The Inn on Evans consists of three small apartments on the floor above the Boulevard Market (wine…read moreand cheese). There is no dedicated web page, just a Facebook page with a few pictures and basic details, and you have to book by calling the Boulevard Market. We booked the Italian room for a recent visit to Tecumseh -- very convenient for the Evans Street Station (next door), where we had a very enjoyable dinner, with ample parking between the two buildings. The Tecumseh brewery is just a half-block away on Chicago Boulevard and there is a sports bar a few steps down Evans street from the Inn; there is a popular bakery that opens at four in the morning on the Boulevard.
The Italian room is at the front of the building -- huge sash windows, reaching up to high ceilings, overlooking Chicago Boulevard and Evans Street, with great views down the streets (downtown Tecumseh is all fine nineteenth-century buildings; if you like small-town America, you will love this). The apartment was very comfortable -- lots of room in the bed/sitting room (decent-sized bed; small but adequate table -- you could work at it if you needed to; big sofa); a spacious kitchen; the bathroom is a bit cramped and up two steps, but is adequate.
There is a gas stove with four burners and an oven (which I did not check), a big fridge-freezer, a coffee maker (also not used by us, but I assume it works), and a microwave in the kitchen, which is also equipped with a couple of frying pans, a saucepan, a few plates, bowls, and cups, and some basic knives, forks, etc. If you plan to do any serious cooking, you would be well advised to bring your favorite kitchen tools with you (and, perhaps, some plastic plates, cups, glasses, and bowls). And note: there was no tea or coffee, nor any salt, pepper, or spices, in the kitchen. That didn't matter for us -- dinner was at the Evans Street Station, and we had breakfast at the Morning Grind coffee shop just across Chicago Boulevard (both excellent) -- so we used the kitchen just to make tea, which we brought with us, along with a tea pot -- we never leave home for an overnight trip without either item... If you do rent the apartment and need supplies, there is a Busch supermarket on the edge of town, open, I believe, from 7 to 10.
Two warnings: the stairs up to the apartments are steep -- not for the infirm or the very young; and the Boulevard Market closes at six on week nights (seven on Saturdays), so if you plan to stock up on wine and cheese on arrival, make sure to get to Tecumseh in good time.
Overall, I found the accommodation very pleasant, in an absolutely charming location. Lots of room, adequately furnished. Don't expect twenty-first-century remodeling (there is a large and somewhat noisy in-room air conditioner, the sash windows are original and have to be closed at night to keep out the noise of the occasional traffic, and you do have to negotiate those stairs), but if you like the idea of seeing the church spire at the end of the boulevard from your bed as you wake up in the heart of small-town Michigan, just ten paces from an excellent restaurant and in the centre of a charming downtown, one block from a small farmers' market (Saturday mornings all summer) this is for you.
