This Positively the Heartland is a colorful story which takes us from west Omaha to Fremont.
- The Louis E. May Museum’s original front entry windows are still intact; however, the coordinating front doors are long gone. Enter: Stained glass artist (and Fremont native) Jesse Baines.
- Baines runs his family business, Rainbow Artistic Glass, which does custom work, but also restorations and reproductions. Each of the May Museum’s front doors required nearly 300 pieces of glass.
- Baines teaches stained glass and fused glass classes. Tours of the museum are available. The home, built in 1874, features dozens of pieces of stained glass.
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Now the May Museum, Theron Nye built his Fremont home in 1874.
“It’s originally an Italianate house, or an Italian Revival home. And so, today, there are large columns outside and there’s a huge roof railing up top and a flat roof. That’s all added on a little bit later by his son, Ray,” Louis E. May Museum Executive Director and Curator Tony Pasley explained…