pair of two adjoining buildings, both of which have noteworthy sections faced by field stones, was originally a residence and built pre-1920. The stonework of the western part of the structure, built in the 1980s, closely resembles that of the original house. See text in Chapter 1, PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
	Office building: Sec.15 SE 1/4, 300 University Ave (1987/owner). This is the western part of the two adjoining buildings referred to in the preceding entry. Several considerations led me not to in Several considerations led me to hesitate even to include this structure in this tabluation – e.g., the stone is largely decorative with the apparent purpose to "tie it" to the adjoining former home. Consequently, is not included on the map, in totals given in Introductory remarks to this Appendix or in the totals in the heading for this township.
	Sec. 20 SW 1/4, N side of Broomfield Rd. A house is shown on this site on the 1879 and 1899 township plats. Hearsay indicates the fieldstones were added during depression – i.e., the early 1930s. Three stones are of particular note: Two split-face "sparkling" black boulders – perhaps halves of the same boulder – are in similar positions on the east and west sides of the house; the third stone, the shape of which roughly resembles the southern peninsula of Michigan, is shown as Fig. H11A-right in Chapter 2, HOUSES...
	Sec. 22 NE 1/4, 1020 Lansing St., Mt. Pleasant The red bricks on the corners and above the windows of this house, along with the color of the paint on the porch posts, around the windows and outlining the gables serve to highlight the stonework of this house. Formerly a private residence, this building is currently a rooming house that is rented primarily to CMU students.
	Sec. 22 NE 1/4, 1001 University Ave., Mt. Pleasant (pre-1916/shown on post card dated circa 1915) – A photograph of this post card is shown in the Photo Archive (q.v.) at end of this tabulation. See also the text in Chapter 2, HOUSES ...
	See also Photo Archive at the end of the county tabulations.
	VERNON Township – 18 buildings: 14dwellings, 4 other buildings.
	Sec.1 NE 1/4, S side of Clarabella Rd. (late 1800s?) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats.
	Sec. 3 SE 1/4, W side of Mission Rd. (early 1900s?/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats. The stones, so-to-speak inserted within spaces between the bricks used for the corners of this house, are noteworthy.
	Sec. 5 NW 1/4, E side of Whiteville Rd. (1907/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats.
	Root cellar: Sec. 5 SW 1/4, N side of Herrick Rd. Notice that this cellar has a sod covered roof, which is even more apparent in the clicked image.
	Sec. 6 SE 1/4, W side of Whitewater Rd (early 1900s?/niece of former owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats.
	Sec.10 NW 1/4, S side of Herrick Rd. (early 1900s?/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1915 township plat.
	Sec.11 SW 1/4, N side of Grass Lake Rd. (A date is said to have been on this house, but the current resident was unaware of such, and I found none.) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1915 township plat.
	Sec. 12 SW 1/4, N side of Grass Lake Rd. (1913/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats. Trees made photography of the front of this house impossible; thumbnail shows southwest corner of front porch; clicked image shows east side of house, which includes a covered entrance where vehicles -- e.g., wagons -- could stop and unload passengers and/or such things as groceries "out of the weather." .

	Sec.19 NW 1/4, E side of Meridian Rd. (early 1900s?) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the1915 township plat. Note especially the convex upward courses above the cellar window on the right.
	Garage?: Sec. 20 NE 1/4, W side of Duncan Rd. It is unclear whether the indicated use, which appears to be the current use, was the original use. Along this line, a ramp on the north side of the building, which extends up to the eaves level of the current roof, may indicate that the roof was put on a former higher structure, probably a barn, albeit it a rather small one.
	Sec. 20 NE 1/4, S side of Stevenson Lake Rd. (1911/former owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats. The former owner notes that the date was inscribed into top of one of one of the concrete window sills.
	Root cellar?: Sec. 20 SW 1/4, W side of Whiteville Rd.
	Sec. 26 NW 1/4, E side of Mission Rd. (1929/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats.
	Garage: Sec. 26 NW 1/4, E side of Mission Rd. This garage is on the same property as the house listed as the preceding entry.
	Sec. 26 SW 1/4, N side of Battle Rd. (early 1920s?/neighbor) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats.
	Sec. 28 NW 1/4, N side of Doherty Rd. (1920s/owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats.
	Sec. 31 SE 1/4, N side of Vernon Rd. (1910/former owner) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats.
	Sec. 36 SW 1/4, N side of Vernon Rd. (~1906/resident) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats.
	See also Photo Archive at the end of the county tabulations.
	WISE Township – 11 buildings: 11 dwellings, no other buildings.
	Sec. 3 NW 1/4, S side Clarabella Rd. (pre-1914/owner)
	Sec. 9 SE 1/4, W side of Loomis (pre 1920?)
	Sec.10 NW 1/4, W side of Loomis Rd. in Loomis (pre 1920?) This one-story house is the only fieldstone-faced house in the county all of the stones and mortar of which have been painted white.
	Sec.11 NE 1/4, W side of Chippewa Rd. (~1978/former resident/builder)
	Sec.13 SW 1/4, N side of Pere Marquette Rd . (pre-1915, late 1800s?) This house was moved and its stones restored and its porch added in 1931 when old Rte.10, now Pere Marquette Rd., was first paved during the early 1930s.
	Sec.14 SW 1/4, W side of Chippewa Rd.. (pre-1915, late 1800s?) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats.
	Sec.19 SE 1/4, N side of Coleman Rd. (1920s/owner’s father) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the1915 township plat.
	Sec. 27 NW 1/4, S side of Coleman Rd. (pre-1950/owner)
	Sec. 27 SE 1/4, N side of Battle Rd. (early 1900s/neighbor) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1899 and 1915 township plats.
	Sec. 28 NE 1/4, W side of Loomis Rd. (1911/former resident) – A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1915 township plat. The former resident said a date plate was formerly on the north side of house near the roof line.
	Sec. 33 NE 1/4, W side of Loomis Rd. (early 1900s/owner)– A building is shown at this approximate location on the 1915 township plat. This originally fieldstone house has been greatly modified. The fieldstones can still be seen in the gable area of the front (eastern) side of the house. The fieldstone masonry of the south side of the house is now covered by siding. The stones of the other two sides have been removed and replaced by modern construction and siding.

PHOTO ARCHIVE of older photos, etc.

	BROOMFIELD Township See also Gilmore Township, Marker on west side of Littlefield Rd., south of Coleman Rd., in Sec. 30.
	Date and name of mason (a so-to-speak amateur) on a wall west of Coldwater Rd., Sec. 11. See also the parallel walls he made – Fig.W7-left, Chapter 4, WALLS.
	Date plate on the former Broomfield #2 Schoolhouse, which is currently a residence, on the east side of Coldwater Rd., Sec. 12. – see Chapter 1, PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
	Date and "artwork" in cellar of the fieldstone house on the south side of Remus Rd.(=M20), Sec. 23.
	William ("Bill") Steele(1877-1958). In the clicked image, Steele, whose masonry is manifest in many buildings in this county, many of which are in this township, is on the right, with one of his trusty mauls in hand. William ("Bill") Drew, the blacksmith who sharpened Steele's mauls and hammers, is on the left. The photograph was taken at Drew's blacksmith shop, the remnants of which are still in Sec. 25, on the west side of Costabella (County Line) Rd. in Wheatland Twp., Mecosta County. (The original photograph is in the collection of Hugh Blackmer, Jr. and his wife, Myrtle, a daughter of William Drew)
	COE Township See also Gilmore Township, Marker on west side of Littlefield Rd., south of Coleman Rd., in Sec. 30.
	Date "scratched" into top of one of the fieldstone pillars, built by Howard Johnson, that are beside the driveway to a residence and farm buildings on the north side of Coe Rd., Sec. 30.
	Howard M. Johnson (1885-1977), farmer, collector and mason at his home on the north side of Fremont Rd in Sec. 19. The circular "flowerlike" arrangements behind him also occur in some of his and his wife's (Ernestine) masonry -- e.g., see the entry for Sec. 34 Lincoln Twp. in this Photo Archive. His collection, which consisted largely of American Indian relics, said to have been collected near his home, was presented to Central Michigan University. (photo is from undated clipping from a newspaper (?The Shepherd Argus?) that is in the collection of Terry Kannine.)
	COLDWATER Township
	"Stone School" in Sec. 1 -- two photo post cards that were taken in 1916 and a list of the students shown in the photograph on the right. (The cards and list, of which these are photographs, are in the collection of Pauline Estes.)
	Although this wallpaper has no direct relation to fieldstones, I could not resist including a photograph of it in this Appendix. It is on an old bathroom wall in the western fieldstone house, now being remodeled, on the north side of Grass Lake Rd. in Sec. 7. "Signs" and labels on things among the numerous, to me amusing, details include " REJUVENATING SOLUTION ...," "EAU DE SMELL NICE," prices of services and materials, and "WHO DONE IT" on the cover of the book held by the gentleman in the chair. The enlarged inset is to show the detailing that characterizes this paper.
	The clicked 1954 thumbnail includes the initials of some unknown resident/workman/??? and the month and day. This inscription, however, is only one of three in the concrete floor of the western fieldstone house on the north side of Grass Lake Rd. in Sec. 7. The floor was apparently laid after the house was built and has been subsequently patched at least two times. The latest patch, which is dated is also shown on the clicked image---- wet so it can be seen more clearly; it includes a child's handprints as well as her name and 1981. The circular shape of this "patch" may indicate that it covers an area that was once a sump.
	Date plate – Independence Day(!!) on the eastern fieldstone house on the north side of Grass Lake Rd. in Sec. 7.
	Date block.– This block was on the fieldstone carriage house-granary on the east side of Wyman Rd., Sec. 16. The block, which fell from the building, is now on the ground in front of the building -- see the small photograph of the building.
	Date inscribed on concrete lentil above a cellar window on the fieldstone house that is near the center of Sec. 20. This date reads "Aug. 19 1911".
	Date block on the fieldstone house on east side of Wyman Rd., Sec. 21.
	Brinton Town Hall, now used as a part-time residence, on the south side of Stevenson Lake Rd., Sec. 22. (© photo Courtesy of Marilyn Fosburg – from Brinton! I used to go there to dances, 2001).
	Nameplate (metal) in the middle of the stack of an outdoor fieldstone fireplace, which is no longer used as such, south of House 6 on the east side of Coldwater Rd, Sec. 25. For additional information about this fireplace and its mason, see Chapter 2, HOUSES ... and Chapter 6, OTHER USES.
	Labyrinth.– The use of fieldstones to mark the paths of a labyrinth in a wooded area west of Brinton Road, in the southeast quarter of Section 34 of Coldwater Township was not known when "Isabella's Stones: ..." was written. Several hundreds of fieldstones are involved. Additional information is included with the clicked images.
	DEERFIELD Township
	Fieldstone house on the west side of Vandecar Rd., Sec.10. Close-up of the date plate is part of the clicked image; its former existence is known only because of this photograph -- i.e., it is no longer present. It appears to read "T.T. Covert 1906," but the date may be 1905 or 1908. (photo, date unknown, courtesy Melvin Fox). .
	Coomer United Methodist Church, on the west side of Vandecar Rd., Sec. 34, in 1908, when the original wooden siding was being replaced by fieldstones. The corner stone, recently painted, that is shown on the clicked image is the date when the original wooden structure was completed. It is not known, however, whether it is or is not the original cornerstone. Additional information about this church is given in the text, Chapter 1, PUBLIC BUILDINGS. (photo used as thumbnail and shown as part of clicked image is in the Coomer United Methodist Church sanctuary).
	DENVER Township
	Fieldstone house on the south side of Vernon Rd. in Sec.1during the period when the fieldstone facing was being added. (photo in collection of Vera Wiltse).
	Date on lintel block above the front door of the fieldstone house on the south side of Vernon Rd., Sec. 4.
	Not Fieldstone.– This house (built about 18XX, photograph taken in !9XX) had straw and "mud" walls, each about 15 inches thick. Those walls, still present and in good condition, are part of the current residence on this property, which is in Section 28, southeast of the intersection of Beal City and Shepherd roads. The makeup of the walls is said to help keep the house cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Ludwig Kullman apparently built the house, after he came to this area from Austria, using "mud" – a clay from the farm – that has hardened to a material that seems now best characterised as straw-bearing clayrock or mudstone. It also seems noteworthy that the original oak rafters are still part of this building. [Photograph from collection of Ann Keehbauch Loud, historical information from Don and Diane Myshock Thering and Ray and Kullman]
	FREMONT Township
	Date on House 1, which is one the east side of Vandecar Rd., Sec. 14.
	Riggle and Mitchelll fieldstone-faced garage, which was formerly on the south side of Blanchard Rd. in Winn, Sec.15. (unattributed photograph is from Winn area ... [history], dated 1976).
	GILMORE Township
	Decroative concrete block in the fieldstone house, said to have been built in the late 1800s, that is on the north side of Bawkey Rd. in Sec. 8. This decorative block is rather ornate because its focus, the anchor, has been painted, and glass shards and what appear to be marbles have been implanted in particular places.
	Date on a concrete block that is centered above the windows on the western side of a fieldstone house on the north side of Coleman Rd., Sec. 23. Additional text and photographs of features exhibited by this house are given as Fig. H4D in Chapter 2, HOUSES ...
	Fieldstone house on the south side of Coleman Rd., Sec. 27. (part of a photo, dated 1929, in collection of Barbara Morrison).
	Fieldstone house on west side of Vandecar Rd., Sec. 27 when it was being built. (photo in collection of Barbara Morrison).
	Marker on west side of Littlefield Rd., south of Coleman Rd., Sec. 30. – Though not directly related to fieldstone buildings or other uses of fieldstones within the county, it seems noteworthy that all remaining parts of the "Original State Rd" (see closeup on clicked image) were traversed as I recorded locations of the fieldstone houses etc. This road extended through Gilmore, Coldwater, Sherman and Broomfield townships -- see the 1879 township plat maps. Today, most of its remaining "parts" are sections of unpaved County roads. However, a paved section between Drew and Airline roads in Sherman Twp. still called the Old State Road, and markers other than the one shown are elsewhere within the county.
	Decorative concrete block, which includes implanted fieldstones, in gable above porch roof of the fieldstone house that is on the west side of Fordyce Rd. in Sec.34. Note also the arrangement of the other stones in this gable and the shape (dressed?) of the stone at the peak.
	Decorative concrete blocks in the glables of fieldstone house that is on the east side of Fordyce Rd. in Sec.34. The clicked images are 1) a star, with shards of colored glass implanted in the area around the star, which is in the gable facing the road and 2) an anchor (cf. the one in the house in Sec. 8), with stones implanted in the spaces around it, which is in the south-facing gable.
	ISABELLA Township
	Date plate on St. Henry Catholic Church, which is on the south side of Vernon Rd. just east of its intersection with Mission Rd., Sec. 2. See also Figure P7 and the pertinent text in Chapter 1, PUBLIC BUILDINGS:...
	Fieldstone house on the south side of Rosebush Rd., Sec.17: This photograph was taken in the late summer of 1914, during the early stages of the construction of this house. (photo in collection of Robert and Carrie First).
	Fieldstone house on the north side of Weidman Rd., Sec.17, as it appeared on or near July 4, 1910. The original porch shown on this photograph is no longer on the house, and the concrete block chimney currently on the west side of the house has been added since this photograph was taken. (photo in collection of Robert and Carrie First).
	LINCOLN Township
	Nameplate, which includes location data, that is between the second story windows in the front gable of this fieldstone house, which is on the west side of Green Rd., Sec.18. A photograph of one of the two hitching posts that are in front of this house is given as Fig. O11, Chapter 4, OTHER USES.
	This fieldstone entrance and narthex are part of the former Free Methodist Church on the east side of Crawford Rd. in Sec. 27. See Chapter 1, PUBLIC BUILDINGS.... for a summary history about this building.
	Stone Picker. This stone picker, no longer used, is near the northeastern corner of Sec. 29. The larger image has been enhanced so some of the complexities of the working parts of the picker can be seen; the smaller image shows the picker in its setting, including stones picked up from the adjacent field .
	Fieldstone faced addition to house on north side of County Line Rd. in Sec.34. This addition, made in the mid 1950s, was originally the base of a porch with a concrete slab floor, which also served as the ceiling of a single stall garage. Howard Johnson, helped by his wife, was the mason. George ("Bob") and Doris Robinson, owners of the house, are said to have suggested the inclusion of the Spade-, Diamond-, Heart- and Club-shaped stones and probably also the flowerlike pattern.
	NOTTAWA Township
	Quasi-patio on the west side of Johnson Rd., in Sec. 7.– The surface of this patio, which extends outward from the bottom of the steps up to the front porch, consists largely of rather flat natrual faces of fieldstones with pea gravel, rather than mortar, around them. An outstanding exhibit of fieldstones, most of which were collected from nearby fields and arranged by Rose Stewart, owner of the property covers nearly all of the rest of the yard. Most of those stones, nearly all of which are boulders of diverse sizes, are on top of pea gravel.
	"Stone sled," also on Rose Stewart's property on the west side of Johnson Rd, in Sec. 7.– This was made for and used by Ms.Stewart to transport the larger boulders from where she found them to her display.
	Nottawa School, a former fieldstone-faced building, was located northeast of the intersection of Nottawa and Weidman roads, Sec.13. See addititional information about this structure in Chapter 1, PUBLIC ... (photo in collection of Gary Hauck).
	Date on fireplace, behind house on south side of Rosebush Rd. in Sec. 18.– The mason was Walter Smith. I was unaware of this dated masonry, an outside fireplace, when I completed "Isabella's Stones: ..." Rose Stewart, niece of the mason directed my attention to it.
	Date, 1896, "scratched" in the mortar near the northeastern corner of the fieldstone house on the east side of Nottawa Rd., Sec. 24.
	Nameplate on the front, street-side, of the fieldstone house at 1892 N. Winn Rd., Beal City, Sec. 27. Notice that the nameplate indicates that this house, built for E.N. Smith, has the "N" reversed in the nameplate.
	Nameplate on the fieldstone-faced fireplace in the County 4-H Lodge, which is on the east side of Coldwater Lake, Sec. 30. For additional information, see Chapter 1, PUBLIC BUILDINGS:...
	Date on stone above the window in the gable of the fieldstone house on the north side of Base Line Rd., Sec. 33.
	SHERMAN Township See also Gilmore Township, Marker on west side of Littlefield Rd., south of Coleman Rd., in Sec. 30.
	Old photograph of the house, built in 1908, on the north side of Weidman Rd. at Horr, in Sec.17. This photo, thought to have been taken during the 1910s, includes Eva Thompson Denslow, great-grandmother of Robert Denslow, who has the original photograph.
	Date on stone below the peak of the gable of the fieldstone house on the east side of Rolland Rd., Sec.33. The date, 1910, is difficult to see unless one uses, for example, binoculars. The clicked image includes a close-up that was taken with a telephoto lens.
	Date on the south wall of the fieldstone house on the west side of Coldwater Rd., Sec. 35.
	UNION Township
	House at 401 Andre St., Mt. Pleasant in the early1940s. Left, Franklin St. side - the original stonework extended several feet west of where it is today -- i.e., into the area where a markedly different stonework now is (see lower photograph taken in 2008). Right, Andre St. side - part of the porch that once extended out from the front of the house. (older photos are in the collection of Pattie Baderschneider).
	Date on a wall on the south side of Chippewa St., Mt. Pleasant, Sec.14. This date refers to 1993, not 1893.
	Three buildings, now abandoned, of the former Mt. Pleasant Indian (i.e., Native American) Industrial School have some noteworthy dressed fieldstone foundations and/or lower levels. The first of these buildings was built in 1892, with the United States Office of Indian Affairs listed as the Architect. The fieldstone walking bridge shown as Figure O2A in the text is nearby. These buildings and the bridge are in the southeastern part of Section 16.
	Date on the chimney that is on the south side of a house on the west side of Lincoln Rd in the southeast quarter of Sec. 20.
	House – 1001 University Avenue, Mt. Pleasant – Sec. 22. (post card photograph in collection of Robert Denslow).
	Date plate on Christ the King Lutheran Chapel, which is on the east side of Washington St., east of Preston St., in Mt. Pleasant, Sec. 22. See also Figure P3 and the writeup in Chapter 1, PUBLIC BUILDINGS:...
	This stone collection, around a tree in a backyard in Sec. 22, consists largely of stones found in Isabella County. The other stones came from other parts of Michigan (e.g., Whitefish Point, in Chippewa County) and a few places in Ontario, New York, and Virginia. The collection contains representatives of all the common rocks and several less common rocks. In addition, some of the stones exhibit features such as folding, faulting and/or examples of surficial weathering and erosion. The 16 rather large stones shown in the central part of the clicked image were collected -- one each -- from the 16 townships of Isabella County.
	VERNON Township
	Milestone on the west side of Isabella Rd., just north of its intersection with Stevenson Lake Rd., Sec.14.
	MISCELLANY
	Lifting a boulder by tripod and manpower. Sketch, slightly revised, from the October 1860 issue of the "New England Farmer." Some of these setups were used for pulling up stumps rather than or as well as boulders within Isabella County. See also the Stone picker shown as the entry for the Lincoln Township, Sec. 29, in this Photo Archive.

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