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Haugen - -Release Date: September 4, 2020 [EBook #63118] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORIC HOMES, FORT DODGE, IOWA *** - - - - -Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - - - - HISTORIC HOMES - of Fort Dodge, Iowa - - - PUBLISHED BY THE BLANDEN FEDERATION OF ARTS - FORT DODGE, IOWA - APRIL, 1975 - - - PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALLEN R. LOOMIS • TEXT BY KARL F. HAUGEN - - - INDEX TO HOMES ON PAGE 119-120 - MAP ON PAGE 117 - - - PRINTED BY MESSENGER PRINTING COMPANY, FORT DODGE, IOWA - - - - - INTRODUCTION - - -This book is a picture-story history of 101 Fort Dodge homes. Those who -brought the homes into being are chronicled here, as are those who -succeeded those first tenants. The homes as well as their occupants are -representative of the Fort Dodge community over a time span of more than -100 years. - -All of the homes are extant; the publishers regret the absence in the -history of many grand old homes no longer in existence. - -The homes first appeared in a weekly series in the Fort Dodge Messenger. -The photographer’s skill reflects the hobby of Allen R. Loomis, Fort -Dodge industrialist, whose grandparents—the A. R. Loomises and the Leon -Vincents—were prominent business and cultural leaders in the earlier-day -Fort Dodge. - -The histories were written by Karl F. Haugen, retired City Editor of the -Messenger. Mr. Haugen devoted many hours studying state, county and city -records, and interviewed scores of persons. - -To Mr. Haugen and Mr. Loomis, as well as to all who so graciously and -cheerfully cooperated with them, the publishers extend a grateful -thank-you. - - BLANDEN FEDERATION OF ARTS - FEBRUARY 6, 1975 - - - - - HISTORIC HOMES - of Fort Dodge, Iowa - - - - - THE O. M. OLESON HOME - - - [Illustration: The O. M. Oleson home - 1020 3rd Avenue South] - -O. M. Oleson, pioneer pharmacist and philanthropist, erected this large -three-story brick residence with green tile roof in 1906. - -Located at 1020 3rd Ave. S. it probably is the only home in the city to -have had a pipe organ for many years. The home was occupied by Mr. and -Mrs. Oleson until 1938 when it was sold to Mr. and Mrs. O. J. -Whittemore. Mrs. Whittemore continues to reside in the house following -the death of her husband who was prominently identified with the Vincent -Clay Products Company here. - -The home has a full basement, first floor with living room, dining room, -and kitchen; second floor with five bedrooms and two baths; and third -floor with recreation room and attic storage space. - -The pipe organ which Oleson enjoyed playing was removed from the home -prior to its sale to the Whittemores and given to Lutheran Hospital’s -nurses’ home. The nurses’ home was torn down some years ago during -rebuilding work at the hospital (now Trinity Regional West). - -Oleson was noted for his countless philanthropic acts. He donated land -to the city for Oleson Park in the southeast part of the city and Leif -Erickson Park in west Fort Dodge. He was the principal benefactor of -Lutheran Hospital when it was organized and began operations here. His -widow, Julie Haskell Oleson, willed more than $2 million to the hospital -at the time of her death. - -Oleson was a native of Norway and came to Fort Dodge as a young man and -started in the drug business. In 1894 he erected the three-story brick -building at Central Avenue and Eighth Street which was long the home of -his drug firm—the Oleson Drug Company. The first floor and basement were -occupied by the drug firm which for many years had both retail and -wholesale operations. The second and third floors had apartments and -some offices. The building was razed in recent years along with other -structures to make way for the City Green Parking lot. - -Oleson enjoyed good music and in the early 1890s organized the Grieg -Male Chorus and was its director for many years. The chorus had a large -hall on the third floor of the Oleson building where members rehearsed -and held social activities. His love of music led to some composing. One -of the numbers he set to music was the celebrated World War I poem by -Col. John McCrae—“In Flanders Fields the Poppies Grow.” - - - - - THE E. H. RICH HOME - - - [Illustration: The E. H. Rich home - 819 3rd Avenue South] - -E. H. Rich, a prominent Fort Dodge banker, built this large brick home -at 819 3rd Ave. S. in 1880 and it was occupied continuously by members -of the Rich family until the recent death of Miss Eva Rich. - -Rich came to the city in 1874 and was cashier of the early-day First -National Bank for many years—a bank that later was reorganized as the -State Bank. - -The Rich house is located on a three-lot site at the southwest corner of -Third Avenue South and Ninth Street. Foundation of the home is -constructed of large hand-hewn limestone blocks 20 inches thick and -upper walls are 14 inches thick. The soft burned red brick used on the -exterior was produced at a local brickyard using wood logs at that time -to fire the kilns. - -The house contains seven bedrooms, living room, dining room, music room, -kitchen and two bathrooms. The third floor attic area has three large -rooms and there is a fourth floor with two unfinished rooms now reached -only by a ladder. The interior stairway, doors and trim of the home are -of solid walnut, cut out and formed from local walnut trees. - -Originally the house had seven open fireplaces, four on the first floor -and three in upstairs bedrooms. With the coming of gas heat these were -sealed off and six of the eight chimneys on the house removed. The house -is now heated by two hot air gas-fired furnaces. - -The home was piped for gas lighting long before there was any city gas -in Fort Dodge. A large tank filled with naphtha was buried in the -backyard and the naphtha was piped to a gas machine in the basement. The -naphtha dripped over a large enclosed rotating drum which generated -illuminating gas by evaporation. A pump then forced the gas into -distributing pipes. Power for this home gas system was supplied by -clockwork gears run by gravity from 2,000 pound millstones. Each evening -it was necessary to wind up the machine before lighting the gas -fixtures. - -There were no telephones in the town when the house was built so Rich -installed a telegraph line from the home to the bank a few blocks -distant. Mr. and Mrs. Rich learned the telegraph code and one day when -Mrs. Rich was injured she telegraphed her husband “Come quick—badly -hurt.” Mr. Rich ran the distance from the bank to his home and found his -injured wife. It was believed the telegraph message saved her life. - -In later years the Rich home was completely modernized. In 1973 the -house was sold by Willis Rich, last of the family of seven, to Bill and -Bruce Algood who are reconditioning and furnishing it in the tradition -of the era when it was built. A large floor based mirror from the home -was given by Rich to the governor’s mansion—“Terrace Hill”—in Des -Moines. - - - - - THE DOLLIVER HOME - - -One of the stately residences built along Second Avenue South prior to -the turn of the century is now the Women’s Clubhouse, but for many years -it was the home of United States Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver and -family. - -Built in 1895 and located at 915 2nd Ave. S., the large three-story red -brick residence has been owned by the Women’s Club since 1935. While -generally known as the Dolliver house it was built by Sen. Dolliver’s -father-in-law, George R. Pearsons and occupied by his family for several -years. The same year the house was built, Dolliver married Pearson’s -daughter, Louise, but it was not until Pearson’s death in 1904 that the -Dollivers moved into the home. - -The home site originally included four lots. Pearsons, a prominent -early-day resident, came here as agent for the Illinois Central -Railroad. He served as mayor for two terms and was a member of the -school board. - -The Dolliver home originally had a parlor, drawing room or music room, -dining room, kitchen and pantry on the first floor; five bedrooms and -one large bath on the second floor and other rooms on the third floor. -In later years the upstairs was extensively remodeled. There is a huge -open stairway leading from the first floor to the upper floors. - -In the rounded window area of the drawing room there once was a large -stone hollowed out for a small pool. A fountain was located in the -center of the pool from which water flowed continuously. Goldfish in the -pool added charm to the unique window arrangement. - -In 1968 the Women’s Club remodeled the house, enlarged the first floor -meeting room to the west, removed the old porch and added a small patio -and new entrance. - - [Illustration: The Dolliver home - 915 2nd Avenue South] - -Dolliver was a prominent Fort Dodge attorney and legislator. He was -elected to the U. S. House of Representatives in 1888 and served there -until 1900 when he was appointed to the U. S. Senate to fill a vacancy. -He was re-elected and served in the Senate until his untimely death Oct. -15, 1910, at age 52. - -Sen. Dolliver was prominent in the Republican party and was known -nationally. He was in great demand as a speaker and was called the -“silver-tongued orator.” In 1900 he was mentioned as nominee for vice -president with William G. McKinley who was elected president that year. -Had he been nominated and elected he would have been elevated to the -presidency after the assassination of President McKinley in 1901. - -Dolliver lived very little in the home here because the family was with -him in Washington a great deal of the time he was in the House and the -Senate. In failing health for some time Sen. Dolliver died at his home -here from what was described as a “heart ailment aggravated by -over-exertion.” - - - - - THE BREEN HOME - - -The E. J. Breen Sr. residence occupies a prominent location at the -southwest corner of Second Avenue South and Tenth Street. Constructed in -1910, the home has been continuously occupied by members of the Breen -family since that time. - -The house at 925 2nd Ave. S. has a red brick exterior with red tile -roof, and is another of the sturdy early 20th Century residences built -in this area by prominent families of the city. It has a full basement -and three floors. On the first floor are living, dining and cooking -areas; on the second floor four bedrooms, sleeping porch and bath; and -on the third floor a ballroom. - -The Breen family came to Fort Dodge in 1904 from Estherville. The family -included Mr. and Mrs. Breen, sons Maurice J. and Edward Jr. and daughter -Paulyne. During their early years in the city the Breens resided in -houses at Fourth Avenue North and Twelfth Street and Fifth Avenue South -and Twelfth Street before their home on Second Avenue South was -completed in 1910. - - [Illustration: The Breen home - 925 2nd Avenue South] - -E. J. Breen Sr. was in the banking business—was president of the Iowa -Savings Bank here and president of the Lehigh Sewer Pipe & Tile Company -and the Northwestern Portland Cement Company of Mason City for many -years. He organized both of the latter companies. Breen died in 1928. - -Mr. and Mrs. Maurice J. Breen and family occupied the home after the -death of the elder Mrs. Breen in 1939. Mrs. Maurice Breen continues to -reside in the home following her husband’s death and her son, Maurice -C., a Fort Dodge attorney, lives with her. - -Television executive Ed Breen of Fort Dodge now resides on RFD 2; and -Mrs. Emerson Dawson, the former Paulyne Breen, lives at 227 S. 12th St. - -Mrs. Dawson, prior to her marriage, conducted classes in dancing in the -third floor ballroom of the Breen home. She recalls that she often meets -men and women now who were her former students in these classes some 50 -years ago. - - - - - THE CAPT. BENNETT HOME - - -This large house at 911 3rd Ave. S.—set well back from the street—was -built in 1890 by an early-day businessman—S. J. (Capt.) Bennett who came -to Fort Dodge in 1870. It occupies a prominent location at the southeast -corner of Third Avenue South and Ninth Street and has a two-story -carriage house at the rear. - -The three-story residence is built of St. Louis granite-brick with Sioux -Falls jasper trimmings, an early-day history of the city notes. It has a -slate roof with copper trim. Wide porches extend along the north and -west sides of the house. - -Since 1923 this spacious home, built by one of the city’s most prominent -early-day residents, has been owned and occupied by members of the -Schaupp family. Enjoying the gracious living quarters in the home were -the late Judge and Mrs. John M. Schaupp, their sons John Jr., and -Bradley and Judge Schaupp’s mother, the late Mrs. Emma Schaupp. - -Judge Schaupp, a Fort Dodge attorney for many years, was appointed to -the Webster County District Court bench in 1944 and served for 19 years -before retiring. He died in 1971 at age 80. The family residence is now -occupied by son John Jr. The other son, Bradley, resides in Cedar -Rapids. - - [Illustration: The Capt. Bennett home - 911 3rd Avenue South] - -Capt. Bennett, a native of New York, came west as a young man, spending -some time in Ohio and Illinois and then went to St. Louis where he -remained until the Civil War broke out. He enlisted in the Union Army -and spent nearly five years in service. He served first with the 23rd -Missouri Infantry and later was captain of Company A, 12th Missouri -Cavalry. At the close of the war his unit was one of those sent against -the depredating Indians in Wyoming. - -Mustered out at Fort Leavenworth he engaged in surveying work for a time -before going to Boone and then on to Fort Dodge. He was in the tobacco -business here for a time, then left and worked on construction projects -for the Northern Pacific Railroad. Quitting railroad work he settled in -Tacoma, Wash., and Portland, Ore., and at one time was president of the -Tacoma Street Railway system. - -Returning to Fort Dodge, Bennett was president of the Commercial -National Bank and the Green-Wheeler Shoe Company here. He was active in -civic affairs and served four years on the city council and four times -was elected mayor of Fort Dodge. He was also a member of the Board of -Supervisors and was instrumental in building of the present Webster -County courthouse. He died at his home here in 1911 at age 81. - - - - - THE M. F. HEALY HOME - - -This attractive residence at 1218 5th Ave. N., was for many years the -home of M. F. Healy, one of Fort Dodge’s and Iowa’s most distinguished -attorneys. The home has many unique features, including a round, -towerlike area at one corner that extends from the large front porch -upward to a pointed cupola on the roof. - -The three-story house has living room, library, dining room and kitchen -on the first floor. An open stairway leads to the second floor with its -five bedrooms and bath. On the third floor are three additional -bedrooms. - -Healy lived in the home from the time it was completed in 1903 until his -death in 1929 at age 66. He and his wife, who was 65 at the time of her -death in 1936, reared a family of six children in the home. - - [Illustration: The M. F. Healy home - 1218 5th Avenue North] - -A native of Lansing, Iowa, Healy came to Fort Dodge with his parents in -1892. He was a graduate of Notre Dame University, attended Harvard -University one year and received his law degree from the University of -Michigan in 1885. - -He began law practice in Fort Dodge with pioneer statesman and attorney -John F. Duncombe. Later he was in partnership with his brothers, Thomas -D. Healy and Robert Healy and his son, Thomas M. Healy. Other well-known -attorneys with whom he was associated were A. N. Botsford, D. M. -Kelleher, B. B. Burnquist and Seth Thomas who later was a federal -circuit court judge. - -Healy gained statewide and national distinction as an attorney, orator -and political leader. He was active in the Democratic party and attended -nine national Democratic conventions. In 1924 he seconded the nomination -of Al Smith for the presidency. He was in great demand as a speaker and -gave addresses at many public functions and celebrations. - -Failing eyesight afflicted Healy in the later years of his life and he -was stricken with blindness in 1916. Despite the handicap he continued -his law practice until his death 13 years later. - -The Healy children included four daughters and two sons—Mrs. Ruth Healy -Coughlin, Fort Dodge; Mrs. John (Margaret) Rourke, Providence, R. I.; -Mrs. Carl (Eleanor) Mangelsdorf, Rock Island, Ill.; and Mrs. Joseph -(Kathryn) Pleck, Evanston, Ill.; the Rev. Kerndt Healy, an instructor at -Notre Dame University, and Thomas M. Healy, Fort Dodge, both of whom are -deceased. - -The Healy home is now owned by Larry D. Lee, a Fort Dodge Senior High -School math instructor, who acquired it in 1964. - - - - - THE CONRAD LAUFERSWEILER HOME - - - [Illustration: The Conrad Laufersweiler home - 904 3rd Avenue South] - -The Laufersweiler home at 904 3rd Ave. S. dates its history back to the -early years of Fort Dodge. Original portion of the house was built in -1866 by Conrad C. Laufersweiler, a pioneer businessman of the city. - -In 1892 the home was enlarged to its present size and modernized. It was -occupied by members of the Laufersweiler family until the death of Elsie -Laufersweiler in 1969. The property is now owned by Grace Lutheran -Church and presently is leased to the Blanden Federation of Arts which -conducts art classes there and operates the Hand Art Shop in a portion -of the house. There is also a ceramics art shop with a potter’s wheel in -the basement. - -The two-story house is of brick construction with stucco exterior. It -has five rooms and two baths on the first floor and seven rooms and two -baths on the second floor. An open stairway with oak railing and -spindles leads from the first to the second floor. - -Laufersweiler came to Des Moines from his native Germany in 1854 and -spent two years there. In 1856 he traveled to Fort Dodge on the Charles -Rogers, the Des Moines River steamboat that plied between Keokuk and -Fort Dodge in those early years. For a time he lived in one of the -original fort buildings here. - -On arrival in Fort Dodge Laufersweiler started a furniture and -undertaking business. He was an experienced cabinet maker and made most -of his furniture by hand. Three sons—William J., John and Charles—later -joined him in the business. - -The furniture business was located on the south side of Central Avenue -between Sixth and Seventh Streets. It was discontinued in 1929, but the -undertaking business has continued since its establishment and is now -operated by Welch Laufersweiler. - -There were 10 children in the Laufersweiler family—five sons, William -J., John, Charles, Albert and Frank; and five daughters, Mary, Bertha, -Kitty and twins Edith and Elsie. Mary was the only one of the daughters -who married. Her husband was Gustav Hilton and their son is Conrad -Hilton, the internationally known hotel magnate who visited Fort Dodge -in 1953 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Chamber of -Commerce. - -Hilton was guest speaker at that time at an elaborate banquet in the -Hotel Warden ballroom. While in the city he was a guest of his aunts at -the Laufersweiler home. - - - - - THE E. G. LARSON HOME - - - [Illustration: The E. G. Larson home - 300 N. Ninth Street] - -One of Fort Dodge’s early-day businessmen—E. G. Larson—built the home -pictured above in 1881. It still stands erect and stately at 300 N. 9th -St. - -A huge porch that originally extended across the front of the house is -now missing and in its place is a small stoop and second floor balcony -with wrought iron railings. Otherwise, the exterior appearance of the -home is generally the same as it was in the 1880s and later. In recent -years the outside brick walls have been painted white adding to the -attractive appearance of the venerable home. - -The two-story house originally had 13 rooms which are now divided into -three apartments—two on the first floor and one on the second. -Foundation walls of the house are constructed of native limestone and -upper walls have four layers of brick measuring 16 inches thick. - -Larson, a native of Norway, came to Fort Dodge in 1868. Trained in -tailoring, he began work in John W. Hardin’s shop, later working in -other tailoring shops here. In 1872 he started his own tailoring shop, -leasing one side of the room then occupied by C. Rank’s shoe store. -Outgrowing the quarters he then moved to Fessler’s building on Central -Avenue. A few years later he leased a new brick building owned by Angus -McBane and put in a complete line of ready-made clothing in addition to -his tailoring department. Business prospered and he bought the building -where the store was located. - -In 1892 Larson retired from active business and devoted his time to -other interests here. In later years he was in the banking business as -an officer and director of the Security Trust & Savings Bank which -operated until the early 1930s. He was also an officer of the Larson -Clothing Company which was sold in 1920 to the Glazers. - -There were three sons and two daughters in the E. G. Larson family. They -included Ben P. Larson Sr., Olaf Larson, Clarence Larson, Martina and -Louise Larson, who was married to Eugene Gates. Miss Martina Larson -resided in the family home until 1935 when it was sold. Present owners -of the Larson home are Mr. and Mrs. Orrin R. White who purchased the -property in 1947. - - - - - THE FESSLER HOME - - - [Illustration: The Fessler home - 1110 5th Avenue North] - -One of the city’s most historic houses is this brick residence at 1110 -5th Ave. N. built by pioneer storekeeper and Indian fur trader David -Fessler. - -The original portion of the two-story home dates back to 1869 when it -was erected by Fessler in the northeast part of the town in order to -make it easier to conduct his fur trading business with the Indians who -camped in the nearby north woods. - -Fessler came to Fort Dodge from Germany in 1858 and shortly after -arrival opened a trading center and clothing store. He started his fur -trading business in his first small home located where the Blanden Art -Gallery now stands. It was a considerable distance from this place to -the Indian camp so Fessler purchased property in the northeast part of -the growing town and built a new home there. - -The rear of the present home is the original part of the house built -more than 100 years ago. The old time brick is still in good condition -as are the basement walls made of stone. In pioneer days there were -gunslots in the foundation walls for use in event of Indian attacks. - -The house now has four rooms and bath on the first floor and four rooms -and bath on the second floor. The property has changed hands many times -in past years and is now owned and occupied by George Bradshaw, Fort -Dodge attorney, and daughter, Vivian. - -Fessler’s home on Fifth Avenue North was reported one of the largest and -most elaborate of the pioneer dwellings and included a 20x24 parlor. -Adjoining was the flower room with a white gypsum floor and at the rear -was the large kitchen. The kitchen was used primarily as a trading place -with the Indians when they came out of the nearby woods to sell their -furs. They were in groups and always remained at the house for a meal. - -Fessler is also remembered for buildings he erected along Central Avenue -one of which housed the Fessler Opera House, a popular pioneer -entertainment center. Fessler had four sons and three daughters. One of -the sons, Louis, was county recorder here for many years. - -Mrs. Marion Gilday of Fort Dodge is a granddaughter of the elder David -Fessler. Her father was Louis Fessler. - - - - - THE LEON VINCENT HOME - - - [Illustration: The Leon Vincent home - 1024 3rd Avenue South] - -The large brick residence at 1024 3rd Ave. S.—known in earlier years as -the Leon Vincent home—was built by a pioneer Iowan who was a civil -engineer, railroad builder and gypsum industrialist. The house dates -back to 1896 when it was erected and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Leon -Vincent. - -The house, of exterior brick construction, now has three rooms and bath -on the first floor, four rooms and two baths on the second floor, two -bedrooms on the completely finished third floor and a large finished -basement area. - -Ownership of the house has changed several times since it was built by -Vincent. At one time it was owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Harry -Vincent and later by Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Thornton. In 1965 the -Thorntons sold the property to Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Eide who now, with -their family occupy the home. - -Leon Vincent, a first cousin of Webb and Beth Vincent, came to Iowa in -1867 and as a civil engineer worked in laying out the Sioux City and -Pacific Railroad, now part of the North Western system. He continued in -this work until 1873 when he came to Fort Dodge. - -In 1881 Vincent was employed as assistant cashier of the Merchants -National Bank until its merger with the early-day First National Bank -here. He was secretary-treasurer of the Iowa Plaster Association in 1891 -and was identified with gypsum operations here for many years. In 1899 -he rebuilt and re-equipped the Central Gypsum mill, first of the -early-day gypsum plants here. When the U. S. Gypsum Company took over -the Iowa Plaster Association in 1902, Vincent remained as manager of the -Blanden mill. - -Vincent was active in many affairs, one of which was designing and -building of the present St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, which replaced an -earlier edifice destroyed by fire. He also helped in laying out and -beautifying of Oleson Park and in designing of 17th Street as a -boulevard. - -In 1911, Leon Vincent and the brothers Harry S. and Donald Vincent, sons -of Webb Vincent, founded the Vincent Clay Products, Inc., which operated -its big plant at Shady Oaks until recent years. Many of the plant’s -machines and processes were inventions of Leon Vincent. - -In failing health for many years, Leon Vincent died in 1916 at age 69. -Mrs. Vincent died in 1928 at age 81. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent were -grandparents of Al Loomis, photographer for most of the houses shown in -the book. - - - - - THE JOHN HAIRE HOME - - - [Illustration: The John Haire home - 502 North Ninth Street] - -One of Fort Dodge’s earliest businessmen—John Haire—purchased property -along north Ninth Street and built the home at 502 N. 9th St. nearly 100 -years ago. Haire acquired the property along the west side of Ninth -Street from Fourth to Eighth Avenues North in 1878 and platted it as -Haire’s Seminary Square Addition to Fort Dodge. - -Shortly after purchasing the property, Haire built the north Ninth -Street residence. He and his family resided there during his lifetime; -then the property passed on to his heirs. In 1941 the home was purchased -by the late Verne Schram and his wife Thora. - -The Schrams remodeled the home extensively and added a small apartment -and garage at the rear of the house. Earlier, in 1914, Haire’s son Jack, -had remodeled the house for apartments. Presently there are four -apartments, three on the first floor and one on the second floor. - -John Haire came to Fort Dodge from his native Ireland in 1855 and -entered into the mercantile business. His store was reported to be the -third one opened in the newly-founded town and was located at First -Avenue South and Sixth Street. - -In 1879 Haire was elected Webster County auditor and held that office -until 1885. He also served as county clerk of courts and was a member of -the Fort Dodge School board and its vice president for 10 years. He -retired from active business life here in 1870, some years before being -elected to county offices. - -Haire and his wife were parents of 10 children, seven sons and three -daughters. The sons were prominent in business affairs of the city for -many years. They were M. J. Haire, Oleson Land Company; W. W. Haire, -Sackett & Haire Drugs; Jack Haire, Fort Dodge Lumber Company; Dave -Haire, who served as county clerk; Tom Haire, Haire Clothing Store; -Edward and Fred who were associated with Sackett & Haire Drugs. The -daughters were Anna, Josephine and Mrs. Margaret Haire Kinney. - -Two grandsons of the pioneer businessman are Fort Dodge residents—George -M. Haire and John Haire, sons of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jack Haire. - - - - - THE DR. EVANS HOME - - - [Illustration: The Dr. Evans home - 530 S. Twelfth Street] - -The brick home located at 530 S. 12th St. was built in 1913 by Dr. -Robert Evans, for many years a prominent physician and surgeon in Fort -Dodge. The two-story house has three rooms on the first floor, three -rooms on the second floor and an attic area with two rooms. - -The house is situated in part of the Fair Oaks addition to the city that -once was also the location of the Duncombe deer park and the attractive -gypsum block residence of John F. Duncombe and his wife, Mary. Duncombe -was a prominent early-day attorney and industrialist here. - -Mrs. Duncombe sold the South Twelfth Street building lot in 1909 to -Mercie T. Evans, wife of Dr. Evans. Four years later the Evans built the -brick home which they occupied for many years. - -The house has changed ownership a number of times and once was owned by -Mr. and Mrs. John P. Barton. Mrs. Barton was a niece of Dr. and Mrs. -Evans. Following the deaths of the Bartons the house was sold to Mr. and -Mrs. Al Hayden who now live in Mesa, Ariz. After some remodeling of the -house it was sold by Haydens in 1967 to the Don Slotten family. They, in -turn, sold the property in 1972 to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Lee Pingel who -presently reside there with their family. - -Dr. Evans was born in Canada in 1857 and in 1888 was graduated from the -Detroit College of Medicine. He began his medical practice in LaCrosse, -Wis., and remained there until 1891 when he came to Fort Dodge and -opened an office in the downtown area at 516½ Central Ave. - -In 1908 he associated himself with Dr. C. H. Mulroney and Dr. W. W. -Bowen. After 15 months Dr. Mulroney withdrew from the firm and Dr. Evans -and Dr. Bowen continued together for 24 years with offices in the Snell -Building. In the spring of 1932 Dr. Evans retired from active practice -and in the fall of that year he died suddenly at his home. - -Dr. Evans was married to Miss Mercie Thompson of LaCrosse. They had no -children but raised two orphan nieces, Sarah and Kathryn Thompson. -Kathryn was married to John P. Barton who was a city commissioner here -some years ago. Both are now deceased. - - - - - THE DR. BOWEN HOME - - - [Illustration: The Dr. Bowen home - 628 S. Twelfth Street] - -Two Fort Dodge physicians and surgeons who practiced together for 24 -years also lived in the same South Twelfth Street neighborhood. They -were Dr. W. W. Bowen, whose home at 628 S. 12th St. is pictured above, -and Dr. Robert Evans who resided at 530 S. 12th St. - -Both residences are of brick construction, fronting east on Twelfth -Street, and were built about the same time in 1913. Dr. Bowen purchased -his lot in 1912 and erected the house a year later. - -The Bowen residence is now owned and occupied by another physician and -his wife—Dr. and Mrs. Walter E. Gower—who acquired the property in 1946. -The house has one unique feature—lightning rods on the roof. - -The home has five rooms and a half bath on the first floor, four -bedrooms and bath on the second floor and two finished rooms on the -third floor. There is a butler’s pantry and a second pantry on the first -floor, both with their original cupboards. In the butler’s pantry is a -small heating element to keep dishes warm during the winter months. - -Woodwork in the house has the original finish and has never been redone. -The Gowers have been told that the excellent varnish finish is the same -as used on the early-day Pullman railroad cars. - -Dr. Bowen was born in Marion, Ill., in 1869 and as a youth of 15 moved -with his parents to Kossuth County where the family settled near Algona. -He attended the Algona public schools and later Northern Illinois Normal -School in Dixon, Ill. In 1895 he graduated from the University of Iowa -Medical college and began the practice of medicine at Whittemore. After -five years he sold his practice and went to Berlin, Germany, for a year. - -Returning to the United States in 1901 he came to Fort Dodge where he -was a prominent physician and surgeon until 1940 when he retired. He and -Dr. Evans practiced together for 24 years. - -Dr. Bowen was active in medical societies and served as president of the -Iowa Medical Society. He was a charter Fellow of the American College of -Surgeons which was organized in 1913. - -In 1895 Dr. Bowen was married to Miss May King and they were parents of -a son, Harold, and a daughter, Lydia. Dr. Bowen died in Fort Dodge in -1944 at age 75. - - - - - THE CHENEY HOME - - -An early-day Fort Dodge banker—John C. Cheney—built this home at 1008 -3rd Ave. S. in 1896—another of the fine residences constructed in the -1890-1900 era. - -Cheney was one of the organizers of the Fort Dodge National Bank (now -the First National Bank) and first president when it began business in -1882. He and his wife resided in the Third Avenue South home until 1913 -when it was acquired by J. R. Mulroney. The Mulroney family owned the -property until 1931 when it was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kelley. - -The three-story house is of frame construction with a large open porch -on the front. On the first floor are parlor, dining room, library and -kitchen with breakfast nook that earlier was a butler’s pantry. The -second floor has five bedrooms and two baths; the third floor includes a -large finished room and storage space. - -A first floor fireplace in the home is unique in that it won second -prize in the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1892-1893. It reportedly -was purchased by Cheney and shipped to Fort Dodge for his new home that -was constructed shortly after the exposition closed. - -The fireplace is made of hand carved oak with red tile around the fire -area. The ornate mantel atop the fireplace has a large mirror with -lights on either side. Columns on sides of the fireplace are topped by -hand carved gargoyles. - -Mulroney, who once owned the property was a well-known Fort Dodger and -one of the owners and officers of the Mulroney Manufacturing Company. -The company produced overalls and work clothes for many years and -distributed them over a wide area. The three-story building at First -Avenue North and Seventh Street now occupied by the Marso & Rodenborn -Manufacturing Company is the former plant of the Mulroney firm. - - [Illustration: The Cheney home - 1008 3rd Avenue South] - -Tom Kelley and his wife, Mary Brady Kelley, moved into the house in the -fall of 1931. Kelley was a widely-known insurance man who organized the -Kelley Insurance Agency now located at 216 S. 8th St. Two of his sons, -Robert and Thomas X., are presently members of the firm carrying on the -business. - -Following the deaths of Kelley in 1958 and Mrs. Kelley in 1959 the -property was transferred to Robert and Thomas Kelley and their sister, -Mrs. Charles H. McCrea of Las Vegas, Nev., the former Mary Loyola -Kelley. The home has been rented for many years and currently is -occupied by the Robert Tarbox family. - - - - - THE GEORGE GILLMAN HOME - - -The large two-story brick and cement faced residence at 400 N. 9th St. -has been known as the Gillman home since it was built in 1915 by George -W. Gillman, a prominent pharmacist and businessman of Fort Dodge. - -Gillman lived there until his death in 1959. The house is now owned by -William J. Thatcher. Two apartments in the home are currently rented -out. - -Henry Kehm & Sons—well-known brick masons and home builders here for -many years—constructed the house for Gillman. Originally it had living -room, solarium, music room, dining room and kitchen on the first floor; -four bedrooms, bathrooms and sleeping porch on the second floor. A large -attic provided storage space. - -Gillman started his drug store here in 1904 at the southwest corner of -First Avenue South and Seventh Street in a new building erected by Colby -Brothers, who operated a livery barn here in the earlier days. The store -was in operation at this location until the spring of 1974 when it -closed its doors after 70 years of continuous operation. Roy W. Gillman, -son of the store’s founder, was associated with the firm for 56 years -and the owner until the store closed. - -The senior Gillman, who was 79 at time of his death, was born in Nowlin, -S. D., and came with his family to Badger at an early age. As a boy he -worked in the Campbell & Tower drug store here and later graduated in -pharmacy from Highland Park University in Des Moines. After working with -Campbell & Tower as a registered pharmacist he opened his own store. - - [Illustration: The George Gillman home - 400 N. Ninth Street] - -Gillman was active in pharmacy circles and was a member of the State -Board of Pharmacy for 18 years, serving as its chairman several times. - -Gillman was also interested in the theater and was president of the -Princess Theater Company which built and operated the Princess here for -many years. During his years as manager, the theater offered some of the -finest vaudeville available and also booked in outstanding shows with -celebrated performers. The theater finally closed its doors and in 1939 -the building was sold to the First National Bank. It is now the home of -the bank at 18 N. 9th St. - - - - - THE VINCENT HOUSE - - -One of the few remaining landmarks in Fort Dodge is the historic Vincent -home at 824 3rd Ave. S. The house is now more than a century old, having -been built in 1871 by James Swain, a pioneer Fort Dodge resident who was -in the wholesale and retail drug business. - -The house was purchased in 1879 by Webb Vincent, an early-day Fort Dodge -industrialist and one of the founders of the gypsum industry here in -1872. Associated with him at that time in the establishment of the Fort -Dodge Plaster Mills were George S. Ringland and Stillman T. Meservey. - -The Webb Vincent family moved into the spacious home Oct. 17, 1879. It -had been occupied continuously by members of the family until the death -in 1969 of Mrs. Anne Vincent, widow of Donald Vincent. - -The home has an exterior of red brick—a “soft brick” made from red clay -that was found extensively in this area. Foundation walls are of -limestone set in mortar. These stones of different sizes and roughly -hewn form a foundation wall about seven feet high. Exterior house walls -are 30 inches thick and interior walls are 24 inches thick. - -Rooms of the house are large. Ceilings on the first floor are 14 feet -high, on the second floor 12 feet high and on the third floor nine feet -high. The third floor included a ballroom, 20 × 50 feet in size, where -many early-day parties were held. - - [Illustration: The Vincent House - 824 3rd Avenue South] - -The Vincent House was entered on the National Register of Historic -Places in 1973 and in 1974 was allocated $1,200 in federal funds for -preservation purposes. The money will be used for restoration of the -third floor ballroom in the house. - -The beautiful home at the northwest corner of Third Avenue South and -Ninth Street has been preserved through the years in excellent -condition. It survived a battle in 1957 and 1958 with the Federal -Government when it was proposed to raze the structure to make room for -the nearby Federal Building and Post Office. - -Mrs. Anne Vincent bequeathed the historic home to the Fort Dodge YWCA. -Income from a $150,000 trust fund may be used by the YWCA to keep the -home in good repair and to redecorate it. The home is now being used by -the organization for many gatherings. - - - - - THE FORD HOME - - -Fort Dodge mayor John F. Ford, who served from 1911 to 1919, resided in -this Fifth Avenue North home for many years with his wife and five -children. Ford won election as mayor when the city’s form of government -was changed from the ward system to the present commission system. - -The first City Council under the commission form included Mayor Ford, -Commissioner Frank W. Collins and Commissioner C. H. (Cad) Smith. At -that time Collins was in charge of the department of accounts, finances, -public properties and parks. Smith headed the department of public -safety, streets and public improvements. - -The two-story frame house at 1242 5th Ave. N., which the Ford family -occupied was built in 1890 and acquired by the Fords in 1895. The home -has changed ownership a number of times since the Fords resided there -and presently is owned by Mrs. Fatima Habhab, who with her late husband, -Allie, purchased the property in 1953. - - [Illustration: The Ford home - 1242 5th Avenue North] - -Ford was prominent in Fort Dodge and Webster County affairs for many -years. He was born here in 1864 and when six years old moved with his -parents to a Jackson Township farm. He lived on the farm for 21 years -and then moved back to Fort Dodge. During his years on the farm Ford -taught school for 10 years during the winter months. - -In 1893 Ford was appointed deputy county auditor under Auditor T. A. -Cunningham and served in that capacity for six years, then was elected -county auditor and served for another six years. Later he was interested -in the R. B. Berryhill store at the northwest corner of Central Avenue -and Eighth Street which sold books, stationery and had a complete -newsstand. - -Ford was an outstanding bowler and a member of championship bowling -teams of Fort Dodge with other well-known men of his time. - -Mr. and Mrs. Ford were the parents of a son and four daughters. They -were Howard, Mary, Charlotte, Helen and Alice. - - - - - THE ROBERTS HOME - - -Another of the landmark homes along Third Avenue South is the Roberts -home, 919 3rd Ave. S., which housed publishers and editors of The -Messenger for many years. Built by George E. Roberts in 1888, the house -is a three-story frame structure with large porches that extend along -the north, east and south sides. - -Occupying an impressive location at the southwest corner of Third Avenue -South and Tenth Street, the house has an expansive yard extending -southward from the avenue for a considerable distance. Large trees also -surround the home. - - [Illustration: The Roberts home - 919 3rd Avenue South] - -Beautiful oak and cherry woodwork mark the interior of the rooms on the -first floor. A large open entrance hall with beamed oak ceiling is just -inside the front entryway. It features oak woodwork and a large -fireplace with a carved oak mantel. The open stairway to the second -floor is flanked by large columns of Grecian design. - -The adjoining library room also has a fireplace and is unique with its -cherry woodwork and massive open bookcases. A large handcrafted wood -archway over a huge window at the east separates the bookcases. Floors -in the entrance hall, library, living room and dining room are of oak. -There are four bedrooms and two baths on the second floor and attic -space on the third floor. The house has a large basement area, including -a cyclone cellar with an arched brick ceiling. - -George E. Roberts was an outstanding early-day newspaperman and also -served for a time as state printer for Iowa. He advanced from the -publishing business here to the office of director of the United States -Mint and later to high banking positions. - -When Roberts left Fort Dodge in 1898 he was succeeded at The Messenger -by his brother, Charles A. Roberts, who also purchased the home at 919 -3rd Ave. S. Charles Roberts was head of The Messenger until his death -Jan. 1, 1933. - -Following the death of Mrs. Roberts in 1957, the Roberts home was -inherited by Mrs. John C. Deardorf, the former Catherine Vincent. She -presently occupies the stately home. - - - - - THE GRIFFITH HOME - - -One of the fine homes in the south part of Fort Dodge is the residence -at 1234 6th Ave. S. whose history dates back to the 1870s. Familiarly -known as the Griffith home, it was occupied by the Frank Griffith family -for many years. - -City assessor records show the original portion of the home at this -location was built in 1871, but was remodeled, enlarged and modernized -years later. Located on parts of two lots, the house has a 93-foot -frontage on Sixth Avenue South and 106 feet on Thirteenth Street. - - [Illustration: The Griffith home - 1234 6th Avenue South] - -John F. Duncombe, pioneer attorney here, was the first owner of the -property before a house was erected there. He sold the lots in 1861 to a -William Kellner who, in turn, disposed of the property to William C. -Young. The original house is believed to have been built by Young as he -retained ownership of the property until 1883. - -Frank W. Griffith, an architect who later was manager of the U. S. -Gypsum plant here, purchased the home in 1914. Age of the house is shown -by the fact that its construction includes solid walnut studdings, -walnut floor joists and walnut sheathing. Foundation walls are of -limestone. - -The two-story house has a shingle exterior. The first floor has living -room, L-shaped dining room, playroom, kitchen, screened-in porch and -large entrance hall. On the second floor are three bedrooms, bath, -screened-in porch and attic space. - -Griffith came to Fort Dodge in 1901 to design the Blanden gypsum mill -located about a mile east of the present Celotex plant. He also -supervised construction of the plant of the American Independent Gypsum -Company organized in 1906. - -Griffith then went to Chicago with the United States Gypsum Company and -in 1908 was transferred to Fort Dodge as manager of the local mill and -office. Later he was transferred to Alabaster, Mich., and then returned -to Fort Dodge in 1913 as manager of the U. S. G. plant. He remained as -plant manager here until 1921 when he resigned to resume architectural -work. His son, Stanford W. Griffith, later joined him in the business -and is presently head of the Griffith Company architectural firm here. -The elder Griffith continued work as an architect until his death in -1953. - -The Griffith home is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Carney who -reside there. - - - - - THE BUTLER HOUSE - - -This attractive white frame house at 924 5th Ave. N. dates its history -back to 1880 and from 1901 until 1945 was known as the Paddy Butler -home. During this 44-year period it was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick -D. (Paddy) Butler and family. - - [Illustration: The Butler House - 924 5th Avenue North] - -Earlier the house was the First Presbyterian Church’s manse and was -occupied by Dr. J. Milton Greene, the church pastor, from 1893 to 1899. -During these years the residence was familiarly called the “Preacher -Greene” house. - -The two-story house has unique bow windows of a type used in early-day -construction. Originally it had a parlor, two sitting rooms, bedroom, -bath, kitchen and dining room on the first floor. The second floor had -three large bedrooms and there also was an attic. - -Albert E. Clark who acquired the lot at the northwest corner of Fifth -Avenue North and Tenth Street in 1880 built the house that year. He -owned the property until 1884 when it was sold to Thomas Sargent, a -well-known early-day resident. Sargent kept the home until 1893 when it -was sold to the Presbyterian Church for its minister, Dr. Greene. - -In 1901 the church sold the house to the Butlers and it remained in the -family’s possession until 1945 when sold to Effie R. Davis. J. Aaron -Davis purchased the property in 1958 and resided there until 1970 when -he sold it to the present owners, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Ackerman of Des -Moines. - -Butler, who owned the home for many years, was a farmer and livestock -raiser in Webster and Humboldt counties. There were four daughters and -two sons in the family—Mrs. F. E. Ludgate (Josephine) now deceased; Mrs. -Mary Savage and Mrs. T. J. Tokheim (Ina) both of Fort Dodge; and Mrs. -George Brennan (Esther) of Littleton, Colo.; John Butler, deceased, and -Harry Butler of Fort Dodge. - -Mrs. Tokheim, her husband and family resided in Lytton for many years -and while there constructed a new home. She was so impressed with the -bow windows in her parents’ home here that similar windows were -installed in their Lytton home. - -The Butler home was remodeled after its purchase by the Davis family and -now includes two apartments which the Ackermans rent out. - - - - - THE J. B. BLACK HOME - - -A well-known Webster County farmer, who was also an early-day auto -dealer in Fort Dodge, built the home at 1102 5th Ave. N. and occupied it -with his family for many years. - - [Illustration: The J. B. Black home - 1102 5th Avenue North] - -He was J. B. Black who acquired the property at the northeast corner of -Fifth Avenue North and Eleventh Street in 1893 and erected the home the -same year. The home site was purchased from David Fessler, pioneer -merchant and fur trader who resided at 1110 5th Ave. N. - -Black owned a farm northeast of the city and lived there until the home -in town was completed. After moving into town he continued to operate -his farm with a hired man. - -The large two-story frame house with full basement has been enlarged and -remodeled since the Blacks resided there. It has changed ownership a -number of times and has been owned by Hassan Habhab since 1947. The -house now has two apartments that are rented out. - -Black became interested in early-day autos and operated a garage here -with a partner, Will Kirkpatrick, under the name of Black & Kirkpatrick. -The firm began business in 1908 and continued operations until 1918. The -garage originally was at 1104 Central Avenue, but later moved to other -downtown locations. During 10 years in business Black & Kirkpatrick was -dealer for the line of EMF and Everett automobiles—both of which long -ago passed out of the motor car picture. - -In addition to his farming and auto operations, Black in his early-days -here was in the butcher shop business with the Wolverton Brothers at -Central Avenue and Eighth Street. Mr. and Mrs. Black were parents of two -sons and three daughters—Ben and Irving, Miss Edna Black, Miss Laura -Black and Mrs. Lucy J. Carpenter. - -Black owned farm property at the north end of Dolliver State Park and -part of this land was sold to the state when the park was established in -1922. Irving Black also farmed some of the land near the park for a -number of years. The elder Mr. Black spent the later years of his life -at his farm home near Dolliver Park and died there in 1935 at age 79. - - - - - THE MESERVEY HOME - - -President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt was a guest in the Stillman T. -Meservey home at 923 1st Ave. S. when he visited Fort Dodge in 1902—the -residence that now is the Bruce Funeral Home. - - [Illustration: The Meservey home - 923 1st Avenue South] - -The Meservey home was large and spacious with many elegantly furnished -rooms on its three floors. There were seven fireplaces in the home which -provided heat to the many rooms during the winter months. The first -floor included living room, dining room, library finished in black -walnut, kitchen and pantry, butler and maid’s quarters. There was also a -large reception hall from which the solid oak open stairway led -upstairs. - -The second floor had a balcony area at the head of the stairs, five -bedrooms and two bathrooms. On the third floor is a complete apartment. - -Meservey, one of the city’s most prominent early-day residents, was born -in Clinton, Ill., in 1848 and came to Fort Dodge with his parents in -1856. After completing his education in the public schools and high -school here he graduated from Clinton Liberal Institute with a degree in -pharmacy. He returned to Fort Dodge and for some time was associated -with the Cheney and Meservey drug firm. That was the start of his -meteoric rise as a merchant, industrialist, banker, financier and -politician. - -In 1886 Meservey bought the property at the southwest corner of First -Avenue South and Tenth Street and in 1890 erected the large brick -residence. It was the showplace of the town and the meeting place for -many social and civic events. During this era the Meserveys entertained -President Roosevelt. - -Meservey was one of the founders of the gypsum industry here in 1872 and -for many years was associated with the U. S. Gypsum Company as -secretary. He was also associated with civic and commercial enterprises, -including the city’s street railway system. Interested in politics he -was elected to the City Council for several terms and served as mayor of -Fort Dodge for three terms. He also was elected to the Iowa Legislature. - -In 1905 Meservey moved to Chicago where he was active with the U. S. -Gypsum Company. In 1908 he sold the home here to Thomas D. Healy and the -Healy family resided there for many years. In 1936 it was sold to Mr. -and Mrs. Byron Wilder who moved their funeral parlor there and it since -has been used as a funeral home. Mack B. Bruce acquired an interest in -the business in 1938 and it operated as Wilder & Bruce until the Bruces -purchased the Wilder interest in 1945. Since then it has been Bruces -Funeral Home. - - - - - THE LARRABEE HOME - - - [Illustration: The Larrabee home - 1222 6th Avenue South] - -The son of an early-day governor of Iowa—Charles Larrabee Sr. and his -family—occupied this residence at 1222 6th Ave. S. for many years. - -Charles Larrabee was one of the seven children of Gov. William Larrabee, -Iowa’s chief executive from 1886 through 1889. Gov. Larrabee was born in -Ledyard, Conn., in 1832 and came to Iowa in 1853, settling at Clermont -in Fayette County. His home—Montauk—is now a historical museum there. - -Interested in farming he began purchasing land in the northeastern part -of Iowa and soon became one of the largest land owners in the state. In -1867 Larrabee was elected to the Iowa Senate and served for 18 years. He -was elected governor in 1885 and served four years. - -Two of Gov. Larrabee’s children became residents of Fort Dodge—Charles -and Frederic. Charles was a land owner, banker and capitalist. Frederic -was also a land owner and a purebred livestock raiser specializing in -Brown Swiss cattle which won many awards. He also was a state senator -from this district. - -The Larrabee home here was erected in 1910. The two-story frame house -has a large open front porch with heavy supporting pillars. Much of the -interior woodwork is solid walnut. The house was owned by the Larrabees -until 1944. Since then it has changed hands several times and presently -is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Heller Sr. Heller is in the mechanical -department at the Hormel plant here and Mrs. Heller is a licensed -realtor. - -The house now has two apartments. The Hellers and their family occupy -the apartment in the main part of the home and the other is rented out. - -The Hellers have seven children. They are: twins, Dr. Joseph Heller Jr., -a pediatrician in Dubuque and Michael, director of marketing for Emerson -Electric in Honeoye Falls, N. Y.; Thomas, manager of controls for United -Air Lines in San Francisco, Calif.; Robert, a computer programmer and -analyst with Lockheed Aircraft in Sunnyvale, Calif.; and David, student -at St. Edmond High School; daughters, Diane, married to Richard -McCarville of Fort Dodge; and, Elizabeth, student at Iowa Central. - -Mr. and Mrs. Charles Larrabee Sr. were parents of two sons and a -daughter. They are: Charles Jr., a retired Pan American Airlines -official in Coral Gables, Fla.; Frederic, a law professor in Nashville, -Tenn.; and Mrs. Lawrence Heileman, the former Anne Larrabee, in -Bridgeport, Conn. The elder Larrabees are now deceased. - - - - - THE BRENNAN HOME - - - [Illustration: The Brennan home - 560 3rd Avenue North] - -John J. Brennan, store owner and city commissioner in later years, built -this large two-story brick residence in 1899 and resided there for 24 -years. Located at 560 3rd Ave. N., it occupies the northwest corner of -Third Avenue North and Seventh Street. - -Brennan and Charles Furlong operated the Furlong & Brennan store here -from the late 1890’s until 1920 when it was closed. The store which -featured groceries and general merchandise, was located at the northeast -corner of the City Square. - -The Brennan house originally had a large entrance hall, sitting room, -parlor, living room, dining room, bedroom, kitchen and half bath on the -first floor; five bedrooms and bath on the second floor. The Brennan -family lived in the home until 1923 when they built a new brick house at -Sixth Avenue North and Tenth Street. The house at 560 3rd Ave. N. has -changed hands a number of times and is now owned by D. R. Gumm of Fort -Dodge. The house has six apartments that are rented out by the Gumms. A -large open porch extends along the south and east sides of the house. - -Brennan was born in Kingston-on-Hudson, N. Y., and came to the Fort -Dodge area with his parents in 1881. The family settled in Elkhorn -Township where they farmed and raised cattle. In 1886 Brennan’s father, -also named John, purchased six lots north of the Pleasant Valley. - -After the Furlong & Brennan store was closed, Brennan was associated -with M. J. (Joe) Haire and John Laufersweiler in the Oleson Land Company -here. In 1924 Brennan was appointed to the City Council of Fort Dodge as -commissioner of parks and streets following the death of Commissioner H. -R. Beresford. He held the council office until 1931. - -Brennan died in 1945 at age 84 and Mrs. Brennan died in 1947 at age 82. -The Brennans were parents of three daughters, Mrs. Edmund Condon of Fort -Dodge, Mrs. Norma Kelly of Davenport and Mrs. Eleanor Lawler, now -deceased. - - - - - THE ROBERT HEALY HOME - - - [Illustration: The Robert Healy home - 1126 5th Avenue North] - -The house at 1126 5th Ave. N. was the home of the Robert Healy family -for many years. Healy and his brothers, Michael F. and Thomas D., were -widely-known attorneys here. - -The home, which has been remodeled and modernized in past years, is now -owned and occupied by J. A. Leary. - -Robert Healy was born in Lansing, Iowa, in 1872 and came to Fort Dodge -with his parents when eight years old. After his schooling here he -attended Notre Dame University and then completed law studies at the -University of Michigan. Two Healy sisters—Kate and Lizzie—also attended -Michigan University. While at the university Robert Healy met Iva Bruce, -a student from Birmingham, Mich., and they were married in 1900. - -After graduating from law school in 1898 Robert Healy practiced law in -Rockwell City for two years. Upon the retirement of A. N. Botsford, he -then became associated with his brothers Thomas and Michael and B. B. -Burnquist in the practice of law in Fort Dodge. - -Later Robert Healy practiced law alone here for a time and then he and -Maurice Breen were partners for a number of years until Healy’s death in -1929 at age 57. - -The home at 1126 5th Ave. N. was built in 1900 and purchased by the -Healys in 1902. It was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Healy and their -children, Louise, Iva and Bruce until 1917 when they moved to a -residence a block east. Later another of the Healy -brothers—William—resided there. - -Peter Russell, well-known to several generations of Fort Dodgers, was -employed by the Healys for many years while they lived in the 1126 5th -Ave. N. house. He worked as a groomsman in charge of the family’s -driving horses and a pony and also did yard work. He continued with the -family until resigning to take over as parlor car porter with the Fort -Dodge Des Moines & Southern electric line. - -Mrs. Robert Healy, now 97, lives in Chicago with her daughter, Louise. -Another daughter, Iva, now Sister Jean Gabriel, taught in Rock Island, -Ill., and St. Louis, Mo., and is now with Cathedral High School in -Chicago. The son, Bruce, resided in Chicago for many years until his -recent death. - - - - - THE KIRCHNER HOME - - - [Illustration: The Kirchner home - 106 S. Thirteenth Street] - -This early-day Fort Dodge home—built in 1866—is unique in that it is -still occupied by one of the members of the family of the builder. - -The home was constructed by Jacob Kirchner, one of the first of a number -of industrially minded pioneer businessmen to locate in this growing -little town over a century ago. Located at the southwest corner of First -Avenue South and Thirteenth Street, the house carries the address of 106 -S. 13th St. - -Elmer Kirchner, son of this pioneer factory and flour mill operator, and -his wife, Wilma, reside in this historic home which they have occupied -since 1936. Two other sons of the elder Kirchner are also Fort Dodge -residents. They are Jacob Kirchner Jr. and John Kirchner—practicing -attorneys. Elmer is a retired farm manager and real estate broker. Prior -to the time the Elmer Kirchners moved into the house, it was occupied by -Jacob Kirchner Jr. and his mother for many years. - -The elder Kirchner built the home after purchasing Block 18 in the area -between Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets and First and Second Avenues -South. Of two-story frame construction, the house is painted white and -has green shutters. In the years since it was constructed, the house has -been remodeled and modernized. - -Kirchner was born in Germany and at the age of 2 came with his parents -to the United States. They settled first in Bern Township, N. Y. and -after several years moved to Iowa and settled in the Peterson area. When -gold was found in Colorado Kirchner joined the rush there, found some -gold and returned home. - -Before moving to Fort Dodge in 1866 Kirchner bought and sold thousands -of acres of land in Clay County. On arrival here he built a saw mill, -sash and door factory at First Avenue South and Twelfth Street. Later he -rebuilt the sash factory into a large modern flour mill that produced -the finest white flour, whole wheat, meals and various milling staples. -He operated the mill for more than 30 years. The mill finally was -closed, was idle for six years and in 1912 burned to the ground. - -Kirchner was active in Fort Dodge affairs, was one of the founders of -the Commercial National Bank and served on the City Council in 1874, -1875, 1879 and 1880. His brother Christian was also elected to the -council from another ward. The elder Jacob Kirchner died in 1909; Mrs. -Kirchner died in 1962. - - - - - THE ABEL HOME - - - [Illustration: The Abel home - 1333 2nd Avenue South] - -A former Webster County treasurer and brick and tile company officer -built the original section of this spacious residence at 1333 2nd Ave. -S. in 1891. He was John H. Abel, a native of Germany, who came to the -United States in 1867 at age 13 and lived on a farm in Colfax Township -for several years. - -In 1888 Abel moved into Fort Dodge and three years later purchased two -lots at the southwest corner of Second Avenue South and Fourteenth -Street where he built his home. In 1904 he enlarged the house. - -W. H. Koeper purchased the home in 1934, enlarged and remodeled it into -a funeral home which he operated until selling the business to L. O. -Guenther in 1947. Guenther merged the business with Bruces in 1972 and -the house later was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Halligan of 1415 2nd -Ave. S. They, in turn, did some further remodeling and now have two -apartments in the house which are rented out. - -Abel was engaged in various activities here before being appointed -deputy county treasurer in 1892 under C. W. Newton. He served in this -capacity until 1896 when he was elected to the treasurer’s post for two -terms. - -After leaving the county treasurer’s office, Abel became interested in -the brick and tile business here and was president of the Fort Dodge -Brick & Tile Company from 1900 until 1922. This clay plant was in the -northwest part of the city near the east end of the Hawkeye Avenue -bridge over the Des Moines River. The brick plant was sold in 1922 but -continued operations for a time and then was closed. Abel retired from -active work after the clay plant was sold. - -Abel was interested in other businesses in Fort Dodge including the Fort -Dodge Serum Company, Plymouth Gypsum Company and the Fort Dodge Foundry. -He was also a director of the Fort Dodge National Bank (now the First -National Bank) in its early years. - -Active in church work he was treasurer of the Iowa District of the -Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod from 1893 to 1912. He died in 1946 at age -91. Mr. and Mrs. Abel were parents of two daughters and a son—Miss -Mathilda Abel, now deceased, Mrs. W. H. (Amanda) Koeper and A. C. Abel, -who was assistant Fort Dodge postmaster for many years. - - - - - THE AMOND HOME - - -This large frame house was built in 1902 by John W. Amond, widely-known -Fort Dodge coal dealer and farm land owner. Located at 1024 6th Ave. N., -it has a large open porch that extends across the south side and a -portion of the east side—one of few such large porches on homes here. -Ionic columns support the roof over the porch. - -The first floor includes parlor, living room, dining room, kitchen and -butler’s pantry, hallway and vestibule. A large open stairway with a -landing area or nook leads to the second floor where there are five -bedrooms and bath. - -All of the first floor rooms have parquet oak floors, oak woodwork and -the stairway nook is paneled in oak. Ionic columns and an archway mark -the entrance to the large dining room with its plate rail and built-in -china closet. The living room has its original fireplace with tile -hearth and red oak mantel with large mirror. - -The original chandeliers in the downstairs rooms are combination gas and -electric and there is a large art window on the east side with stained -and leaded glass. A large two-story carriage house is at the rear of the -lot. - -Amond was born in Alsace-Lorraine (part of France) in 1861 and came to -the United States with his parents who settled in Illinois. Later the -family moved to Iowa and acquired farm land near Barnum. Amond purchased -large tracts of Webster County land which he farmed for many years. In -addition he owned a coal mine southeast of the city and was in the coal -business here for many years with offices on Central Avenue and south -Eighth Street. - -Mr. and Mrs. Amond were parents of six children, three of whom died -during their early years. Others were Mrs. Edna Hogan, well-known artist -and widow of Jack Hogan, Fort Dodge; Mrs. Bernard Steinle and Jack -Amond, both of whom are deceased. Jack Amond was in the coal business -with his father and also managed the family farms until his death. He -and his wife, Eva, moved into the Sixth Avenue North home in 1929. The -property is now owned by Mrs. Peter (Eva) Paterson. - - [Illustration: The Amond home - 1024 6th Avenue North] - -The Amond Coal Company ceased operations here in 1945 after having been -in continuous business since 1895. Amond died in 1925 at age 64. Mrs. -Amond died in 1949. - - - - - THE KELLEHER HOME - - -Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Kelleher built this home at 701 Crest Avenue in -Snell Place in 1921 and resided there with their family for 26 years. -Kelleher, a prominent Fort Dodge attorney, practiced law here for more -than 60 years and was widely known for his legal activities. - -The house, of brick and frame construction, is spacious and has rooms on -first and second floors as well as in the basement. The first floor -includes living room, dining room, family room, kitchen, conservatory, -three bedrooms and bath. There are fireplaces in the living room and -family room. On the second floor are three bedrooms and bath and large -walk-in linen closet. The basement has a drive-in garage and five rooms -including a large recreation room. There is also a screened-in front -porch. - -The house has changed ownership only twice since it was built. In 1947 -the Kellehers sold the residence to the First Presbyterian Church of -Fort Dodge and it was the home of ministers of the church until 1960. On -May 25, 1960, it was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Maurice E. Stark who presently -occupy it with their family. Stark is a well-known tax attorney. - -Kelleher died in 1964 at age 92 after a distinguished legal career here -since 1902. After graduation from the University of Iowa law school in -1893 he began law practice in Des Moines and then went to Pomeroy where -he remained until moving to Fort Dodge. - -He was associated with a number of Fort Dodge attorneys including the -Healy brothers, William S. Kenyon, Maurice O’Connor, Richard F. Mitchell -and his son John Kelleher. During World War I Kelleher was appointed to -the War Trade Board in Washington, D. C., by President Woodrow Wilson. -Later he was named solicitor for the Bureau of Internal Revenue and -special assistant to the United States Attorney General in trial of -cases throughout the country. - - [Illustration: The Kelleher home - 701 Crest Avenue] - -Mr. and Mrs. Kelleher were parents of five children—Leo of Fort Dodge; -John of Waukegan, Ill.; Edward and Mrs. John Staff of Milwaukee, Wis.; -and Mrs. James Hart of Highland Park, Ill. Mrs. Kelleher is now a -resident of the Marian Home in Fort Dodge. - - - - - THE DONALD VINCENT HOME - - -This Second Avenue South residence was identified for years by the huge -landmark oak tree in the front yard. Reported to be more than 100 years -old, the tree still stands in the yard at 1010 2nd Ave. S. - -The house was built in 1909 and occupied by the Donald Vincents and -their daughters, Catherine and Nancy, until 1932 when they moved into -the historic “Vincent House” at 824 3rd Ave. S. Presently the house is -occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jahn Jr., who purchased the property in -1951. - -Mr. and Mrs. Vincent acquired the building lot in 1908 and the following -year erected the spacious two-story brick home. The first floor has -living room, dining room, kitchen, pantry and lavatory; the second floor -has four bedrooms and bath. The finished attic has one room. - -The front yard tree—known as the “Hawkeye Oak”—was once recognized as -the finest example of its species (burr oak) in Iowa. It was graceful -and majestic in earlier years with spreading branches that extended well -over the sidewalk and street. At one time it received a plaque from the -Garden Club of Iowa for its outstanding appearance and age. - -The tree now has lost many of its stately limbs and today little -attention is paid to it. Removal of the lower limbs started some years -ago when a house mover cut off one branch. In an attempt to give it -symmetry other branches were then cut off. - -After Mr. and Mrs. Vincent and family moved from the home it was rented -from 1932 until 1945 by Mr. and Mrs. Alan Loth. Mrs. Winston O. -Larrabee, widow of Charles Larrabee Sr., purchased the property in 1945 -and resided there until selling it to Mr. and Mrs. Jahn in 1951. - -Donald Vincent was prominent in business and industrial affairs, being -one of the organizers of the Vincent Clay Products Company and for years -was an officer of the Fort Dodge Grocery Company. He was also identified -with banking interests here, serving as president of The State Bank for -many years. Jahn is in the furniture refinishing and upholstering work. -He and his wife are also antique collectors and have remodeled the -interior of their home for displays of their collections. They also own -the adjoining corner house which they are remodeling into a future gift -and antique shop. - - [Illustration: The Donald Vincent home - 1010 2nd Avenue South] - - - - - THE ELECTRIC HOME - - -Residents of the city who have lived here for about 50 years will -probably recall that this home was popularly known in the mid-1920s as -the “electric house.” Built by A. S. Jackman, a Fort Dodge electrical -contractor, the home located at 1117 N. 19th St. is presently owned and -occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Merlin B. Hays and family. - -The home was one of the first built in the Elmhurst Acres area just west -of Dodger Stadium. It is located on a lot with a 120-foot frontage on -Nineteenth Street and extending 265 feet eastward to the stadium parking -lot. - -Jackman, who owned the Jackman Electric Company at 924 Central Avenue, -built the two-story brick home in 1923 and incorporated the most modern -electrical installations at that time. When completed Jackman, in -cooperation with the Fort Dodge Gas & Electric Company, arranged to have -open house and invited Fort Dodge and area residents to visit it. The -newest and latest electrical appliances such as refrigerators, washing -machines, toasters and the like were on display along with beautiful -electrical fixtures in the various rooms. - -The basic arrangement of the home has not changed much through the years -but owners did considerable remodeling to fit their needs. The first -floor includes spacious living and dining rooms, family or TV room, -kitchen and bedroom with half bath. The second floor has three bedrooms -and bath. There is also a large floored attic and a full basement. The -house originally had a tile roof but this has been replaced with new -type roofing. All spouting on the house is of copper. The home is set -back a considerable distance from Nineteenth Street and there is a -circular driveway leading to the house. - - [Illustration: The Electric Home - 1117 No. Nineteenth Street] - -Mr. and Mrs. Hays purchased the home in 1959 from John and Ann Doud who -acquired it in 1955. Other earlier owners were Arthur Westerman, Richard -Paul and Robert Lentz. - -Hays, present owner of the attractive home, is a virologist with the -Fort Dodge Laboratories. He and his wife are parents of four -children—three boys and a girl. - - - - - THE MINKEL HOUSE - - -This Fort Dodge home—known for many years as “the Minkel house”—dates -its history back nearly 100 years as it was built in 1876, according to -county records. Located at 1008 6th Ave. N., the home has been remodeled -at various times during these many years and is presently owned and -occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Moses. They purchased the property in -1961 and added a combination living room and bedroom with bath on the -east side. - -The house now has a living room, dining room, three bedrooms and two -baths on the first floor and two bedrooms upstairs. Two wood-burning -fireplaces—one in the living room, the other in the east bedroom—have -now been converted to gas. - -The house acquired the Minkel name because it was owned and occupied by -L. H. Minkel, Fort Dodge school superintendent and his family, for many -years. Minkel came to Fort Dodge to take over the school position and -continued as superintendent until 1923. The Minkel family resided in the -Sixth Avenue home during this period and for many succeeding years when -Minkel was in the insurance business here. The Minkel heirs sold the -home to Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. DeFoe, who in turn, sold it to the Moses -family. - -Mr. and Mrs. Minkel were parents of five children—Lewis Minkel, now -retired and living in Laguna Hills, Calif.; Eleanor, now deceased who -was married to Roger Files of Fort Dodge; Dr. Roger Minkel, now -deceased; Elizabeth (Betty) Myser of Ketchikan, Alaska; and Willard -Minkel of La Mesa, Calif. - -Minkel purchased the home when he came to the city early in 1911. John -F. Duncombe, pioneer Fort Dodge attorney and industrialist, acquired the -lot on which the house is located in 1864. In 1872 he sold the lot to -Julia A. Ingersoll and it was during her ownership that the home was -built. - - [Illustration: The Minkel house - 1008 6th Avenue North] - -Stories about the house relate that it once was occupied by a Dutch -seaman who built a cupola in the style of a ship’s pilot house on the -porch above the front entryway. It was removed many years ago. - -Mr. Moses, the present owner of the house, is an Illinois Central -Railroad conductor. He and his wife are parents of three daughters, all -of whom are married and living elsewhere. - - - - - THE CONWAY HOME - - -An early-day lumber dealer—Owen Conway—who came to the United States in -1845 from his native Ireland and to Fort Dodge in 1865 built the house -at 400 S. 8th St. in 1882. - -Conway, who was in the hardware and lumber business here, resided in the -home with his family for many years. The house remained in possession of -members of the Conway family until 1946 when it was sold to John J. -Williams. It was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Howick who remodeled the -first floor into a spacious apartment for themselves. Mrs. Howick -continues to reside in the home following the death of her husband. - -A large porch extends across the front of the house which faces the -east. Square columns standing atop railing posts support the porch roof -and are joined together with ornate wood trim. Windows of the house have -distinctive outdoor arched tops and there are pointed dormers with -windows on the four sides of the roof. - -The home originally had a living room, parlor, dining room, master -bedroom and bath and kitchen on the first floor; six bedrooms and bath -on the second floor. The second floor has been converted into a large -apartment with three baths and there is also an apartment on the third -floor. Rooms downstairs are large with high ceilings, floors are of oak -and doors have double board casings. - -Conway’s first business venture in the city was a hardware store and in -1869 he established a lumber business at First Avenue South and Fifth -Street that continued until 1939. Conway’s sons James and John, were in -business with him for many years. After the business was incorporated in -1914 as the Conway Lumber Company the firm included Owen, John, James -and Ed Conway, the latter a son of John Conway. - - [Illustration: The Conway home - 400 So. Eighth Street] - -James, Dave and Eustace Conway, sons of the pioneer, operated a general -merchandise store at 612 1st Ave. S. and Dave, Eustace and Owen P. -Conway also had a general store and lumber yard in Moorland. Two other -sons, were in business in Clare—F. D. Conway, lumber and grain, and C. -P. Conway, general store. The elder Owen Conway died in 1916. - -Two grandchildren of the founder of the Conway firms reside in Fort -Dodge. They are Miss Delores and Owen Conway. There are also two great -grandsons living here—Ray and Robert Conway. - - - - - THE THIEDE HOME - - -Franz Thiede, who owned and operated a brick plant here for many years, -built this large brick residence in 1890. The 14-room house at 520 N. -2nd St. has changed little since it was built and today is owned by a -son, Frank Thiede and the estate of the late Elma Thiede. - -The house occupies the back portion of a lot that has a frontage of 160 -feet on Second Street and extends back 230 feet. The first floor of the -large, sturdy residence has a hall, parlor, living room, dining room, -sunroom, kitchen, bedroom and bath. On the second floor are six -bedrooms. - -Rooms on the first floor have 10½ foot ceilings and woodwork throughout -the house was cut from native lumber. The hall and parlor have walnut -woodwork as does the stairway to the second floor. Other rooms have oak -woodwork and oak floors. Doors and woodwork in the house shine with the -original varnish applied in 1890. - -Thiede was born in Germany and studied masonry and architectural work -there. He came to the U. S. in 1858 and at the age of 21 arrived in Fort -Dodge and began masonry work. In 1883 he and Charles Heileman organized -a brick manufacturing company and built a plant near the east end of the -Hawkeye Avenue bridge over the Des Moines River. - -The plant operated under the name of Thiede & Heileman until Heileman’s -death in 1895. In the spring of 1896 the company was reorganized under -the name of Thiede & Company. Later the name was changed to the Fort -Dodge Brick & Tile Company and continued under this name until the plant -was sold in 1922. - - [Illustration: The Thiede home - 520 No. Second Street] - -The company manufactured a high grade paving, building and sidewalk -brick and blocks as well as drain tile. One of the firm’s specialties -was a fine quality white pressed brick used in many homes and business -buildings here. Much of the brick used in paving streets in the city in -the early days came from the Thiede plant. - -Thiede erected several downtown buildings, also houses, and had a part -in the building of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. After a long and -successful business career in the city, he died in 1925 at age 88. - - - - - THE OLSON HOME - - -A house patterned after a “cozy cottage in Norway” is the Olson home at -1301 3rd Ave. N.—the home of Mr. and Mrs. Evan Olson, their son Bjorn, -and daughter, Mrs. Doris Olson Wood, for many years. - -The Olsons were women’s apparel designers and tailors and their expert -work was widely known. Olson and Mrs. Wood also were artists and their -paintings gained for them a wide reputation. - -The Olson house which has rooms on first and second floors, dates back -to 1897 when it was built on a lot across the street from its present -location. The original site was at the east end of Johnson Place. When -this block-long street was cut through from Twelfth to Thirteenth -Streets in 1911 in order to provide building lots in a previously -inaccessible area, the Olson house was moved to the southeast corner of -Third Avenue North and Thirteenth Street—its present location. - -The house remained in possession of Mrs. Wood for many years after the -death of her parents and she continued her tailoring and art work there. -After her death the property was sold in 1969 to Mrs. Helen L. Moreland -who presently resides there. - -Olson turned out many fine oil paintings during spare time from his -tailoring work. Mrs. Wood’s art work was mostly in water colors. Both -spent many hours in wooded areas around the city sketching and then -completing the paintings at home. Mrs. Wood also made a trip to Norway -where she did extensive sketching and painting. As a result many of her -water colors were scenes from Norway. She also turned out paintings of -farms and rural area scenes. - - [Illustration: The Olson home - 1301 3rd Avenue North] - -Mrs. Wood painted and decorated the kitchen of her home in the style of -Norwegian kitchens. It became so widely known that a picture of the -kitchen and a story about her work appeared in Better Homes and Gardens -magazine. The interior of the home has been remodeled by Mrs. Moreland -and the downstairs now includes a living room, two bedrooms and a -kitchen. The second floor has one bedroom and a bath. Walls have been -painted, new floors laid and jalousie doors installed. Exterior of the -house is painted red and growing on the outside walls are five different -varieties of ivy plants. - - - - - THE WRIGHT HOME - - -This was the residence of a pioneer businessman and early-day railroad -official—Thomas H. Wright. Built in the late 1880s, the home at 209 S. -7th St., has been owned and occupied by members of the Wright family -since then. Many changes have been made in the home since it was -constructed. In the late 1930s it was modernized, a new entryway was -added and brown cedar shingles were applied to the exterior. - -Isaac Garmoe, another pioneer businessman here, bought the property in -1873. Ten years later it was sold to Thomas H. Wright who later erected -the house which is still owned by his two daughters—the Misses Marie -Wright and Florence Wright. Marie is a retired Fort Dodge Senior and -Junior High school social studies teacher; Florence is the former -organist at First Presbyterian Church. - -The two-story frame house has two living rooms, dining room and kitchen -on the first floor; three bedrooms and bath on the second floor. A -garage is at the rear of the lot where once was a two-story barn that -housed the family’s horse, buggy and sleigh. - -Mr. Wright was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1840 and came to the United -States in 1871. He moved to Fort Dodge in the early 1880s where he was -trainmaster for the Illinois Central Railroad’s Sioux City division. -Later he was owner and partner in the hardware business here with S. J. -Robertson. Their store was at Central Avenue and Sixth Street. - - [Illustration: The Wright home - 209 So. Seventh Street] - -After retiring from the hardware business, Mr. Wright was in the real -estate and insurance business. He also was an officer and director of -the First Trust & Savings Bank, a division of the old First National -Bank, now the State Bank. Always civic minded, Wright served on the -public library board in the days of Capt. W. H. Johnston, one of the -city’s early library presidents. He was also a member and officer of the -First Presbyterian Church. - -There were six children in the Wright family—two boys who died during a -diphtheria epidemic; Misses Marie and Florence Wright; Thomas H. Wright -Jr., who died in Cedar Rapids in 1970; and Robert L. Wright of Oklahoma -City. The elder Mr. Wright died in 1932 at age 92. - - - - - THE VAN AULT HOME - - -This house at 1040 9th Ave. SW has been known as the home of Fort -Dodge’s “Santa Claus” for the past 39 years. “Santa Claus” is, of -course, Van J. Ault, 79, who was the official Santa for the Boston Store -here for 25 years and during that time greeted thousands of youngsters -in the store’s toyland. - -Van retired from his interesting occupation some years ago but -occasionally now will don the red and white costume and appear at a -party. Van figures he played the part of “Santa Claus” here for a total -of 49 years. While he spent much time as Santa he was a meat cutter by -trade and worked for the A. & P. Store here many years ago. Later he and -his son John purchased the Kubicek Grocery on Tenth Avenue Southwest and -operated it for a time. - -The Ault home is located on property that once was owned by Major -William Williams who platted Fort Dodge in 1854 and was its first mayor -and postmaster. The property has changed ownership many times since then -and was acquired by Van’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ault, in 1905. The -first deed of record for the property was dated 1864—a conveyance to C. -C. Smeltzer. - - [Illustration: The Van Ault home - 1040 9th Avenue Southwest] - -Original portion of the present house was built during the 1860s. Since -then it has been modernized extensively. Van and his wife purchased the -property in 1936 and have lived there since that time. The house had -four rooms when built, no porches and the exterior was marked by 1 × 12 -vertical siding. Van enlarged the house by adding two rooms, bath, two -large porches and a full basement. Van’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr. -and Mrs. Joe Winneka owned the house prior to its purchase by the Van -Aults. - -Mr. and Mrs. Ault were parents of four children—Robert with the Celotex -Corporation in Knoxville, Tenn.; John who owns Big John’s Place; Ray, -owner of Ray’s Meat Market; and Mrs. Paul (Lola) Lynch of Pioneer. - - - - - THE LOHR HOME - - -This sturdy brick residence was built 80 years ago in northeast Fort -Dodge when there was only one other house (the Lou Alger home) to the -east of its location at 1831 10th Ave. N. - -Known for years as the Lohr home, it has changed ownership a number of -times and for the past 29 years has been owned and occupied by a number -of well-known business and professional men here. Present owners are Mr. -and Mrs. M. James Hutchison who have lived in the home since 1967. - -The two-story house has a one-story brick addition on the east -side—built in recent years. Walls of the original home are of solid -brick construction so popular more than three quarters of a century ago. -The first floor includes the family room in the addition, living room, -dining room, kitchen and bath and three bedrooms and bath on the second -floor. - -The exterior brick is painted white and windows have black shutters. The -roof overhang is also painted black to match the roofing. The house -occupies two lots with a frontage of 75 feet on Tenth Avenue North and -190 feet in depth. - - [Illustration: The Lohr home - 1831 10th Avenue North] - -The house was built in 1895 by Michael Lohr who came to the United -States from his native Germany and settled in Fort Dodge in 1894. He -purchased a 3½-acre tract of land along Tenth Avenue North from David A. -Haviland who had acquired it from the federal government in 1857; built -the house and lived on this acreage for many years. - -Lohr’s son, Peter J. Lohr, acquired the house and adjoining property in -1911 and retained possession until 1941 when it was deeded to his -daughter Alice M. Thomas. Warren A. Downs, manager of the Sears store -purchased the home in 1946 from Alice M. Thomas and husband, Bernard J. -Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas had lived in the home from 1938 to 1946. - -Later owners and occupants of the home were L. H. and Virginie Anderson -of the Jones Piano House; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kirkberg of Kirkberg -Jewelers; Mr. and Mrs. Jon McClure of McClure Engineering; and Mr. and -Mrs. Hutchison, the present occupants. Hutchison is president of First -Federal Savings & Loan Association of Fort Dodge. The house has been -extensively remodeled and modernized in recent years. - -Peter J. Lohr, who owned the property for many years, farmed east of the -city before moving into the home. He then was employed by the Thompson -Buttertub Company here and later was a rural mail carrier. Three of his -sons—Ray, Clarence and Walter—live in the city. - - - - - THE CRAWFORD HOME - - -Architecture of the late 19th century features this large house at 302 -S. 8th St., which has now been converted into a four-apartment building. -Built in 1875, the two-story frame house was owned and occupied for many -years by Robert W. Crawford, an early-day druggist in Fort Dodge. - -Two large Ionic columns mark the main entryway on the east side of the -house which stands at the southwest corner of Third Avenue South and -Eighth Street. Crawford purchased the lot on which the house stands from -Thomas Snell, a pioneer real estate dealer here. The house has changed -ownership only a few times since Crawford constructed it and presently -it is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Salvatore who acquired it in 1965. -There are two apartments on both the first and second floors. One of the -downstairs apartments is occupied by the Salvatores. - - [Illustration: The Crawford home - 302 So. Eighth Street] - -All of the rooms are large and typical of the style of the era when it -was built. One of the downstairs living rooms has the original fireplace -and there is an attractive circular stairway leading to the upstairs. - -Crawford was in the wholesale and retail drug business during the early -years of Fort Dodge. He erected a large building at the northwest corner -of Central Avenue and Sixth Street—known as the Crawford Block—in which -his store was located. The structure was destroyed in the big fire that -struck the area in December of 1956. - -A product known as “Gopher Death” was developed by Crawford which was -manufactured and distributed through the Fort Dodge Chemical Company -which he organized. The product was widely sold throughout the nation. -In 1945 the company was purchased by Jewell A. Johnson, a Fort Dodge -druggist, who continued its operation until he sold the business in -1970. - -There were three children in the Crawford family—a daughter and two -sons. The daughter, Mary, was married to E. F. Armstrong, a long-time -pharmacist here with the Oleson Drug Company. Mrs. Armstrong was -prominent in Fort Dodge and Iowa circles; taught English in high school -and was appointed to the State Conservation Commission. The sons were -Charles, who operated the Crawford Hotel here and Robert, now a -physician at Burlington. - -Crawford-Armstrong addition in the north part of the city was opened by -the two families for which it was named and Crawford-Armstrong Park was -their gift to the city. - - - - - THE JOHN M. MULRONEY HOME - - - [Illustration: The Mulroney home - 302 So. Seventh Street] - -Another of Fort Dodge’s brick residences built by pioneer businessmen is -the one pictured above which dates back to 1871. Erected by John M. -Mulroney, it is located at 302 S. 7th St. - -The two-story house was built of soft red brick manufactured by one of -the city’s early-day brick plants and they are generally in good -condition after more than 100 years. Basement walls are of native stone. - -Additions have been made to the house since it was constructed—on the -west and south sides. The original part of the house has seven large -rooms, hallway and stairway and is now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. -Janssen who acquired the property in 1944. The additions to the house -have apartments. - -John M. Mulroney was born in Ireland in 1832 and came to the United -States at age 16 and took part in the 1849 gold rush in the west and -prospered there. He then returned to the middlewest and settled in -Emmetsburg where he engaged in the cattle business. He married Jane -Evans there in 1858 and they moved to Fort Dodge. On arrival here he -purchased and operated a general store on the south side of the City -Square. Some time later he sold the store and with Webb Vincent, E. H. -Rich and G. L. Rich organized the original First National Bank here. - -Mulroney and his wife Jane, were parents of the following children: -Mary, who became the wife of Ed O’Connell; John E. Mulroney, father of -attorney John Mulroney who was a judge of the U. S. Tax Court in -Washington, D. C. for many years; Joe, Will and Louis, all of whom were -associated with the Mulroney Manufacturing Company which had its first -plant at Central Avenue and Tenth Street, the present location of -Wahkonsa Manor. After fire destroyed the plant the company built the -three-story brick building at First Avenue North and Seventh Street now -the home of the Marso & Rodenborn Company. - -Two other sons were Charles, a physician in general practice here for -some years; and Edward, a lawyer who lived in Missoula, Mont. After the -death of his first wife, Jane, J. M. Mulroney married Hannah Byrne of -Moorland. They were parents of two sons—Robert, a lawyer who also -practiced in Missoula, Mont., and Frank, in the Flaherty & Mulroney -clothing store here. - -A large barn was built south and west of the Seventh Street home to -house the several horses, carriages, sleighs and racing carts which -Mulroney owned. He generally had one or more horses in county fair -harness races in the area. A large box stall in the barn was used as a -boxing ring. - -Two grandsons and one great grandson of pioneer John M. Mulroney reside -in Fort Dodge. They are William V. (Bill) and Richard J. (Dick) Mulroney -who operate the Mulroney Insurance Agency founded by their father Will -Mulroney; and Gary Mulroney of Mulroney Construction Company, the great -grandson. - - - - - THE METHODIST PARSONAGE - - - [Illustration: The Methodist parsonage - 1518 3rd Avenue North] - -The former First Methodist Church parsonage, where the author of “best -seller” novel “One Foot in Heaven” was reared, is this residence at 1518 -3rd Ave. N. - -Hartzell Spence was the writer and his father—the Rev. W. H. Spence—was -pastor of the church here from 1909 to 1917. The story relates the life -and experiences of the Rev. Mr. Spence and family while here and in -other parishes. Following publication of the novel, it was made into a -hit motion picture in the early 1940s. - -The Rev. Mr. Spence, 34, was assigned to the Fort Dodge church in 1909 -and Hartzell Spence recalls in his book that President William Howard -Taft came to the city shortly after that to visit U. S. Senator J. P. -Dolliver. The President gave Hartzell a “pat on the head” during that -visit, he notes. - -The original Methodist church in Fort Dodge was built at the southeast -corner of Second Avenue South and Seventh Street in 1858. The second -church was erected at the northeast corner of First Avenue North and -Tenth Street and dedicated in 1878. This church, around which the novel -revolves, was a stately red brick edifice with a towering steeple. Just -to the east of the church was the large two-story frame parsonage built -in 1893 which was the home of the Spences. - -This parsonage was in use until 1914 when it was sold and moved to the -Third Avenue North location where it is now owned and occupied by Mr. -and Mrs. C. P. McGrane. Removal of the house was made necessary to make -way for the present First United Methodist Church which was dedicated in -1915. First Church now has its parsonage at 1211 N. 11th St. - -Mr. and Mrs. McGrane acquired the property at 1518 3rd Ave. N. in 1939 -and have since resided there. It has been extensively remodeled and -modernized and now has four rooms, bath and music room on the first -floor and four bedrooms and bath on the second floor. - -The novel by Hartzell Spence tells of the wrecking of the old red brick -church in 1914 and building of a tabernacle one block east of the church -site where services were held until the new edifice was completed. Much -of the book is devoted to the life of the Spence family in Fort Dodge, -including many youthful events in Hartzell’s life told in a fictional -vein. - -The Rev. Mr. Spence left Fort Dodge in 1917 to take over a church in -Omaha. Later he had Methodist charges in Sioux City (Morningside -College) and Mason City. - - - - - THE COLBY HOME - - - [Illustration: The Colby home - 215 No. Fifteenth Street] - -One of Fort Dodge’s early-day residents, who for many years operated a -widely-known livery business here, built the house pictured above in -1885. - -He was W. H. H. Colby who came to Fort Dodge in 1870 and established a -livery and lumber business. Fifteen years later he erected the home at -215 N. 15th St. which is now owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Richard -H. Hilken and family. The Hilkens purchased the property in 1963 and -reside there with their children, David, Janet and Danny. Hilken is -employed at the Geo. A. Hormel & Co. plant. - -The one-story frame house faces the west and sets far back from -Fifteenth Street. It has a living room, dining room, kitchen, three -bedrooms, bath and a full basement. An open porch extends along two -sides of the house. In past years the house has been remodeled and -modernized. - -Colby was born in Vermont in 1840 and came to Wisconsin in 1859 where he -operated a livery business in Sun Prairie. After 11 years there he and -his family moved to Fort Dodge where he established his livery and -lumber business. After a short time he quit the lumber business in order -to devote full time to the livery and transfer business. - -Colby’s brother, Charles, was associated with him in the business under -the name of W. H. H. Colby & Bros. The firm’s operations included -livery, hacks, bus and baggage transfer line. Their horse-drawn vehicles -met all the trains arriving at the various railroad depots in the city -and carried passengers and baggage to hotels and homes. - -The Colbys erected a large brick building on the north side of the City -Square where they carried on their extensive business. Their address was -listed in old city directories as 426-428 Central Avenue. - -After building the north Fifteenth Street home, Colby purchased the half -block area just to the north of the home. Old timers recall that he -brought many horses from his livery barn out to this area to graze on -the grassy ground. - -There were two children in the W. H. H. Colby family—a son Fred G. Colby -who was bookkeeper for the livery firm; and a daughter, Miss Nellie -Colby. - -Frank Ulish purchased the Colby home in 1936 and the Ulish family -resided there until 1949 when it was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Glen E. Yates. -Owners of the property prior to its purchase by the Hilkens were Mr. and -Mrs. Everett W. Mason. - - - - - THE McQUILKIN HOME - - -A prominent furniture dealer—A. D. (Archie) McQuilkin—who advertised -“The Big Store With Little Prices,” erected this attractive home a short -distance from the business district in 1911. - -McQuilkin established his business here in 1902 and nine years later -built this south 12th St. home. It is now occupied by Mrs. E. B. Dawson, -who with her late husband, Dr. Dawson, purchased the property in 1937. - -The two-story brick residence faces west at the corner of Third Avenue -South and Twelfth Street. The house originally had living room, dining -room, kitchen and hallway on the first floor; four bedrooms, sewing room -and bathroom on the second floor. In later years some remodeling was -done to the interior, including installation of 1½ more baths and -paneling of the basement for a recreation area. A study area with -bookcases and a workshop for the late Dr. Dawson were also completed. - -McQuilkin was born in Pennsylvania in 1864. His father was a farmer and -came to Iowa and located in Benton County in 1866. McQuilkin remained on -the farm until 15 years of age before going to LaPorte City where he -worked as a drug store clerk. Later he operated a meat market for four -years and then took a job as a traveling salesman for a publishing -concern. - -He began his career in the furniture business in Burlington and remained -there 11 years. In 1902 he moved to Fort Dodge and opened a furniture -store at 817 Central Ave. As business increased he purchased the lot -adjoining his first store and in 1913 erected the six-story building -which the McQuilkin company occupied for many years with extensive -stocks of furniture, carpets, queen’s ware and allied lines. The company -continued in business until 1943 when it was sold to the Home Furniture -Company which then took over occupancy of the big building. The Home -later moved to 611 Central Ave. - - [Illustration: The McQuilkin home - 227 So. Twelfth Street] - -The main floor of the McQuilkin Building is presently occupied by the -Lazy M shoe store; upper floors are occupied by the Boston Store -furniture department and Sperry & Hutchinson (green stamps). - -McQuilkin was prominent in the affairs of Fort Dodge and was active in -the First Presbyterian Church. He died in 1926 at age 62. Mrs. McQuilkin -died in 1942. The McQuilkins were parents of four children—Mrs. Granger -P. (Marjorie) Mitchell of Fort Dodge; Mrs. Eleanor Terrill, now -deceased; and two daughters who died in infancy. - - - - - THE LEIGHTON HOME - - -The former E. I. Leighton home at 1120 3rd Ave. N. was built by the -founder of the Leighton Supply Company of Fort Dodge. It is now owned -and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Struve. - -The Struves acquired the house in 1969 and have completely modernized -the interior and made many exterior changes such as adding old-fashioned -posts, trim and railing to the large front porch. - -Leighton built the home in 1901 following plans drawn by architect J. H. -Albright. The Leighton family retained ownership of the house until 1946 -when it was sold to Mrs. Marie Friday, who in turn, sold it to the -Struves. - -Originally the house had a reception room, parlor, dining room, kitchen -and pantry on the first floor; five bedrooms and bath on the second -floor and three bedrooms and storage room on the third floor. The -arrangement now includes reception room, living room, dining room, -kitchen, pantry and utility room on the first floor; four bedrooms and -bath on the second floor and an apartment on the third floor with living -room, three bedrooms and bath. - -The entire house now has a pleasing antique motif with suitable -furnishings to complement this style. All woodwork now has a natural -finish—a project of the Struves. Red carpeting covers the floors in the -living room, hallway and the open stairway to the second floor. The -reception room has a homemade wool-braided rug. Antique furniture is -used in the downstairs rooms and in the second floor bedrooms. Exterior -of the house has been painted red and all trim is white. - - [Illustration: The Leighton home - 1120 3rd Avenue North] - -E. I. Leighton was born in Vermont in 1867 and came to Fort Dodge in -1885 where he learned the tin and hardware trade. From 1889 to 1893 he -was a partner in the retail hardware firm of Arthur & Leighton and then -for seven years was with Leighton Brothers retail plumbing shop. In 1900 -Leighton went into the wholesale plumbing and heating business and in -1909 organized the Leighton Supply Company. He was secretary-treasurer -and general manager of the firm for many years. - -The present five story Leighton building at First Avenue South and -Thirteenth Street was erected in 1911 and has been headquarters since -then for the firm. The company operates in northwest and north central -Iowa and is a wholesaler of plumbing, heating and industrial supplies. - -Leighton was prominent in state plumbing association circles and active -in civic groups here including the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, -YMCA, Boy Scouts and the First Methodist Church. He and Mrs. Leighton -were parents of a daughter, Gertrude, and a son, Lucius. - - - - - THE CHARON HOME - - -For 33 years this residence was the home of Louis Charon, prominent Fort -Dodge merchant and his family. Built in 1905 at 1332 2nd Ave. N. it was -occupied by the Charons until 1938. - - [Illustration: The Charon home - 1332 2nd Avenue North] - -Charon headed the Boston Store here from the time it was established in -1898 until his death in 1940 at age 69. He acquired the lot at the -northwest corner of Second Avenue North and Fourteenth Street early in -1905 and built the home that year. - -The house has living room, dining room, kitchen, pantry and large -hallway on the first floor; three bedrooms and bath on the second floor -and bedroom and storage room in the attic area. A large open porch -originally extended across the front of the house. - -The Charons sold the house in 1938 to E. G. Sear. Presently it is owned -by Dr. John Sear of Alden. In past years the house was remodeled. Tan -colored shingles and green shutters were applied to the exterior walls -and the front porch was cut in half. - -Charon was born in Germany and learned the retail trade there. He came -to the United States in 1892, lived in Savannah, Ga., for two years and -then moved to Sioux City where he was employed by Davidson Bros. store. -In 1894 he came to Fort Dodge and opened Davidson’s store. He continued -with the company until 1898 when he bought out the store and established -the Boston Store with Adolph Tuerke as his partner. The store then moved -to Central Avenue between Seventh and Eighth Streets. - -As business increased, the need for larger quarters led to erection in -1914 of the present six-story Boston Store Building at 809 Central -Avenue. A disastrous fire in 1922 destroyed the interior of the store -but it was immediately rebuilt and enlarged. - -Charon was married in 1902 to Clara M. Tuerke and they were parents of -three children, two sons and a daughter. Maurice Charon was associated -with the store for many years and was president and general manager. -Another son, Louis, was secretary of the corporation. Both were with the -store until it was sold in 1974. The daughter, Clara Louise, a twin of -Louis, is married to Herbert Horn and resides in Webster City. - -In addition to his outstanding merchandising in the retail field, Charon -was active in civic affairs—was chairman of the Associated Retailers, a -director of the Credit Bureau and a member of the Iowa Association of -Retailers. He was also a member of the Fort Dodge school board and the -Chamber of Commerce. - - - - - THE JACOB BROWN HOME - - - [Illustration: The Jacob Brown home - 510 3rd Avenue South] - -Jacob Brown Sr. started a grocery business in Fort Dodge in 1870 that -continued for a record breaking 95 years and in 1896 built this home -near the business district—at 510 3rd Ave. S. - -The Brown Grocery began operations in a store building at 15 S. 6th St. -and continued in that location until 1965 when it ended nearly a century -of service to customers in the city and surrounding area. During this -time it was always operated by members of the Brown family. - -The Third Avenue South home is now owned and occupied by Miss Rose -Brown, one of only two members of the family still living. - -Brown came to Fort Dodge in 1864 from Germany and shortly after arrival -here enlisted in Company F of the 11th Iowa Infantry and was in service -until the close of the Civil War. Returning to Fort Dodge after the war -he bought the South Sixth Street property where he first had a -blacksmith shop. Later he gave up this work and opened the grocery store -in 1870. The two-story brick building which housed the store is now -owned by Mrs. Doris Brown, widow of John Brown. - -In 1864 Brown was married to Wilhelmina Schultze and they were parents -of six children—Jacob Brown Jr., Louise Brown, Mrs. Kate Etzel, Mrs. -Nettie Brown, Frank Brown and Mrs. Minnie B. Leiss. Two years following -Mrs. Brown’s death in 1885 Brown married Henricha Becker and they were -parents of five children—Rose, Anna, Amelia, John and Christine, now -Mrs. Harris of Pittsburgh, Pa. She and Rose are the only survivors of -the Jacob Brown family. - -The two-story brick home at 510 3rd Ave. S. has a living room, dining -room, bedroom and bath and large kitchen on the first floor; four -bedrooms and bathroom on the second floor. In the basement is a large -brick kettle built into the chimney which was used for heating water -needed in washing clothes and making soap. There is also a cyclone cave -in the basement. - -Brown died in 1915 at the age of 71 years. Members of his family recall -that on his arrival in Fort Dodge he first made his home with the -Christopher Arnold family in a log cabin located near the Wahkonsa -School (now the school administration office building). This cabin is -now at the Fort-Museum here. - - - - - THE THOMAS HOME - - - [Illustration: The Thomas home - 1200 10th Avenue North] - -This large and attractive northside residence was for 50 years the home -of Seth Thomas, former Fort Dodge High School principal and later U. S. -Circuit Court of Appeals judge. Located at 1200 10th Ave. N., it was the -home of the Thomas family from the time it was built in 1912 until sold -in 1962 to Dr. Roger E. Drown. - -Presently the house is owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. -Hancock who acquired it in the fall of 1974 from Mr. and Mrs. Don F. -Carney. Carney, owner of Don Carney Used Auto Parts, and his wife -purchased the Thomas home in 1965 and lived there until moving to their -new home at 1227 11th Ave. N. - -The two-story house is of frame and stucco construction with full -basement and porches on both the east and west sides. On the first floor -are living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom and bath, front hall and -curving open stairway to the second floor. The second floor has four -bedrooms, bath and enclosed porch. The downstairs bedroom and full bath -were added some years after the house was built and this addition -included a garage underneath. - -The west porch has been converted into a family room and the east porch -is a room for social activities. The 10 upstairs windows on the main -portion of the house have stained glass insets and there are also -stained glass insets in the living and dining room windows. - -Judge Thomas, a native of Ohio, was educated in the east and was a -school teacher and principal before coming to Iowa in 1900. In 1902 he -was named principal of the Washington, Iowa, high school and served -there for three years. He came to Fort Dodge in 1905 and was principal -of the high school here until 1909. He studied law during the summer -months at the University of Michigan and received his law degree at Iowa -University in 1910. - -Thomas began his practice of law here with Healy & Healy and from 1910 -to 1928 was a law partner of M. F. Healy. He was appointed assistant U. -S. district attorney for northern Iowa from 1914 until 1921. - -Later he was a law partner of Alan Loth and in 1933 was appointed -solicitor of the U. S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D. C. He -served there until 1935 when he was appointed judge of the Circuit Court -of Appeals, 8th circuit, with office in Fort Dodge. Thomas was a judge -of this court for 19 years, retiring in 1954. He continued to make his -home in Fort Dodge and died in 1962 at the age of 88. - -Judge Thomas was the father of two children—Reynolds B. Thomas, a Fort -Dodge attorney; and Mrs. Franz (Eleanor) Van Alstine of Pocahontas. He -was prominent in legal circles and was president of the Iowa State Bar -Association (1931-1932). He was a member of the Webster County, Iowa and -American Bar Associations and served as president of the Fort Dodge -Chamber of Commerce two years. In 1947 he received special recognition -as one of the 50 prominent living alumni at the 100th anniversary of the -University of Iowa. - - - - - THE SAUNDERS HOME - - - [Illustration: The Saunders home - 1108 4th Avenue North] - -Dr. C. J. Saunders, a well-known Fort Dodge physician, who came to the -city in 1893, built this spacious home at 1108 4th Ave. N. in 1907. -During the following 23 years it was the home of the Saunders family -until sold in 1930 to Dr. C. J. Jensen, a local chiropractor, and his -wife, Agnes. - -Dr. Jensen, who died in 1970, had his office in the house for many -years. His widow now owns the property and lives in one of the -apartments in the house. - -When built in 1907 the Saunders house originally had living room, -library, dining room and kitchen on the first floor; four bedrooms and -bath on the second floor and two finished rooms on the third floor. The -house has been enlarged and remodeled in past years and now has six -apartments. - -Dr. Saunders was born in Iowa City in 1862 and graduated from high -school there as valedictorian of his class. He studied medicine at the -University of Iowa, graduated from medical school in 1885 and began his -practice in Iowa City. In 1886 Dr. Saunders opened an office in Audubon -and practiced there for one year, moving then to Clare where he was a -widely-known doctor for six years. At Clare he also operated a drug -store and helped organize a bank. - -In 1893 Dr. Saunders came to Fort Dodge and had his first office in the -newly constructed Oleson Building. After the First National Bank -Building (now the Beh Building) was constructed in 1908 he moved his -office there. He was a radiologist and had one of the first X-ray -machines in the city. - -Later Dr. Saunders had offices in the Carver Building and was associated -with a number of doctors. He continued practice here until his death in -1928 at the age of 66 years. - -Active in medical circles he served at one time as president of the Iowa -Medical Society. He was interested in a number of Fort Dodge enterprises -including the Fort Dodge Telephone Company, First National Bank, Oleson -Land Company and the Street Railway System. - -Dr. Saunders was married in 1907 to Lucy Merrill of Bangor, Me., and -they were parents of a son and two daughters. They are: Merrill -Saunders, Fort Dodge realtor; Miss Katherine Saunders, a Chicago -librarian; and Mrs. Robert (Helen) Thackaberry, a university instructor -in Akron, Ohio. Mrs. Saunders died in Fort Dodge in 1949 at age 72. - - - - - THE THATCHER HOME - - -This attractive two-story residence is one of the many fine homes -erected along Tenth Avenue North after the Crawford-Armstrong Addition -to the city was platted. - -Built in 1916 at 1201 10th Ave. N., by O. M. Thatcher, it was the -Thatcher family home until sold in 1965 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. -Hancock. The Hancocks resided there until the fall of 1974 when they -sold the house to Dr. John E. Duro, Fort Dodge dentist. The Hancocks -then moved across the street to the residence at 1200 10th Ave. N. which -they purchased from the Don Carneys. The Carneys, in turn, moved to -their newly-built home at 1227 11th Ave. N. - -The frame and stucco house has a red tile roof such as used on several -of the homes built in the area. The room arrangement of the house -includes a living room, library, dining room, kitchen and half bath on -the first floor; four bedrooms and bath on the second floor. It has a -steam heating system now fired with gas. After their purchase of the -home, the Hancocks remodeled and modernized the kitchen. - -Thatcher was a native of the town of Grimes and both he and his wife -were graduates of Valparaiso University in Indiana. After completing his -education Thatcher went into the banking business at Luther and remained -there until 1914 when he sold out his interest and came to Fort Dodge. - -A few years after arriving in the city Thatcher was one of the -organizers and officers of the Webster County National Bank and its -affiliate, the Webster County Trust & Savings Bank. They were located in -a large double room in the Wahkonsa Hotel Building at 919-921 Central -Avenue. - -Later Thatcher was in the insurance business here for many years, part -of the time under the name of Thatcher & Weiss following his purchase of -the firm owned by Henry Weiss. - -Married in 1907, Thatcher and his wife resided in Luther until 1914. -They were the parents of two sons and a daughter—Dr. W. C. Thatcher, a -retired Fort Dodge physician and surgeon now living at Woman Lake near -Hackensack, Minn.; Dr. Don Thatcher, who was lost on a military flight -across the English channel during World War II; and Mrs. Wayne (Mildred) -Warren of Humboldt. A grandson is William Jeffrey Thatcher, who was -elected Webster County attorney last fall and began serving in this -office Jan. 1. - - [Illustration: The Thatcher home - 1201 10th Avenue North] - -The elder Thatcher died in 1968 at the age of 83 years. Mrs. Thatcher -died in 1967 at age 81. - - - - - THE COREY HOME - - -Frank Corey, a native of Webster County, erected this large brick -residence at 1238 6th Ave. N. in 1914 and it was the home of the Corey -family until 1922. - -The house has changed ownership a number of times since then and is now -owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Dennis F. Mallinger and family. -Mallinger is president of the Mallinger Truck Lines. - -Corey sold the home to Fred E. Gamble in 1922 and it was owned later by -George Schnurr, Fort Dodge industrialist and banker; Mr. and Mrs. Gus -Glaser of the meat processing firm; and their son-in-law and daughter, -Mr. and Mrs. John G. Graham. The Mallingers acquired the home in 1971. - -The buff colored brick home has a red tile roof and fronts to the south -on Sixth Avenue North. The first floor includes living room, dining -room, kitchen, family room, half bath and large hallway. The second -floor has four bedrooms, a children’s room and two full baths; the third -floor has a large recreation room. - -Corey was born in the Holiday Creek area southeast of Fort Dodge. As a -young man he moved to Lehigh where he resided until 1903 when the family -came to Fort Dodge. Corey was interested in the brick and tile business -and for many years was principal owner and president of the Corey -Pressed Brick Company which had its plant and office in Lehigh. The -company manufactured the noted Lehigh red, buff and ornamental pressed -building brick as well as sidewalk brick. - - [Illustration: The Corey home - 1238 6th Avenue North] - -The company introduced its products in 1894 and they were widely used in -Fort Dodge and area homes and in sidewalks. In addition to his brick -plant operations, Corey was interested in several banks and served as -their president. Three brothers were associated with Frank Corey in the -brick and tile plant—Silas, George and M. N. Corey who also owned the -“Morning Star Mill” at Lehigh. - -The Coreys resided in a large frame house on Sixth Avenue North before -their brick home was constructed. The frame house was then moved to a -lot directly to the west and is now owned and occupied by Mrs. Esther K. -Thorsen, 1230 6th Ave. N. - -Corey and his wife, the former Caroline Tyson, were the parents of three -daughters and a son. They were Mrs. Louis (Eva) Neudeck, Mrs. Paul -(Roxie) Tinkham; Miss Lucile Corey, for many years a widely-known -violinist and music teacher; and Frank Tyson Corey who was killed by -lightning in 1923 at the Neudeck farm northwest of the city. - - - - - THE JOHNSON HOME - - -Johnson Place—a one-block long street extending from Twelfth to -Thirteenth Streets—was platted and laid out by E. H. Johnson, Fort Dodge -attorney, who also built this large brick residence. - -The home at No. 5 Johnson Place was occupied by members of the Johnson -family from the time of its construction in 1920 until Mrs. Johnson’s -death in 1961. Since then it has been the home of Mrs. Dora Holman -Tellier, Mrs. Johnson’s companion for many years and a well-known former -Fort Dodge High School mathematics instructor. The house is now owned by -a son, Wallace Johnson of Berkeley, Calif. - -Of brick construction with red tile roof, the home has two stories, full -basement and attic. The first floor includes entrance hall, large living -room, sun room, dining room, kitchen, children’s room and half bath; the -second floor has five bedrooms and complete bathroom. - -Johnson was born in Raritan, Ill., in 1877 and died in Fort Dodge in -1940 at age 63. He moved with his parents to a farm in the Coalville -area in 1891 and lived there until the family moved to Fort Dodge in -1901. He was educated in schools here and then attended Drake University -where he completed his law studies. Returning to Fort Dodge after being -admitted to the bar he began a law practice here that continued until -1940. - - [Illustration: The Johnson home - No. 5 Johnson Place] - -After acquiring property between Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets and -Second and Fourth Avenues North Johnson platted the area in 1910, had a -street cut through and named it Johnson place at the suggestion of a -member of the City Council. - -Johnson sold lots along the street and built his first home there at No. -8 Johnson Place. Later he erected the house at No. 5 Johnson Place in -1920 where the Johnsons’ family of a son and two daughters were reared. -They included Wallace of Berkeley, Calif.; Eleanor, known by her stage -name Eleanor Prentiss during her theatrical career and presently in -public relations work in New York City; and Olive, now deceased, who was -married to Carlton Coveny of Los Angeles, Calif. - -Wallace is a prominent industrialist and engineer and president and -principal owner of UP-RIGHT, Inc., of Berkeley, a pioneer company in the -manufacture of portable aluminum scaffolds, radio towers and wine grape -harvesting machines. He served as mayor of Berkeley for two terms and -has authored two books—“Responsible Individualism,” and “The Uncommon -Man in American Business.” - -E. H. Johnson was prominent in church, Masonic Orders and Republican -circles here. He served on the school board several years. - - - - - THE CHUMLEA HOME - - -This large frame and stucco house is now the home of Dr. and Mrs. Paul -L. Stitt, but for many years it was known as the Chumlea home. - -Located at 605 N. 13th St., it was built in 1914 by Miles P. Chumlea, -who came from Sioux City to take over as vice president and general -manager of the Lehigh Sewer Pipe & Tile Company. - - [Illustration: The Chumlea home - 605 No. Thirteenth Street] - -The Fred Hagans acquired the residence in 1936 and resided there with -their family until 1951 when the home was sold to Dr. and Mrs. Stitt. -The Stitts have occupied it since that time. - -The house has a large living room, dining room, kitchen, breakfast nook -(formerly the pantry), sun porch and powder room on the first floor; -four bedrooms, sleeping porch and two baths on the second floor; -bedroom, bath and storage area on the third floor. - -Dr. and Mrs. Stitt have four children—two sons and two daughters. They -are: Dr. Michael W. Stitt, associated with his father in the practice of -medicine here; Marc P. Stitt of Fort Dodge; Mrs. Dan (Beth) Culver, a -junior high teacher in Moline, Ill.; her husband teaches in Augustana -College; and Mrs. Mark (Jane) Anderson of Des Moines, a teacher in Van -Meter special education school; her husband is attending the College of -Osteopathic medicine in Des Moines. - -When the Lehigh Sewer Pipe & Tile Company was sold by E. J. Breen, the -company founder, to George Avery of Sioux City, Chumlea came to Fort -Dodge in 1914 to take over management of the company. - -For many years the company had its offices in the First National Bank -Building, later moving to First Avenue South and Eleventh Street in the -building now dismantled but formerly occupied by the Laufersweiler -Funeral Home and the Union Trust & Savings Bank. The clay plant was sold -in 1964 to the W. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Company and offices were -moved to Lehigh. - -Chumlea continued as an official of the firm until his death in 1917. -Roy Dallam, who had been associated with the company for many years was -then named general manager and continued in that capacity until his -retirement in 1955. - - - - - THE HAWLEY HOME - - -The attractive Hawley home at 604 N. 13th St. is probably the only Fort -Dodge residence with the date of its construction—1912—set in large -figures in the brick work on one of its exterior walls. The home was -built by A. W. Hawley, who engaged in diversified farming but -specialized in Royal Belgian draft horses. - - [Illustration: The Hawley home - 604 No. Thirteenth Street] - -The home has changed ownership only twice since it was built in 1912. In -1942 it was sold to Forrest Hagerman, an official of the Tobin Packing -Company. The Hagermans occupied the residence until 1953 when it was -sold to D. E. McTigue and his wife, Elizabeth (Betty). Mrs. McTigue -continues to reside in the home since the death of her husband in 1965. -There are three sons in the family—Michael, Brian and Dennis. - -A. W. Hawley was born in Bridgeport, Conn., in 1875 and after a few -years in the banking business made a trip to Iowa and settled in the -Pioneer area. He brought out a large supply of nursery stock and planted -many homesites around Pioneer. In the late 1890s Hawley established his -home in Jackson Township of Webster County. He was married in 1902 to -Martha Waller. - -Hawley made several trips to Belgium to purchase breeding stock for his -Belgian draft horse operations. His farm was known as “Whip Tree” -because of a cottonwood tree that grew there by chance. Mrs. Harold B. -Freeman, the former Susan Hawley Atwell now living in Whittier, Calif., -recalls that her father had groves, orchards and various plantings on -the farm. - -The Hawleys built their home in Fort Dodge and moved here so the -children could attend city schools. The house has undergone interior -remodeling since it was built. Room arrangements on the first floor now -include reception hall, living room, dining room, kitchen, den, powder -room and sun porch. The upstairs has four bedrooms, full bath, large -walk-in closets and screened-in porch. - -Hawley continued active farming for six years after moving to Fort -Dodge. Later he managed a number of farms he owned, judged horses at the -Iowa State Fair and showed his prize horses at various fairs and shows. -For a time he was in partnership in the horse business with Roy Ives who -farmed near Duncombe. - -The Hawleys were parents of three children—Mrs. Harold B. (Susan) -Freeman of Whittier, Calif.; Mrs. Louis (Betty) Kelso of San Mateo, -Calif.; and Richard (Dick) Hawley, a retired Pan-American pilot now -living in Seattle, Wash. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hawley are now deceased. Mr. -Hawley died in 1932 at age 57; Mrs. Hawley died in 1942. - - - - - THE HELSELL HOME - - - [Illustration: The Helsell home - 1003 6th Avenue North] - -F. H. Helsell, prominent Iowa lawyer, jurist and banker occupied this -large brick residence at 1003 6th Ave. N. for many years. Judge Helsell -and family acquired the house in 1919 and retained possession until -1943. - -The house stands at the southeast corner of Sixth Avenue North and Tenth -Street. Built in 1906 of brown brick, it has two stories, attic and -basement. A large porch extends along the north and west sides. - -The home has living room with fireplace, vestibule, dining room and -kitchen on the first floor; five bedrooms and bath on the second floor. -The attic is completely paneled and carpeted for a recreation room. - -Present owners and occupants are Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Pett who acquired -the house in 1970 from James and Mildred Kempley. Pett is with the -Georgia Pacific Corporation. Other earlier owners were Mr. and Mrs. W. -L. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hughes and Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. -Thornley. - -Judge Helsell was born in Ohio in 1857 and came to Iowa with his parents -in 1864. After completing his education and legal training he began the -practice of law in Sioux Rapids in 1882. In addition to his private -practice he was local attorney for five railroads—Chicago and North -Western, Rock Island, Milwaukee, Missouri & St. Louis and Illinois -Central. - -In 1898 Helsell was elected a district court judge. He left the bench -after two and a half years and became active in banking, helping to -organize a number of northwest Iowa banks. He was an officer and -director of these banks. - -Helsell was married in 1880 and he and Mrs. Helsell were parents of five -children—a son and four daughters. They were Charles A. Helsell, who was -his law partner here for many years; Glenora, married to Don G. -LaGrange; Corrine, married to John Q. Adams; Laura, married to Roy L. -Liddel; and Miss Virginia Helsell. - -Judge Helsell and son Charles were in law practice together until the -father’s death in 1927. Following his death Charles was named district -attorney here for the Illinois Central Railroad and later was promoted -to solicitor general of the railroad with offices in Chicago. B. B. -Burnquist then succeeded Charles Helsell as district attorney here. - -Judge Helsell was active in the Masonic orders, Knights of Pythias and -the Elks. A prominent Republican he was a delegate to the national -conventions of 1888 and 1896. - - - - - THE MUELLER HOME - - - [Illustration: The Mueller home - 615 3rd Avenue South] - -The “Mueller home” at 615 3rd Ave. S. stands on an historic site that -dates back to the early days of Fort Dodge. It was at this location the -congregation of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church erected its first -house of worship—a small building constructed of gypsum rock and -familiarly known for many years as “the old stone church.” - -The congregation was organized in 1863 and the following year built the -stone church on Third Avenue South property purchased from Fort Dodge’s -founder Major William Williams. Although the present St. Paul’s edifice -was erected in 1885-1886 the congregation continued ownership of the -stone building until 1895 when it was sold to J. M. Mulroney. - -The present house at 615 3rd Ave. S. was built in 1896 on the church -site. When the old stone church was torn down some of the gypsum rock -was used in the foundation of the house. Records show that J. R. -Mulroney acquired the property in 1911 and resided there until 1913 when -the house was sold to William F. Mueller, Fort Dodge hardware dealer. - -The home has been owned and occupied by members of the Mueller family -since 1913 and is presently owned by a daughter, Miss Ruth Mueller. The -house has been remodeled in past years and now has four apartments—two -on the first floor and two on the second floor. Miss Mueller resides in -one of the downstairs apartments. - -William F. Mueller was born in Fort Dodge in 1877 and began his hardware -career in a store owned by Harry Vincent. Later Vincent formed a -partnership in the hardware business with Mueller, Franz and Bruno -Thiede and the firm began operations in 1911 as the Thiede-Mueller -Hardware Company at 516 Central Avenue. After some years the store moved -to the Thiede Building at 815 Central Avenue and later returned to the -original site at 516 Central. The Ferguson True Value Hardware store is -now located in the building where the Thiede-Mueller firm had its -beginning more than 60 years ago. - -In 1951 Mueller retired and sold his interest in the firm. He died in -1955 at age 77. He was prominent in hardware circles and served as -president of the Iowa Retail Hardware Association and was a director of -the Iowa Hardware Mutual Insurance Association for more than 30 years. -During his business career Mueller was a member here of the Kiwanis and -Rotary Clubs, the Chamber of Commerce and the United Commercial -Travelers. - -He and Mrs. Mueller (the former Emma Thiede) were parents of seven -children: Ruth, Mrs. Ray (Helen) Adamson, Mrs. Robert (Wilma) Ackerson, -William J. Mueller, Mrs. Frank (Dorothy) Barry; and Mrs. Carl (Gertrude) -Tunwall and Frank Mueller, both deceased. - - - - - THE COLLINS HOME - - - [Illustration: The Collins home - 1307 3rd Avenue North] - -The residence at 1307 3rd Ave. N. is probably the only one in Fort Dodge -with concrete wall construction—somewhat of a novelty when it was built -in 1911. The two-story house was constructed by E. W. Collins, a coal -dealer here for many years. - -Collins came from a Webster County family whose members pioneered in the -coal mining and gypsum industry in this area and were of an innovative -turn of mind. He had an idea for a house that would be built differently -than the usual run of houses and put the idea into practical use in 1910 -after buying the Third Avenue North lot in 1909. - -The house has double-wall concrete construction, giving it both -exceptional structural strength and an insulating air space between the -two walls. Wood forms were made for the walls and concrete poured into -them. Facing of the exterior concrete walls is unique. Instead of making -the walls flat, Collins devised forms so that the poured concrete would -simulate wood siding. This gave the house an outward appearance of an -ordinary wood siding frame home. The unusual features attracted -considerable interest among those associated with home construction. - -The Collins family moved into the home after it was completed and lived -there until 1917 and then moved to 1245 5th Ave. N. which has since been -the Collins home. The concrete home which presently has two apartments -is now owned by Hubert McMahon, 1129 S. 17th St. - -A brother of E. W. Collins was Tom Collins who engineered and put into -successful operation the first underground gypsum mine in the area. This -was shortly before the turn of the century when he and others organized -the Cardiff Gypsum Plaster Company. - -E. W. Collins was married in 1900 to Alice Quealy and about that time -started a retail coal business in the city which he operated until his -retirement in 1937. He died in 1945 at age 77; Mrs. Collins died in 1961 -at age 88. - -The Collins were parents of three children—two sons and a daughter. They -were Edwin, deceased; Allan of Fort Dodge; and Kathleen of Rochester, -Minn. Allan and his wife reside in the family home at 1245 5th Ave. N. -They are parents of 11 children. Allan retired from postal service -several years ago and is now employed in the office of Iowa Beef -Processors here. - - - - - THE SMITH HOME - - -One of Fort Dodge’s first city commissioners under the present form of -government owned and resided in this home at 1205 5th Ave. S. for a -number of years after acquiring it in 1910. - -He was C. H. (Cad) Smith, public safety commissioner from 1911 until his -death in 1919. He was elected to the city council when the commission -form of government was adopted. Elected at that time with Smith were -John F. Ford, mayor; and Frank W. Collins, streets commissioner. - -The large frame house was erected in 1891 by Charles B. Hepler, a -well-known contractor here for many years. He was also associated with -David Brown in the Fort Dodge Planing Mill. The lot at the southeast -corner of Fifth Avenue South and Twelfth Street was part of a tract of -land purchased in 1861 by John F. Duncombe, pioneer attorney and -industrialist. - -Smith purchased the house in 1910 from E. J. Breen and it remained in -possession of the Smith family until 1948 when it was sold to Mr. and -Mrs. Walter B. Cooper. At that time Cooper, a plumber, converted the -house into a duplex dwelling and the apartments have since been rented -out. - -The house originally had five rooms on the first floor—living room, -library, dining room, solarium, kitchen and pantry; the second floor had -four bedrooms, sleeping porch and bath. The third floor attic area also -had two finished rooms. The house had large front and back porches. - -Smith was born in Pennsylvania in 1867 and came west as a young man to -Grinnell where he attended and graduated from Grinnell College. Moving -to Fort Dodge he then was employed by The Messenger until entering -public service. - -Smith was married in Fort Dodge to Grace Hepler, daughter of Charles B. -Hepler, the contractor. They were parents of three daughters—Mrs. -Margaret Lowrey of Seattle, Wash.; Elizabeth, deceased; and Mrs. Thomas -(Gretchen) Porter of Fort Dodge. - -Mr. Smith died in 1919 at the age of 52 years; Mrs. Smith died here in -1948. - - [Illustration: The Smith home - 1205 5th Avenue South] - - - - - THE HORN HOME - - -For many years this residence at 1201 6th Ave. S. was the home of Paul -Horn, widely-known cabinetmaker, inventor and industrialist. Built in -1908 it stands on a lot generally known at that time as the highest -point in the city. - -Mr. and Mrs. Horn and family resided in the house as it was originally -built until 1924 when it was completely remodeled. After remodeling the -house included a large kitchen with breakfast nook, dining room large -enough to seat 18 persons and with a built-in buffet expertly crafted by -Horn which covered the entire south wall of the room. Also on the first -floor were large living room with solarium, family room and powder room. - -The upstairs of the house is reached by a stairway that divides at a -landing. One section of the stairway leads to the area with two bedrooms -and bath; the other to three bedrooms and bath. The third floor has two -rooms. The Horns retained possession of the home until 1964 when Mrs. -Horn moved to Friendship Haven. - -Horn had many hobbies in addition to his unique skill at woodworking. -These included stonework and growing of special flowers. The basement of -the house was completely finished and included his hobby shop with both -wood and metal working equipment. Attached to the house on the south -side is a small greenhouse where Horn raised many flowers. - -A native of Germany, Horn learned cabinetmaking there and came to Fort -Dodge in 1902 and worked for a time at the Fort Dodge Planing Mill. In -1909 he established his own business here known as the Paul Horn Cabinet -Works where he manufactured store fixtures and repaired fine furniture. -It later became the Horn Manufacturing Company. - -In 1922 he invented Horn Folding Partitions for use in schools and -public buildings throughout the United States. Some years later—in -1938—Horn invented the Horn Folding Bleachers that were made here and -installed in school gymnasiums in all parts of the country. During World -War II the Horn company made and installed large airplane hangar doors -for military installations throughout the US. - - [Illustration: The Horn home - 1201 6th Avenue South] - -In 1943 Horn retired from the company and his four sons took over active -management. They expanded operations and added farm equipment to their -line of products. The company erected the large manufacturing facility -at the southwest edge of the city which was later sold to the Brunswick -Corporation and then to Avco-New Idea. It is now owned by the Kraus -Manufacturing Company, a farm machinery company. - -Mr. and Mrs. Horn were parents of six children: Frederic G., Herbert, -Robert, Walter, now deceased; Mrs. Herbert Blaess and Mrs. John Barnes. -In addition to his manufacturing activities, Horn was active in civic -and church affairs here and a member of the board of Lutheran Hospital -(now Trinity Regional West) for 26 years. He died in 1963 at age 86; -Mrs. Horn died in 1973 at age 96. - - - - - THE LARSEN HOME - - -A Norwegian youth, who came to the United States in 1889 and later -became manager and partner in the Oleson Drug Company here, built this -house and resided there until his sudden death in 1941. He was Thorvald -S. Larsen, who was 18 when he arrived in this country. - -After a short stay in Minneapolis he accepted a job as a pharmacy -apprentice with O. M. Oleson at his store here. That was the start of -Larsen’s long and successful association with Oleson, a pioneer Fort -Dodge pharmacist and noted philanthropist. - -The Larsen home, a large white frame structure at 1302 4th Ave. N., was -built in 1903. It is now owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kelleher -and family who purchased it in 1953 from C. M. Bodensteiner. The -Bodensteiners acquired the residence in 1944. - -Interior of the home is substantially the same as it was when built. The -downstairs has a large living room, library, dining room, kitchen and -pantry, half bath and hall leading to the open stairway to the second -floor. On the second floor are five bedrooms and bath. A large open -porch extends along the south and west sides of the house. - - [Illustration: The Larsen home - 1302 4th Avenue North] - -Larsen studied pharmacy while working as an apprentice and became a -registered pharmacist. In 1900 he took over management of the Oleson -Drug Company store at Central Avenue and Eighth Street. The store -occupied the first floor and basement of the three-story Oleson Building -erected in 1894 and a downtown landmark until razed in 1971 to make way -for the City Green parking lot. - -Larsen was married to May Larson of Fort Dodge, daughter of Olaf Larson -an early-day contractor and bridge builder. They were parents of six -children—Helen, deceased; Rolf, Dr. Harold Larsen, deceased; Dr. Frank -S. Larsen, Robert and Carl Larsen. - -Larsen was a widely-known businessman of Fort Dodge. He was 70 years of -age when killed in an auto accident at Second Avenue North and -Thirty-second Street in 1941. Mrs. Larsen died in 1968 at age 89 at -Friendship Haven where she resided for a number of years. - - - - - THE CARVER HOME - - -A well-known eye, ear, nose and throat doctor in Fort Dodge—Dr. W. F. -Carver—erected this attractive home at 905 Northwood Ave., in 1920. -Earlier he had maintained his office and residence in a large house at -the southeast corner of Central Avenue and Tenth Street built in the -early 1890s by Col. Leander Blanden. This historic structure was razed -in 1915 to make way for the present Carver Building. - -The two-story Snell Place house was built of buff colored brick but in -later years the exterior was painted white. The first floor includes a -hall, large living room with marble fireplace, sunparlor also with -fireplace, dining room with built-in china closet, large kitchen and -breakfast room modernized in recent years and a half bath. The second -floor has four bedrooms and bath. - - [Illustration: The Carver home - 905 Northwood Avenue] - -The large plastered attic room has been painted and made more livable. -The attic has 12 large drawers for storage; these measure 36 inches -wide, 12 inches deep and pull out 50 inches. - -Dr. Carver purchased the Snell Place lot in late 1919 after his -discharge from overseas duty during World War I and built the home in -1920. In 1938 it was sold to L. G. Shannon. Following Mr. Shannon’s -death the house was sold in 1957 to Gene Gutknecht. He and his wife and -family presently occupy the home. The house now has all natural birch -woodwork following an extensive refinishing project by Gutknecht. - -Dr. Carver was born in Madison County in 1869 and graduated in 1894 from -the Louisville Medical College, a division of the University of -Kentucky. He started his general practice of medicine in Murray, Iowa. -Following his marriage, the couple moved to Fort Dodge in 1900. They -built a home at 1420 4th Ave. N. in 1904 and lived there for a few years -and then purchased the Blanden House at the southeast corner of Central -Avenue and Tenth Street. - -The family resided in the historic house until it was decided to raze it -and erect a downtown business and office building. The first two floors -of the Carver Building were built in 1915 and later six more floors were -added. The Blanden house had a conservatory in the south portion where -plants and flowers flourished beautifully the year around. Ceilings in -the house were 13 feet in height and all wood work was solid walnut. -Doors were heavy—from two to three inches thick. - -Dr. and Mrs. Carver had three children—two sons who carried on the -medical profession and a daughter. They were Dr. W. F. Carver Jr., now -retired and living in Arizona; Dr. James Carver, now deceased; and Mrs. -Susan Carver Anderson of Seattle, Wash. - - - - - THE REYNOLDS HOME - - -A. S. R. Reynolds, an early-day Fort Dodge merchant who constructed the -three-story Reynolds Block Building at Central Avenue and Seventh -Street, also erected this home at 1202 4th Ave. N. Reynolds and his wife -resided in the home for many years after it was completed in 1910. - - [Illustration: The Reynolds home - 1202 4th Avenue North] - -The house, now a two-family duplex, is presently owned by Rillmon E. -Hoskin, 1037 N. 24th Place, and apartments are rented out. Both are -substantially the same—living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom and -bath. Earlier owners of the house were Allen R. Loomis, who acquired it -in 1937, and Mrs. Matina Constantine who purchased it in 1952. - -Reynolds built another house here in the 1890s at the northwest corner -of First Avenue North and Ninth Street. The Reynolds family occupied -this home until 1910 when it was sold to the YWCA which continued to use -it until 1913 when it was sold and moved to Fourth Avenue North and -Ninth Street. The YWCA then built its present building at the site. (See -story elsewhere in this book on the YWCA house). - -Known as “one of the state’s capitalists,” Reynolds was born in Missouri -in 1844 and came with his parents to Iowa in 1846. He was reared and -educated in Delaware County and at age 18 enlisted in Company G of the -6th Iowa Cavalry in 1862 and served until 1865. - -In 1872 Reynolds came to Fort Dodge and purchased a grocery store at 523 -Central Avenue which he operated for a year. He then erected a building -at 521 Central Avenue, moved the grocery there and continued business at -that place until 1882. Reynolds next built the three-story building at -the northeast corner of Central and Seventh. He used the west half of -the ground floor for his grocery store—where the Commercial National -Bank later was located. He operated this store until 1894 when he -disposed of the business in order to devote his attention to management -of property interests. - -Space on the east side of the first floor of the building was rented out -and offices occupied the second floor. The third floor was rented to the -Masonic Orders and later to the labor unions. In later years the third -floor was removed. The building now has apartments on the second floor -and the Wicker Jewelry and Friesth Appliance Center on the first floor. -Jerry Neeson now owns the building. - -Reynolds was active in many affairs here, was a member of the Masonic -Orders and served 14 years on the Fort Dodge school board. He was an -uncle of Charles H. Reynolds, Webster County surveyor and later city -engineer of Fort Dodge for 31 years. - - - - - THE GOLDSWORTHY HOME - - - [Illustration: The Goldsworthy home - 1302 5th Avenue South] - -This large brick residence has occupied the northeast corner of Fifth -Avenue South and Thirteenth Street since 1891 and for many years was -known as the Goldsworthy home because of an early owner and builder. - -In later years it was owned by a noted artist, china painter and art -instructor—Miss Edna Richardson—who taught painting to many Fort Dodge -and area women. The house, located at 1302 5th Ave. S., is now owned by -Mrs. Katherine Gilligan. - -A large hall inside the front entrance leads to the oak staircase going -to the upstairs. The first floor includes large living rooms, dining -room, den, kitchen and half bath. There is a fireplace in one of the -living rooms and another fireplace in an upstairs bedroom. There are -three bedrooms and bath on the second floor. Upstairs ceilings are 9 -feet high, those downstairs are 10 feet high. - -Oak was used throughout the house in the floors and woodwork that shine -elegantly despite their age. Old-fashioned inside window shutters are -found in the two living rooms and dining room. - -John Goldsworthy, a carpenter and cabinetmaker, purchased the corner lot -and built the house in 1891. He also built a small shop at the rear of -the lot where he continued his work for many years. In 1919 Goldsworthy -sold the property to Clarence and Allie Hoyt Wakeman who, in turn, sold -the brick residence to Miss Edna Richardson in 1920. - -Miss Richardson was born in 1874 at Bath, N. Y., the daughter of Mr. and -Mrs. William Richardson. She came to Fort Dodge with her parents at an -early age and after completing her schooling began art work, doing oil -painting and china painting. - -Her artistic ability became widely-known and she started art classes at -her home and also taught art in other towns. She was especially known -for her beautiful china painting and many persons in Fort Dodge and the -area now have dishes painted by her or by some of her students. The room -in the house now used as a den was the classroom where students did -their china painting. - -Miss Richardson resided in the large brick house until her death in -1945. The property then was bequeathed by Miss Richardson to Mrs. -Gilligan (Katherine) who was her nurse prior to her death. Mrs. Gilligan -and her husband, Thomas, have occupied the home since 1947. - - - - - THE LEARY HOME - - - [Illustration: The Leary home - 225 So. Seventh Street] - -A large house with huge columns reminiscent of elegant southern -plantation homes has dominated the northeast corner of Third Avenue -South and Seventh Street since shortly after the turn of the century. - -It is the house at 225 S. 7th St., built in 1901 by Dennis E. Leary, a -prominent Fort Dodge grocer for many years. Ownership of the property -has changed several times and the house is now owned by Robert Walters -who acquired it in 1956. - -The house has now been converted into five apartments—two on the first -floor, two on the second floor and one in the attic area. Walters -resides in one of the downstairs apartments—others are rented out. - -Originally house had a large hall, living room, parlor, dining room, -kitchen and pantry on the first floor. The second floor had four -bedrooms, bath, den and large hall. All floors were of hard wood and -walls had much beautiful fresco work. Leary purchased property in 1893 -at Third Avenue South and Seventh Street which had a small house on the -lot. This remained until 1901 when it was moved to Second Avenue South -and Third Street to make way for the large Leary home. - -Leary, a native of Boston, Mass., came to Waverly, Iowa, with his -parents and remained there until 1893 when he moved to Fort Dodge. On -arrival here he purchased property at the southwest corner of Central -Avenue and Seventh Street and established a grocery store there. He -operated this store until 1903 when fire destroyed the building. - -Leary then purchased a building across the street on the north side of -Central Avenue and opened another grocery store which he continued to -operate until 1910 when he sold the business to Tom Welch. Ownership of -the building continued in Leary’s name. - -Leary was married in 1892 to Ellen Foley and they were parents of two -sons—John A. Leary and Dennis E. Leary, both of whom reside in Fort -Dodge. The elder Leary died in 1910 at age 48. Mrs. Leary died in 1950 -at age 91. - -The Learys had a large barn at the rear of their home where they kept -horses, a surrey with fringe on the top and the wagon used for -delivering groceries to customers in the city. One of the owners of the -Leary home after it was sold was Dr. W. E. Alton who had a private -hospital and office there. His hobby was boat building and he built a -number of boats. - - - - - THE MERRITT HOME - - - [Illustration: The Merritt home - 1119 6th Avenue North] - -The large two-story brick home at 1119 6th Ave. N.—with huge columns -supporting a canopy extending across the front of the house—was built in -1914 by a Fort Dodge real estate dealer and insurance representative. - -Known for several years as the Merritt home because it was owned by W. -N. Merritt, it later was known as the Faville home, the Thompson home -and the Barrett home. Since 1961 it has been owned and occupied by Mr. -and Mrs. Anver Habhab and family. - -The house has four rooms on the first floor—living room, den, dining -room and kitchen; the second floor has four bedrooms and bath and the -attic also has one bedroom. The Merritt family resided in the home from -the time it was built in 1914 until early in 1918 when it was sold to -Fredrick F. Faville, a Fort Dodge attorney who came to the city from -Storm Lake. - -Mr. and Mrs. Faville, son Stanton, and daughter, Marion, lived in the -home until 1921 when it was sold to Mrs. Martha Thompson, widow of S. H. -Thompson who owned and operated the Fort Dodge Cooperage Works here. -Faville, a law partner of Robert Healy, was prominent in legal circles -and in 1920 was elected to the Iowa Supreme Court. The Favilles then -moved to Des Moines where their son Stanton, was a well-known attorney -in later years. - -The cooperage firm operated by Thompson was located in the vicinity of -Fifth Avenue North and Fifth Street and manufactured wooden buttertubs, -tanks, cisterns and casks as well as barrels for stucco, apples and -oatmeal. Following Thompson’s death the company was operated by members -of his family including the late M. T. Thompson. - -The Thompson family retained ownership of the house at 1119 6th Ave. N. -for some time after Mrs. Thompson’s death. In 1940 it was sold to S. L. -Barrett, who for many years was sales manager and later president of the -Fort Dodge Laboratories. The Barretts owned the property until it was -purchased in 1961 by Anver and Betty Habhab. - -The exterior front of the home was remodeled by the Habhabs in 1968 and -the large canopy with four columns extending from ground level to the -roof line was added. It covers an open patio area. Habhab operates -Anver’s Lounge in downtown Fort Dodge and the Rose-A-Rio Restaurant and -Lounge in the Crossroads. - - - - - THE CARTER HOME - - - [Illustration: The Carter home - 510 So. Twelfth Street] - -A Fort Dodge industrialist who operated a culvert manufacturing company -and an iron and steel mill here more than a half century ago, built this -large home at 510 S. 12th St. in 1915. - -He was Charles L. Carter, who with a number of other Fort Dodgers -organized and operated the Fort Dodge Culvert Company in the vicinity of -Sixth Avenue North and Seventh Street. In addition to the south Twelfth -Street home he also erected the three-story building at 1018-1020 -Central Avenue known in recent years as the Dunsmoor or Dee Building. -This building is now owned by Dodger Homes, a partnership of Fort Dodge -men including Leo Bevien, William Gibb, Gene Marchi and Richard Koberg. - -Carter purchased the building lot for his home in 1914 and the following -year erected the home which has a stucco exterior. Originally the house -had a large living room that extended across the front interior, a sun -room, dining room and kitchen on the first floor. On the second floor -were three bedrooms, two sleeping porches, sewing room and bath. - -Carter’s Central Avenue building had living quarters on the second and -third floors known as the Carter Apartments. The first floor had a large -room occupied by various business firms through the years and another -room leased out to a motion picture theater. The theater operated under -the name of the Majestic, Pokadot and finally the Dodge. The building -apartments are now known as the Dee Apartments. - -The Fort Dodge Culvert Company had its original plant at 529 N. 7th St., -only a short distance from the Fort Dodge Baseball Park where the city’s -Central Association League teams played their games. Carter was -secretary-treasurer of the culvert firm. - -From culvert manufacturing the company expanded into the steel and iron -business and operated under the name of Fort Dodge Culvert and Iron -Mills Company. The office was at 14 S. 6th St., plant and steel mill at -624 N. 7th St. Carter was president of the firm; C. E. Kitchen, vice -president; and R. M. Stevens, secretary-treasurer. In 1923 the company -again changed its name to Fort Dodge Culvert and Steel Company with -Carter as president; J. W. Amond, vice president; W. L. Tang, -secretary-treasurer; and W. G. Warner, sales manager. The business -continued in operation until about 1927. - -A. R. Williams, Fort Dodge realtor, purchased the Carter residence in -1938 and the Williams family resided there for many years. The house is -now owned by Williams’ widow, Irene M. Williams and apartments are -rented out. - - - - - THE GADD HOME - - - [Illustration: The Gadd home - 710 Elizabeth Avenue] - -One of the early residences constructed in Snell Place after it was -platted was this large and comfortable home. Located at 710 Elizabeth -Ave., it was built in 1920 by C. W. Gadd, a well-known Fort Dodge -banker. - -The two-story red brick house with red tile roof and white wood trim -faces the northeast in an attractive setting surrounded by an expanse of -green lawn, shrubbery and flower beds. At the rear of the house is a -screened-in patio. - -Gadd purchased the building lot in 1919 and the following year erected -the residence which was occupied by his family until 1928. The home was -then sold to J. B. Butler and the Gadds moved into an apartment. A short -time later the house was purchased by Charles F. Isaacson, Fort Dodge -merchant—one of the organizers of the Gates Store here. The Isaacson -family owned the property until 1970 when it was sold to Mr. and Mrs. -Dale C. DeFoe who presently reside there with their family. DeFoe is -owner of DeFoe Motors. - -The home has spacious rooms including a living room that extends across -the front of the house, solarium, dining room, kitchen and half bath on -the first floor; four bedrooms, two full baths, playroom and den on the -second floor. - -Gadd was a native of Rolfe and lived there until 21 years of age. He -then moved to Buffalo Center where he began his banking career with the -First National Bank of that community. He resided there for 30 years -before coming to Fort Dodge in 1920 and operating a real estate business -dealing principally in farm land. - -In 1929 Gadd became associated with the bank now known as The State Bank -and was active in its management until his death in 1949 at age 78. He -was executive vice president of the bank until 1944 when he was elected -chairman of the board. - -Gadd was active in civic affairs, including the Fort Dodge Betterment -Foundation, the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club. Married in 1900 -he and Mrs. Gadd were parents of five children—Robert Gadd and Mrs. Lyle -(Louise) Sells, both of Fort Dodge; Clem Gadd, now deceased; Mrs. -Kenneth (Eunice) Edwards of Silver Springs, Fla., and Richard Gadd of -Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Gadd died here in 1936. - -In addition to his banking interests, Gadd was also identified with the -gypsum industry and served for a time as treasurer of the Cardiff Gypsum -Company. - - - - - THE MONK-ANDERSON HOME - - -This house at 910 5th Ave. N. dates back to 1884 when it was built by -Dr. Casper D. Koch, an early-day musician in Fort Dodge. Later it was -the home for many years of a prominent educator—Prof. John F. Monk—and a -widely-known social worker and YWCA executive—Miss Lynn S. Anderson. - -The two-story frame house is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Gurnett -who acquired it in 1959. There presently are four apartments in the -house—two on each floor. One of the downstairs apartments is occupied by -the Gurnetts. - -Windows in the house are typical of the era when the house was built and -are long and narrow. Three windows in the front living room extend from -the floor to the ceiling. - -Dr. Koch acquired the building lot and erected the home in 1884. -Evidence of the years he spent in the house came to light some years ago -when sheet music with Dr. Koch’s name was found in the attic of the -home. - -The house was purchased in 1901 by S. J. Robertson, a Fort Dodge -businessman, who resided there until 1910 when he sold the property to -Mrs. J. F. (Helen) Monk and her sisters, Lynn S. Anderson and Florence -A. Anderson. Prof. and Mrs. Monk and the Anderson sisters occupied the -home at various times during later years. Monk was a professor at Tobin -College here and owned the college in partnership with C. V. Findlay. -The college was located at the northwest corner of First Avenue North -and Seventh Street and at one time had between 400 and 500 students in -its various departments. - -Monk was married in 1892 to Helen M. Anderson and they were parents of -four children—Florence, Melville, Dorothy and John. The father was -prominent in Fort Dodge affairs—was president of the Chautauqua -Assembly, director of the Commercial Club and president of the official -board of the First Methodist Church. - - [Illustration: The Monk-Anderson home - 910 5th Avenue North] - -Miss Lynn Anderson became sole owner of the 910 5th Ave. N. house in -1936 and retained possession until 1951. A native of Clarence, Iowa, she -came to Fort Dodge in 1904 after completing her education and teaching -for a time. She helped organize the YWCA here and was its first physical -director and secretary. Leaving the YWCA she worked for the Webster -County Welfare Department and then was probation officer here for many -years. She taught a Sunday School class at the First Presbyterian Church -for 20 years, was a member of the Fort Dodge Business & Professional -Women’s Club and the Story Tellers Club. She received the Kiwanis Club’s -“Golden Ruler” award some years prior to her death in 1972 at age of 100 -years. - - - - - THE FINDLAY HOME - - -A Fort Dodge mayor—C. V. Findlay—who served as the city’s chief -executive for 10 years, owned and occupied this house for many years. -The two-story frame house at 1707 8th Ave. S., was built in 1895 by -Charles Hayler and sold in 1901 to James Findlay. - -The home remained in possession of members of the Findlay family until -sold to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Pieper in 1953. In 1973 it was purchased by -Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Reel who presently reside there with their two -children. Reel is a sheet metal worker with Northwest Furnace Company. - -The house has undergone some remodeling but has substantially the same -room arrangement now as in past years. The first floor has living room, -dining room, family room, kitchen and bath. The second floor has four -bedrooms, (one used as a children’s playroom) and bath. - -C. V. Findlay acquired the home in 1910 and lived there with his wife -and family for many years. Born in Illinois in 1866, he came to Iowa and -Clay County with his parents in 1871. Six years later the Findlays moved -to Webster County and settled in Otho Township. He attended schools in -the area and then graduated from Highland Park College in Des Moines. -Returning to Fort Dodge Findlay was elected Webster County -superintendent of schools and served in that capacity for a number of -years. - - [Illustration: The Findlay home - 1707 8th Avenue South] - -Findlay then purchased Tobin College in partnership with J. F. Monk and -the two operated this widely-known educational institution for many -years. The three-story frame college building was located at the -northwest corner of First Avenue North and Seventh Street. It burned -down in 1929. - -In 1899 Findlay was married and the couple were parents of two -sons—James Franklin Findlay and Maurice Findlay. Mrs. Findlay was an -early secretary of the YWCA. - -Findlay was elected to the city council while the city was operating -under the ward system of government and served during 1910 and 1911. -Still interested in civic affairs Findlay later was elected mayor of -Fort Dodge in 1923 under the commission form of government established -in 1911. He was reelected to four additional terms, serving a total of -10 years in the mayor’s office. His tenure of office was the longest of -any of the city’s mayors until Albert Habhab was elected mayor in 1959 -and served continuously through 1973—a total of 14 years. - - - - - THE STUDEBAKER HOME - - -Dr. John F. Studebaker, who established his medical practice here in -1908, built this large two-story house at 2018 8th Ave. N. in 1914. Dr. -Studebaker and family occupied the home until he retired in 1942 and -moved to California. - -The house was then sold to Richard Hess, U. S. Gypsum plant manager -here; then to Mr. and Mrs. Roy V. Murray in 1947. In 1948 the property -was sold to Robert M. Kelley, Fort Dodge insurance man, and Mrs. Kelley -who occupied it with their family until 1974 when it was purchased by R. -Thomas Price, Fort Dodge attorney and Mrs. Price. The Prices now reside -there. - - [Illustration: The Studebaker home - 2018 8th Avenue North] - -Originally the house included living room, parlor or music room, dining -room, library used by Dr. Studebaker for his medical books, large -kitchen and bath on the first floor; four bedrooms, sleeping porch and -bath on the second floor. The house has been remodeled and modernized at -various times, the Kelleys adding a family room on the north side 15 -years ago and a bedroom and bath on the second floor. - -Grounds around the house were extensively landscaped with trees, shrubs, -flowers, vegetable garden, small fruit orchard, grape arbor and -raspberry bushes. An octagonal summer house and a tennis court were also -on the grounds. - -Dr. Studebaker was born in Pearl City, Ill., in 1874 and later moved to -Summerfield, Kan. He graduated from MacPherson College and then attended -the University of Illinois School of Medicine and took postgraduate work -at Harvard School of Medicine. He had his first office in the newly -completed First National Bank building here and engaged in general -medical practice until 1916 when he began specializing in surgery. - -He was a World War I veteran serving in the Army Medical Corps. After -his discharge from service Dr. Studebaker returned to Fort Dodge and in -1922 joined with Dr. E. F. Beeh and Dr. A. A. Schultz in building the -Physicians Clinic, a two-story structure at First Avenue North and Tenth -Street, where they had offices for many years. Four additional -floors—devoted to apartments—were added in 1928 and given the name -Biltwell Apartments. - -Dr. and Mrs. Studebaker had two children. Their son Dr. Leland F. -Studebaker practiced medicine in California. He died in 1971 at age 63. -The daughter, Miss Rowena Studebaker resides in Fort Dodge. - - - - - THE TRAUERMAN HOME - - -One of Fort Dodge’s most unique residences is this Spanish-type home at -725 N. 21st St.—built in 1925 by furniture store owner Joe K. Trauerman. -The attractive home is now owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Richard -Lunn and family. Lunn is a Fort Dodge attorney. - -The house is similar to those seen in the southwestern United States -where Spanish architecture is much in vogue. Exterior of the house is of -stucco, painted a pleasing yellow with black trim. Front of the house is -distinguished by three arches supported by two black columns. Behind and -set back of a small patio area are large French-type doors opening out -from the west side of the living room. - -A traditional Spanish-type wall extends from the southwest corner of the -house to the south lot line, providing privacy for the back yard. - - [Illustration: The Trauerman home - 725 No. Twenty-first Street] - -An entry hall just inside the front door leads to the large living room -with high beamed ceiling and a Spanish style fireplace. Other rooms -include a dining area, kitchen, two large bedrooms and bath and another -bedroom over the garage. Just off this bedroom is a veranda over a -portion of the garage. The backyard has a large screened-in porch and -patio. - -Trauerman came to Fort Dodge from Sioux Falls, S. D., in 1921, purchased -the C. H. Pill Furniture Store and changed the name to the Home -Furniture. He remained in active operation of the store until 1940 when -he moved to Corpus Christi, Texas, but retained an interest in the -business. The Trauerman home changed ownership several times after that -until purchased by the Lunns in 1970. - -Harold W. Burch joined Trauerman as an officer of the Home Furniture in -1933, coming here from Clinton. In 1950 Trauerman sold his remaining -interest in the business to Burch and the late Kitty Munn. Earlier (in -1947) the Home purchased the McQuilkin Furniture Store, transferred its -operations to the McQuilkin building and remained there until 1960. The -store then moved to a new building at 611 Central Ave. In 1972 the -business was sold to the Kelly Furniture Company. In 1974 the Elliott -Home Furniture took over the 611 Central Avenue location. - -Trauerman and his wife. Lucille, were parents of three children—two -daughters and a son. They are Betty Frantz, Weslaco, Texas; Marjorie, -New York City; and Joe Trauerman Jr., Palatka, Fla. The elder Trauerman -resides in San Jose, Costa Rica. Mrs. Trauerman is deceased. - - - - - THE W. V. MULRONEY HOME - - - [Illustration: The Mulroney home - 625 No. Thirteenth Street] - -A Fort Dodge work clothes manufacturer is credited with re-designing and -remodeling this Haviland Homestead Addition home at 625 N. 13th St.—a -home whose history dates back to 1880. - -He was W. V. Mulroney who, with his brother J. R. Mulroney, was -associated for many years in the operation of the Mulroney Manufacturing -Company. The company was a widely-known maker and distributor of work -clothes and gloves under the trade name of “Fort Brand.” - -The two-story frame residence is now owned and occupied by Dr. and Mrs. -Theodore J. Michelfelder. It is located on two lots at the southeast -corner of Seventh Avenue North and Thirteenth Street. - -Room arrangement of the house after it was remodeled by Mulroney -included living room, hallway and open stairway to the second floor, -dining room, kitchen with walk-in pantry, playroom, solarium and -enclosed back porch on the first floor; five bedrooms, bathroom and -sleeping porch on the second floor. Rooms now include living room, entry -hallway, parlor, dining room, kitchen, breakfast nook, bedroom and bath -on the first floor; five bedrooms, bath and kitchen on the second floor. -An apartment area on the second floor is presently not in use. - -Mulroney acquired the property in 1914 and immediately remodeled the -existing house. An additional basement area was excavated, the house was -moved farther back from the street and turned around so that it fronted -to the west on Thirteenth Street. Room arrangements were changed and the -house modernized. The house has also been remodeled in recent years by -the Michelfelders and other owners. The Mulroney family resided in the -home until 1932. Through the years the house changed ownership several -times, the Michelfelders acquiring it in 1966. - -W. V. Mulroney was the son of pioneer settlers, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. -Mulroney. Born in 1867 he attended local schools and in 1890 with a -brother, J. R. Mulroney, established the Mulroney Brothers General -Store, operating it until 1905 when they organized the Mulroney -Manufacturing Company which had its first plant at the southwest corner -of Central Avenue and Tenth Street. After fire destroyed this building -the three-story building at First Avenue North and Seventh Street was -constructed and the company operated there for many years. Later it was -sold to Marso & Rodenborn. - -In 1927 Mulroney entered the insurance business under the name of -Mulroney Insurance Agency. The agency is now operated by his sons -William V. (Bill) Mulroney and Richard J. (Dick) Mulroney. The elder -Mulroney was married in 1896 to Elizabeth Howard and they were parents -of six children. They are Mrs. Eleanor McKenzie, Miss Helen Mulroney, -Mrs. Gertrude Barnes, Miss Elizabeth Mulroney, William and Richard. -Mulroney died in 1950 at age 82; Mrs. Mulroney died in 1952, also at age -82. - - - - - THE CHASE HOME - - - [Illustration: The Chase home - 1320 10th Avenue North] - -This large English-type residence at 1320 10th Ave. N. was built in 1926 -by Dr. Sumner B. Chase, a well-known eye, ear, nose and throat -specialist. It is now owned and occupied by Don N. Kersten, Fort Dodge -attorney, his wife, Merope, and family. They acquired the home in 1961. - -Dr. Chase and his wife, Edith, purchased lots in the newly-platted -Crawford-Armstrong Addition in 1922 and four years later built the main -section of the beautiful and authentic English style home. In 1933 the -Tudor or playroom wing on the east side of the house was added. - -The house has main floor, upstairs area and full basement and there are -five fireplaces of various sizes. The present first floor arrangement -includes living room, dining room, television room, kitchen and -breakfast area that originally was a maid’s room and bath. There is also -an entrance hallway. A recent addition to the house is a large open deck -along the north side overlooking the wooded and ravine area. The -upstairs has four bedrooms and two baths. - -The Tudor room has an impressive cathedral-type ceiling and a balcony. -All windows have leaded and stained glass imported from England. -Furnishings in the room include a massive wood hutch and a large -refectory table with heavy carved legs. The hutch is part Jacobean -period and has panels reported to be 400 years old. Both the hutch and -table were imported from England to give more British authenticity to -the Tudor room. The ceiling light fixture in the room was made from a -large wooden wheel once on a horse-drawn bus operating here in the early -1900s. - -The house is in a beautiful wooded setting and there is a curved -driveway leading to the garage under the rear portion of the house. -Exterior of the house is of scrolled natural finish cement with blue and -olive green wood trim. - -Dr. Chase, a native of Waterloo, began practice in Fort Dodge in 1916 a -year after receiving his medical degree at the University of Iowa. He -spent his entire medical career of 45 years in the city, retiring in -1961 and moving to Mt. Pleasant where he died in 1964 at age 76. His -widow now resides in Mt. Pleasant and a daughter, Mrs. George (Rosemary) -Haire lives in Fort Dodge. - -Dr. Chase was active in county, state and national medical societies and -was surgeon for the Chicago Great Western and Illinois Central -Railroads. He was a member of the American Association of Railway -Surgeons. - - - - - THE KENYON HOME - - - [Illustration: The Kenyon home - 1229 2nd Avenue North] - -The Kenyon name was associated with this large two-story residence at -1229 2nd Ave. N. from the early 1900s until 1938. Built in 1901, it was -acquired in 1902 by Mrs. Harriett A. Kenyon, widow of the Rev. Fergus L. -Kenyon, an early-day minister of the First Presbyterian Church here. - -Mrs. Kenyon deeded the house in 1909 to her daughter, Miss Charlotte -Kenyon, a well-known Fort Dodge music teacher. Following her death the -property was transferred in 1937 to her brother, A. M. Kenyon, Fort -Dodge Serum Company executive. Elmo Hoffman, local realtor, purchased -the home in 1938. Both he and Mrs. Hoffman (Goldie) are deceased and the -property is now owned by the Hoffman’s daughter, Miss Vanna Hoffman. - -The Hoffmans remodeled the home which now has a large apartment on the -first floor which they occupied and two smaller apartments on the second -floor. - -The Rev. and Mrs. Kenyon were parents of three sons and a daughter. They -were William S. Kenyon, for many years a United States Senator from Iowa -and later a U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge; A. M. (Dick) Kenyon, -associated with the serum company for many years; F. A. Kenyon, a banker -at Washta; and Miss Charlotte Kenyon. - -The Rev. Mr. Kenyon came to Fort Dodge in 1885 and served the -Presbyterian Church here until the following year. He then founded the -Fort Dodge Collegiate Institute which later became Buena Vista College. -The school was moved from Fort Dodge to Hawarden and then to its present -location in Storm Lake where it is now Buena Vista College, operated by -the Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Mr. Kenyon died in 1902. - -William S. Kenyon was a prominent attorney here for many years, was -Webster County attorney and district court judge. In 1911 he was elected -U. S. senator from Iowa and served until 1922 when he resigned from the -Senate and was named a federal Circuit Court judge. He maintained an -office in the federal building here during his years as a judge and when -in Fort Dodge lived with his sister in the home at 1229 2nd Ave. N. In -1929 during his judicial career Kenyon was named a member of President -Herbert Hoover’s Law Enforcement Commission. Judge Kenyon died in 1933 -at age 64. - -A. M. Kenyon was secretary of the Fort Dodge Serum Company (now the Fort -Dodge Laboratories) for 28 years until his retirement in 1946. Two of -his sons reside here now—Robert P. Kenyon and Bruce Kenyon; a third son -Fergus Kenyon, lives in Lewiston, Idaho. - - - - - THE WOLFE HOME - - -This sturdy-looking cement block house—known for many years as the -‘stone house’ or the ‘castle’—has occupied the northwest corner of Fifth -Avenue North and Sixteenth Street since 1908. - -Henry W. Wolfe purchased the corner lot in 1903 that extended along -Sixteenth Street from Fifth to Sixth Avenues North and five years later -built the big house. In 1910 he erected the cement house just to the -north—at the Sixth Avenue corner. - -The house with the address of 1530 5th Ave. N. is now owned by Mr. and -Mrs. Robert Bocken, 831 N. 21st St. who purchased it in 1965. Many years -ago it was converted into a duplex with two apartments that are rented -out. Each apartment has a living room, dining room, kitchen on the first -floor and two bedrooms and bath on the second floor. - -A unique feature of the house is the corner tower-like area that extends -from the ground floor to the attic. At the roof level is a cupola with -six windows and a peaked roof. Wolfe, a Spanish-American War veteran -brought back many mementoes of the Philippine Islands which he displayed -in cases in the cupola area. There was also a landscape mural painting -on the six sections of the wall. - -Mrs. A. F. Jessen, 2442 10th Ave. N. is a daughter of the late Mr. and -Mrs. Henry W. Wolfe, and relates interesting information about the house -where she lived with her parents. Original interior arrangement of the -house included a large living room, entry hall, dining room, library -with fireplace, kitchen and pantry on the first floor; four bedrooms and -bath on the second floor, the bedroom above the library with a -fireplace. - - [Illustration: The Wolfe home - 1530 5th Avenue North] - -The house was occupied by the Wolfes until 1918. In 1923 it was acquired -by Dr. E. M. Van Patten, a well-known osteopathic physician here, and -the Van Pattens resided there for many years. Since then the house has -changed ownership several times. - -Wolfe built the home when he was associated with the Iowa Hydraulic -Stone Company which had its plant in the area where the Hormel plant is -now located. The company manufactured cement blocks, ornamental stone -and special forms of cast work. Wolfe was secretary and general manager -of the stone company and F. C. Minogue was president. After the company -ceased operations Wolfe was employed at the Fort Dodge post office for -some years. He died in 1955 at age 83; Mrs. Wolfe died in 1970 at age -92. - - - - - THE STEVENS HOME - - -The two-story brick residence pictured above was built on a site in the -northwest part of the city that was deeded by the United States of -America to the State of Iowa in 1862. The tract of land was part of the -area later transferred by the state in 1874 to the Des Moines Valley -Railroad Company and then in 1875 to the Des Moines and Fort Dodge -Railroad Company. - -Located at 510 3rd Ave. NW, it was known as the Stevens property for -many years. Presently it is owned by Sterling Ainsworth, a great -grandson of Socrates G. Stevens, an early resident of Douglas Township. -Stevens came to Webster County in 1857 and purchased a large farm in -Douglas Township. In later years the farm adjoined the northwest Fort -Dodge city limits and included the building site where the original -Stevens home was erected. - -The Stevens’ had a daughter, Mary, who took over operation of the farm -following the deaths of her parents. In 1906 she replaced the old farm -house with the present attractive house and resided there until her -death in 1929. The Stevens also had a daughter Julia who was married to -W. C. Ainsworth. They were parents of Harriet Ainsworth and W. L. -Ainsworth, a widely-known farmer and the father of Sterling Ainsworth -who now resides in the Stevens house. - - [Illustration: The Stevens home - 510 3rd Avenue Northwest] - -The house has foundation walls of solid granite blocks two feet thick. -Oak woodwork was used throughout the house and floors are solid oak, an -inch in thickness. First floor of the house has living room, dining -room, kitchen, pantry, large music room and half bath. The upstairs has -four bedrooms, sewing room and full bath. A porch extends across the -south and east sides of the house. - -Socrates G. Stevens, who established the Douglas Township farm, was born -in North Carolina in 1811. Married in 1835 he and his wife came to -Oskaloosa in 1856 and the following year began their farming career in -Webster County. Their daughter, Mary, was 15 years old when she came to -Iowa with her parents. She completed schooling in Oskaloosa and after -coming to the Fort Dodge area was a school teacher for 22 terms. - -Following the death of her mother in 1888 Miss Stevens quit teaching and -remained at home and helped to operate the farm. She was reputed to be -one of the most efficient business women of Webster County and after the -death of her father in 1901 she successfully carried on the farm -operations. - -Ownership of the house and surrounding farmland was transferred to -Harriet Ainsworth after Miss Stevens’ death in 1929. In 1939 the -property was bequeathed to Sterling Ainsworth. For a time in the early -1930s the house was leased out and the Red Feather Inn, a popular dining -place, operated there. - - - - - THE E. F. ARMSTRONG HOME - - -This large residence at 1302 10th Ave. N., was one of the first -constructed in the Crawford-Armstrong Addition to the city after it was -platted in 1910. Built in 1911 by E. F. Armstrong, a well-known -pharmacist and drug company officer, the house remained in possession of -the Armstrong family until 1948. - - [Illustration: The Armstrong home - 1302 10th Avenue North] - -It was then sold to Dr. J. J. Foley, a Fort Dodge dentist. Following his -death the home was acquired by Arthur H. Johnson and his wife, Ann. The -Johnsons completely remodeled the house giving it a traditional and -attractive English style of architecture. - -The first floor has living room, family room, dining room, kitchen and -half bath; the second floor three bedrooms and two full baths. The third -floor has a large bedroom, walk-in storage closet, two double closets -with sliding doors and a built-in chest of drawers. A large recreation -room is located in the basement, complete with sauna bathroom, full bath -and laundry. - -Exterior of the house features gray cement walls with tobacco brown wood -trim and roof of heavy split cedar wood shakes. The front porch and -patio area has a red brick wall—bricks being from the old Chicago Great -Western depot which was razed some years ago. Adjoining the house at the -rear is a family room and double garage. - -The Johnsons occupied the home until the summer of 1974 when it was sold -to Dr. and Mrs. Gary LeValley. The Johnsons then moved into their new -home at 1640 N. 22nd St. - -Armstrong, who built the house at 1302 10th Ave. N., was married to the -former Mary Crawford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Crawford, -well-known early Fort Dodge residents. Mrs. Armstrong was prominent in -Iowa circles and was a member of the State Conservation Commission when -Dolliver State Park was dedicated in 1925. The Armstrongs were parents -of a daughter, Elizabeth. - -For many years Armstrong was associated with the Oleson Drug Company as -a pharmacist and vice president of the firm. Later he was in the -Crawford-Armstrong real estate firm and manager of the Fort Dodge -Chemical Company. - - - - - THE WELCH HOME - - -A Fort Dodge shoe dealer, E. A. Welch and his wife, Helen, built this -attractive English type home nearly 50 years ago at 1105 Crawford -Avenue. Designed by Mrs. Welch and architect Frank Griffith, the house -is patterned after the Ann Hathaway Cottage at Stratford-on-Avon where -author William Shakespeare resided. - - [Illustration: The Welch home - 1105 Crawford Avenue] - -The two-story home has gray cedar shingle shake siding with white wood -trim and a thatched shingle roof. The first floor includes hallway -inside the front entrance, living room with arched entryway, a den -converted from a former porch, kitchen with glassed-in dining room, -bedroom and bath. - -The formal dining room on the first floor has a round walnut table with -six leaves—a gift from Miss Maude Lauderdale, first curator of the -Webster County Historical Society. There are also 12 walnut chairs, a -gift of O. M. Oleson, pioneer Fort Dodge pharmacist and uncle of Mrs. -Welch. The upstairs had two bedrooms and full bath and a large attic -playroom. The house is now owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Richard O. -Welch and family. - -E. A. (Ed) Welch was born in Fort Dodge in 1875 and had two brothers—Sam -and W. R. (Dick) Welch. Sam was in the shoe business with Ed; Dick was -in the drug business, operating the drug store in the Carver Building -(now O’Connell Drugs). - -Both Ed and Sam were sales representatives for the Greene-Wheeler Shoe -Manufacturing plant here for many years. In 1907 they purchased the Ed -Rank Shoe Store at 607 Central Ave. and operated it under the name of -Welch Bros. Shoes. After a year in this location the store moved to 818 -Central Ave. where it remained until moving in 1963 to its present large -and attractive location at 915 Central Ave. - -Richard O. Welch, son of E. A. Welch, joined his father in the shoe -store in 1930. The elder Mr. Welch retired from the firm in 1947 and -died in 1953. Mrs. Welch, now 96, is a resident of Friendship Haven. - -Dale Happ joined the firm in 1952 when he and Richard Welch became sole -owners of the business. They reorganized the firm as the Welch Shoe -Company with Welch as president and Happ as vice president and -treasurer. Sale of the store to four employes was announced late in -January with Robert L. Thiele one of the purchasers to be president and -general manager of the firm. Welch will remain as consultant and -assistant for one year. Happ will retain an association with the store -but will take an extended leave of absence. - - - - - THE HAVILAND HOME - - - [Illustration: The Haviland home - 926-928 3rd Avenue North] - -The two-family residence pictured here is believed to be the first of -its kind built in the city and dates its history back to 1870, according -to city assessor’s records. Located at the northwest corner of Third -Avenue North and Tenth Street, the house was the homestead of Andrew J. -Haviland, noted horticulturist, who came to Webster County in 1855. - -Old-time photos of the house show that it has not changed much since it -was erected 105 years ago. Of two-story frame construction, the house -has two identical apartments with addresses of 926 and 928 3rd Ave. N. -Each apartment has a living room, dining room, kitchen and utility room -on the first floor; two bedrooms and bath on the second floor. - -There is a basement area where old hand-hewn beams can be observed and -there is a tunnel leading from the furnace room to the outdoors so as to -make removal of ashes easier. - -The residence is presently owned by Mrs. John K. Jensen of Palatine, -Ill., and her son John K. Jensen Jr. of Green Bay, Wis. Mrs. Jensen is -the daughter of K. D. Miller, one-time superintendent of schools in Fort -Dodge, who purchased the property in 1939 from the estate of Rowena H. -Haviland. - -A. J. Haviland was born in Pawlings, N. Y., in 1820 and did some -carriage making and contracting in the east before coming to Webster -County in 1855. He located in Cooper Township north of the city where he -farmed for six years and then moved into Fort Dodge and in 1870 built -the Third Avenue North residence. He resided there with his wife, the -former Mary Colby, and their four children. - -Two years after his arrival in the county he established the Fort Dodge -Nursery at the north edge of the city and operated it along with his -farm. He was a noted horticulturist and was well-known throughout the -northwest part of the state as an authority in this line of work. -Following his death in 1888, Mrs. Haviland and children continued to -make their home in the old homestead until her death in 1901. - -Historians report that “The Evergreens” at the north edge of the city, -formerly used as a nursery by A. J. Haviland, was “one of the most -beautiful places to be found in or around Fort Dodge.” W. C. Haviland, -son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Haviland, was credited with planting the first -apple trees in Cooper Township. Later he had the large apple orchard at -the north edge of the city. - - - - - THE JOSELYN HOME - - - [Illustration: The Joselyn home - 310 Northwood Avenue] - -A graduate pharmacist, who later manufactured mineral feeds for -livestock, built this impressive Snell Place residence at 810 Northwood -Avenue in 1922. He was Ed S. Joselyn who moved his manufacturing -operations from Rockwell City to Fort Dodge in 1921 and continued in -business here until 1930. - -Mr. and Mrs. Joselyn and family resided in this large home until 1932 -when it was sold to Charles A. Helsell, Fort Dodge attorney. Helsell was -transferred to Chicago in 1938 as solicitor general for the Illinois -Central Railroad and the house was then sold to Dr. and Mrs. E. F. Beeh. - -Present owners of the home are Herbert Bennett, Fort Dodge attorney, and -his wife, Geraldine, who acquired the property in 1964 from the estate -of Dr. Beeh. They reside in the attractive residence with their -daughters, Karen, and twins Kathy and Kris. - -The house has huge white columns that extend upward to the roof and -outline the front entryway—typical of its Colonial style of -architecture. An arched front doorway opens into a large hallway with a -stairway leading to the second floor. The first floor includes living -room with large fireplace of red brick and white colored woodwork, -dining room, kitchen and butler’s pantry, breakfast room, library and -sunroom. The second floor has four bedrooms, two bathrooms, sewing room -and large cedar closet. On the third floor is a large party room, two -bedrooms and bath. - -At the rear of the house is a large garden area with terraced slope, a -small “teahouse”, a bridge over the ravine, flower beds and garage. - -Joselyn was a native of New York state and after completing pharmacy -studies he came to Stratford where he was in the pharmacy business. -Later he moved to Rockwell City and established the Joselyn Stock Food -Company and began manufacturing feeds for livestock. He moved operations -to the Brady building here in 1921. Joselyn discontinued the business in -1930 and in 1934 moved to Webster City where he operated a drug store. -He died in 1941 at age 73. - -Mr. and Mrs. Joselyn were parents of three children—Robert of Chicago; -Marion of the Joselyn Press Printing & Stationery firm of Fort Dodge; -and a daughter, Catherine of Palmerton, Pa. - - - - - THE KIME HOME - - - [Illustration: The Kime home - 728 Crest Avenue] - -Dr. J. W. Kime, a Fort Dodge physician and surgeon who was credited with -getting the city to change its water source from the Des Moines River to -deep artesian wells, erected this large residence in 1918. - -Dr. Kime came here in 1884 and began the general practice of medicine -and later specialized in the treatment of tuberculosis at his sanitorium -just north of the city. He built his attractive home at 728 Crest Ave. -after Snell Place was platted in 1915. It combines an exterior of red -brick and natural stone from the area. - -The home is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fletcher who purchased the -property in 1971. The Fletchers reside there with their two daughters -and a son—Kathy, Jody and David. Another daughter Mrs. Bobby Clark -resides in Omaha, Neb. Previous owners include Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Stowe, -Dr. and Mrs. Arthur P. Echternacht and Dr. John D. Rasmussen. - -The house has three floors and a basement. On the first floor are large -living room, sunporch, dining room, kitchen, half bath and front -entryway. The second floor has four bedrooms and full bath; the third -floor has two rooms. The basement has a large family room. - -Dr. Kime was born in Shelby County in 1855 and entered the University of -Iowa for a general course at age 18. Later he studied medicine and -received his medical degree in 1883. After a year in Angus he came to -Fort Dodge in 1884. - -In connection with his treatment of tuberculosis, Dr. Kime constructed a -large sanitorium one-fourth mile north of the city limits. Built of -brick and stone it was widely-known for years as Kime’s Sanitorium -Boulder Lodge. - -After the sanitorium was discontinued the building was converted into -living quarters and for many years was occupied by Mrs. Jett Wray who -also remodeled it into an elaborate place for parties and dinners. She -changed the name to Wraywood and the present Wraywood Manor apartments -are built around the original structure. At one time the building was -also a popular night club. - -Dr. Kime was a state lecturer on tuberculosis and active in medical -groups. His wife, Sara, was also a graduate physician and assisted her -husband in his work. They were parents of two daughters—Marian and -Isabelle. - -Interested in things pertaining to the city Dr. Kime was elected to the -city council for one term under the ward system of government. He was an -advocate of pure drinking water and campaigned for many years for water -from deep wells. It was largely through his efforts that the city began -sinking deep artesian wells and drawing water from them for city uses. -The first well was completed in 1907 and there are now seven such wells -in use. - - - - - THE DAMON HOME - - - [Illustration: The Damon home - 710 Northwood Avenue] - -A Fort Dodge architect—E. O. Damon Jr.—who began his career as a naval -architect—designed and built this Colonial-type Snell Place home in -1916. He and his family resided in the home for many years while he was -busy designing many houses and buildings. - -Damon died in 1948 at age 72 and in 1949 the home was sold to Paul E. -McCarville, Fort Dodge attorney, and his wife, Helen, who have since -resided there. - -Located at 710 Northwood Ave., the three-story brick residence faces the -east. At the rear of the house and attached to the garage is a large -screened-in summer porch the McCarvilles built some years ago. It has -been a popular place for the McCarvilles and their family that included -two daughters—Mrs. Mary Alice Coleman, Fort Dodge; and Mrs. Carl A. -Nelson, Wayzata, Minn. - -The house has traditional colonial styling with white shutters on the -first floor windows and green shutters on the second floor windows. -Third floor windows are set into dormers. A large hall extends east to -west through the house from the front door entrance and there is a -staircase with mahogany railing and white spindles from the first to the -third floor. - -The first floor has large living room with fireplace, dining room, -sunroom, butler’s pantry, second pantry and half bath. The second floor -includes a master bedroom, two other large bedrooms, sunporch, study, -children’s room and two full baths. A sitting room, bedroom, bath and -attic storage space are on the third floor. All woodwork in the house is -white but doors are dark mahogany. - -A large pastel landscape hangs over the fireplace in the living room. -The original painting depicts an attractive country scene and was the -work of Robert Reaser, a widely-known artist who resided in Fort Dodge -for a time. - -Damon, a native of Northhampton, Mass., took his naval architectural -training in Scotland, returned to the U. S. and practiced for a time in -the south before coming to Fort Dodge in 1912. He was married to Georgia -Mason and after Snell Place was platted they built their Northwood Ave. -home. Damon was well known for his architectural work that included the -addition to Mercy Hospital (now Trinity East), the City Hall and -Wahkonsa School. - -The Damons were parents of two sons, Mason Damon, Buffalo, N. Y.; and -Kent Damon, Rochester, N. Y. Following the death of his first wife, -Damon was married to Edna Wheeler Dougherty. - - - - - THE JACK HAIRE HOME - - - [Illustration: The Jack Haire home - 815 Northwood Avenue] - -A native Fort Dodger—Jack Haire—who was in the lumber business here for -45 years, erected this Snell Place home in 1922. It is located at 815 -Northwood Ave. - -The house is now owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Glenn R. Schnurr who -purchased it in 1960. Schnurr is vice president of the Federal Mortgage -and Investment Company of Fort Dodge. The Schnurrs have five -children—Matt, Sally, Donald, Pat and Tom. - -The home has spacious rooms including living room, dining room, library, -kitchen, butler’s pantry, breakfast room and bath on the first floor. -The second floor has five bedrooms, sleeping porch and three baths. A -recreation room is located in the basement. At one time there was a -tennis court in the area just south of the house. - -Jack Haire was the son of John Haire, pioneer Fort Dodge businessman. -Born in 1877, he attended local schools and later graduated from the Des -Moines College of Pharmacy. He was a partner with his brother, Will W. -Haire, in the Sackett & Haire Drug Store for 10 years before going into -the lumber business. - -In 1909 Jack Haire and George W. Mason, who was a partner in the Mason & -O’Connell Lumber Company, purchased the Chapin Lumber Yard located at -First Avenue North and Sixth Street. The name was changed to the Fort -Dodge Lumber Company and the business operated until 1954 when it was -sold to the Joyce Lumber Company. The Joyce firm continued at the First -Avenue North location for the next five years. - -Haire’s two sons joined their father in the lumber business—George in -1931 and John in 1935—and they continued in its active management until -the firm was sold to the Joyce Company. Jack Haire retired from the -lumber business in 1954. In 1962 he died at age 85. - -Haire was prominent in state lumber circles and active in Fort Dodge -affairs. He served as a director of the Fort Dodge Serum Company, the -State Bank and the Fort Dodge Telephone Company. - -Married in 1907 to Margaret Mason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. -Mason, they were parents of three sons—George and John, both of Fort -Dodge; and Dr. Mason Haire, Boston, Mass. - - - - - THE KERSTEN HOME - - -Dr. E. M. Kersten, founder of the Kersten Clinic in Fort Dodge, erected -this large Snell Place residence at 712 Crest Ave. in 1924 and it was -occupied by members of the Kersten family until 1959. - -Dr. Kersten, a widely-known surgeon, came to Fort Dodge in 1916 and -practiced here until 1957 with the exception of two years he was in -service during World War I with the American Expeditionary Forces in -France. He was a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps in charge of -Field Hospital No. 34 overseas. - -The two-story brick home has an interior arrangement that includes entry -hall, living room, dining room and kitchen on the first floor; four -bedrooms and bath on the second floor. There is also a family room on -the landing halfway up the stairway to the second floor. The third floor -attic has two large rooms used for recreation by the family. Years ago -an amateur (ham) radio unit was installed there and operated -extensively. - -The home is now owned and occupied by Fred Breen, Fort Dodge attorney, -and his wife. They acquired it in 1972. - -Dr. Kersten was born in 1892 in De Pere, Wis., a suburb of Green Bay. -After attending schools there he enrolled in Marquette University’s -Medical School and graduated in 1913. He began practice in Two Rivers, -Wis., and remained there until 1916 when he came to Fort Dodge. - -He was married in 1917 and he and Mrs. Kersten were parents of five -children—all of whom were reared in the Crest Avenue home. They are Drs. -Herbert, Paul and John Kersten of Fort Dodge; Don Kersten, Fort Dodge -attorney; and Mrs. William (Frances Anne) Wolfe of Chicago. - -Following World War I service, Dr. Kersten returned to Fort Dodge and -entered into medical practice with Dr. F. E. Seymour with offices in the -Snell Building. Later he officed in the Carver Building until founding -the Kersten Clinic in 1952. His three doctor sons joined him in the -clinic’s medical staff after it was founded. - - [Illustration: The Kersten home - 712 Crest Avenue] - -Dr. Kersten was one of the state’s prominent surgeons during the more -than 40 years he practiced here and was a member of professional groups -during this time. He was associated with the clinic until his death in -1957 at age 65. - - - - - THE WILLIS RICH HOME - - -A Fort Dodge couple—Mr. and Mrs. Willis F. Rich—built this large brick -residence at 701 Northwood Ave. in 1924 and have lived there -continuously since then. The Riches planned and constructed the home -more than 50 years ago, have lived there all of this time and also -reared a family of three children there. - -The stately English style home was constructed of red brick with a red -tile roof. The house is surrounded by trees and green ivy vines cover -the north and west sides. - -The home has large and comfortable rooms on the first floor—living room -with fireplace, sunroom, entry hall, dining room, kitchen, breakfast -room and half bath. All floors are of hardwood. The second floor -includes master bedroom, sleeping porch and three other bedrooms, bath -and sunporch. - -Insulation materials were not in use in the 1924 era but architect E. O. -Damon’s plans specified four dead-air spaces to serve as insulation in -the house between the exterior brick wall and the interior plastered -wall. The method worked successfully. - -Rich is from a family of bankers, his father E. H. Rich being one of the -early prominent bankers here. He followed in his father’s footsteps and -in 1932 was cashier of the First Trust & Savings Bank and assistant -cashier of the early-day First National Bank. At that time he quit the -bank and went into the property supervision, real estate, insurance and -loan business. Mrs. Rich was his partner in the business. - - [Illustration: The Willis Rich home - 701 Northwood Avenue] - -At one time the Riches were supervising 100 city properties and 45 -farms. Later he was president of the Union State Bank of Rockwell City -and director of the Pocahontas State Bank and the Renwick Savings Bank. - -Rich has been a member of the First Presbyterian Church here since 1899 -and now has the distinction of being a member of the congregation longer -than any other living person. He is a veteran of World War I. - -Mr. and Mrs. Rich are the parents of three children. They are Willis F. -Rich Jr. of Minneapolis; Mrs. J. C. (Eunice) Norby of Pasadena, Calif.; -and Robert E. Rich, Centerville. Mr. and Mrs. Rich are trailer -enthusiasts and have visited all the states by trailer except Alaska and -Hawaii. In 1972 Rich sold his business because of impairment in his -hearing and he says they are now enjoying retirement in the “old -homestead” more than ever. - - - - - THE L. E. ARMSTRONG HOME - - -This buff brick home at 775 Crest Avenue was built in 1919 by the late -L. E. Armstrong, business and industrial leader of Fort Dodge. It was -purchased in 1941 by K. S. Fantle and in 1954 by its present occupant, -C. M. Bodensteiner, president of Fort Dodge By-Products. - -The house is 100 feet long, with a red tile roof. There is an -old-fashioned “tea house” on the property and a two-story garage with -living quarters on the second floor. - -The home’s first floor has living room, dining room, kitchen, butler’s -pantry, den, four bedrooms and two full and two half baths. - -The second floor living quarters have living room, dining room, two -bedrooms, two baths, kitchen and den. - -The third floor has two bedrooms and bath and a children’s ballroom. - -The house has oak ceiling beams in downstairs rooms and the living room -has oak paneled walls. At the top of the living room walls is a -decorative border of cut velvet originally put in when the house was -built. An oak stairway leads to the second floor and the staircase and -upper floor areas have imported tooled leather wallpaper that was hung -by workmen from Italy. The original grand stairway had a lounge area -halfway between the first and second floors. Furnishings included a -grand piano. - -Armstrong began business in Fort Dodge in 1886, establishing the -Plymouth Clothing Store at Central Avenue and Sixth Street. He promoted -the store in a unique way, purchasing what was reported to be the first -auto delivered in Iowa in 1899, a Winton costing $1,000. Hitching a pony -cart to the auto he gave customers and friends a ride from his store -around the City Square and back again. - - [Illustration: The L. E. Armstrong Home - 775 Crest Avenue] - -After purchasing clay and gypsum land in the area, Armstrong established -the Plymouth Gypsum Company in 1903 and the Plymouth Clay Products -Company in 1910. Ten years later he established the Iowana Gypsum -Company. Both were sold in 1922 to the Universal Gypsum Company, -predecessor of the National Gypsum Company now operating here. Armstrong -also organized the Plymouth Processing Mill for soybeans. - -Armstrong was president of the Fort Dodge National Bank (now the First -National) from 1924 to 1936. He was interested in promoting Fort Dodge -and the area and organized the Hawkeye Fair & Exposition in 1919 and was -its president. He served as president of the Fort Dodge Chamber of -Commerce from 1916-1919. - - - - - THE CHARLES LAUFERSWEILER HOME - - -The residence at 911 Northwood Ave., was for many years the home of -Charles C. Laufersweiler, well-known funeral home operator and son of a -pioneer Fort Dodge businessman. Laufersweiler acquired the home in 1918 -and resided there until his death in 1941 at age 72. His wife continued -to make her home there until her death in 1943. - -Mr. and Mrs. Welch Laufersweiler purchased the home in 1945 and have -since lived there with their family. The house has a red brick and -stucco exterior. - -The present room arrangement on the first floor includes an entry hall, -sun parlor, living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, half bath -and family room with fireplace and full bath. The second floor has a -hall, five bedrooms and bath; the third floor has a large bedroom and -walk-in cedar closet. - -Mr. and Mrs. Welch Laufersweiler were parents of three daughters and -four sons—Mrs. James (Ann) Tornabane, Mrs. Edward (Jean) Micus, Susan, -Thomas, John, and Joseph. A son Mark died in 1971. - -Charles C. Laufersweiler was born in Fort Dodge in 1868, the son of Mr. -and Mrs. Conrad C. Laufersweiler who established a furniture and -undertaking business here in 1856. He was one of ten children in the -family that included Mary, who was married to Gus Hilton, their son is -Conrad G. Hilton, the hotel magnate; Bertha, Kitty, twins Edith and -Elsie; William J., John, Albert and Frank. - - [Illustration: The Charles Laufersweiler home - 911 Northwood Avenue] - -Charles followed his father in the undertaking business in 1893 and -William J. operated the furniture business. In 1914 the undertaking -business was moved from its Central Avenue location to a new three-story -building at the corner of First Avenue South and Eleventh Street. First -floor and basement were devoted to the mortuary and apartments were on -the second and third floors. The furniture store continued in business -until 1929. - -In 1952 the Laufersweiler Funeral home erected its present large -building at Third Avenue South and Twelfth Street. Welch Laufersweiler -joined his father, Charles, in the funeral home in 1930. Since 1941 he -has been owner and operator of the business. - - [Illustration: The Burnquist home - 704 Crest Avenue] - - - - - THE BURNQUIST HOME - - -This is another of the attractive Snell Place homes erected in the -1920s. Located at 704 Crest Avenue, it was owned and occupied by the B. -B. Burnquist family for many years. - -Built in 1924 by Emmett Mulholland, a Fort Dodge attorney, the house has -successively been occupied by attorneys, doctors and a packing plant -executive. Mulholland sold the house to the Burnquists in 1927 when he -and Mrs. Mulholland moved to Long Beach, Calif. Presently it is owned by -John J. Murray, Fort Dodge attorney, and his wife, Joan. The Murrays -acquired the house in 1961 and now reside there with their three sons -and daughter—John, Mike, Steve and Sheila. - -The first floor of the house has an entrance hall, living room with -fireplace, dining room, kitchen, den with half bath and sunporch. The -second floor has four bedrooms, two baths and sunporch. The basement was -remodeled into a recreation room by the Murrays. They also remodeled the -kitchen, installing a Franklin stove and making it into a “country -kitchen.” - -Mr. and Mrs. Murray added a double garage and a large cement patio with -historic wrought iron railing. The railing came from balconies of the -Oleson Building at Central Avenue and Eighth Street when it was razed to -make way for the City Green parking lot. - -B. B. Burnquist, who practiced law in Fort Dodge for 60 years, was a -native of Dayton. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Burnquist, he was born in -1884, attended schools in Dayton and graduated from Fort Dodge High -School. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1907 with a law -degree and began practice in Fort Dodge. Burnquist was associated with -various law firms here starting with the Healy brothers. Later he was in -the firms of Healy, Burnquist & Thomas, Price & Burnquist, Helsell, -Burnquist, Bradshaw & Dolliver and Helsell & Burnquist. - -Burnquist was prominent in Republican politics and was Webster County -Republican chairman, state Republican chairman and served as Webster -County attorney. He died in 1967 at age 83; Mrs. Burnquist preceded him -in death in 1964. They were parents of two sons and two -daughters—William S. Burnquist; Boyd Burnquist; Mrs. N. H. (Betty) -Batchelder and Mrs. Howard (Caroline) Borgerding. - - - - - THE MOELLER HOME - - -Walter J. Moeller, Fort Dodge furnace company owner, acquired this -residence at 1324 3rd Ave. S. shortly after it was constructed in 1906. -His father, Ferdinand, an early-day carpenter and brick manufacturer -here, built the two-story house on a lot he purchased in 1889. - -Late in 1906 the residence was sold to Walter J. Moeller and he and his -wife, the former Elizabeth Zuerrer, moved into the home. The two-story -house has eight rooms—living room, parlor, dining room, kitchen, bedroom -and bath on the first floor; three bedrooms on the second floor. - -Walter J. Moeller was born in the Vincent area of Webster County, one of -a family of five children. His brothers and sisters were Frank C. -Moeller, a prominent banker for many years; William H. Moeller, dry -goods store owner; Mrs. Elizabeth Zuerrer and Mrs. Clara Zuerrer. He -attended schools at Vincent and in Fort Dodge when his parents moved -here. He began his business career at the Furlong & Brennan grocery and -general merchandise store on the city square. - -In 1912 Moeller and Oscar Dahlien formed a partnership and established -the Dahlien & Moeller Furnace Company at 115 S. 12th St. The two -continued in business together until 1915 when the partnership was -dissolved. Moeller then began business as the Moeller Furnace Company in -a new three-story brick building at 114 S. 12th St.—the present location -of the firm. The first floor and basement of the building are devoted to -the firm’s furnace, air conditioning and sheet metal operations. The -upper floors of the building have apartments. - -Moeller was joined in the operation of the business by two of his -sons—Walter E. (Bud) Moeller in 1927 and Willis H. Moeller in 1945. A -third son Art F. Moeller was with the firm for a brief time but then -began a business career. In 1957 Art and Henry R. (Bud) Trost -established the Trost-Moeller Insurance Service, Inc. which they now -operate. - - [Illustration: The Moeller home - 1324 3rd Avenue South] - -Walter J. Moeller retired from the furnace company in 1946 and the -business has since been operated by the sons Bud and Willis. The elder -Mr. Moeller died in 1966 at age 86. Mrs. Moeller died in 1958. The Third -Avenue South home is now owned by the three Moeller sons and currently -is rented out. - - - - - THE CHARLES A. BROWN HOME - - -A Fort Dodge clothier—Charles A. Brown—erected this Snell Place -residence in 1923. Located at 1102 Summit Ave., the large two-story -brick home was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Brown and family until sold in -1939 to Mr. and Mrs. E. M. (Ed) Klapka. At that time the Browns moved to -California. - -Present owners and occupants of the house are Mr. and Mrs. Leonard -Woodruff who purchased it in 1968 from Klapka’s widow, Pauline. Klapka -was executive vice president of the Home Federal Savings and Loan -Association of Fort Dodge from the time it was organized in 1919. He -died in 1967. In 1967 Home Federal merged with First Federal Savings and -Loan Association. - -Woodruff is a partner in Woodruff-Evans Construction of Fort Dodge. The -Woodruffs and their family have occupied the Summit Avenue home since -the fall of 1968. Their children include two daughters, Anne and Laura, -and four sons, David, Tom and twins Don and Bill. - -The home’s room arrangement on the first floor includes entrance hall, -living room, dining room, sun porch, kitchen, breakfast room and room -for removing soiled clothes, muddy shoes and rubbers with closet and -lavatory. The second floor has four bedrooms, sun porch and two baths. -Another room with bath for the Woodruff girls is on the third floor. The -basement has a children’s recreation room. - -Charles A. Brown came to Fort Dodge in the 1890s and began work for L. -E. Armstrong at the Plymouth Clothing House. He continued his -association with the Plymouth until 1908 when he purchased the store and -changed the name to Charles A. Brown, the Plymouth Clothier. In 1903 -Harry L. Kurtz began work at the store and after Brown purchased the -business Kurtz bought an interest in the store. - - [Illustration: The Charles A. Brown home - 1102 Summit Avenue] - -The Plymouth remained at Central Avenue and Sixth Street until 1914 when -Brown leased the first floor of the new Snell Building and opened a -large store there. The store remained there until 1927 when it moved to -its present location at 917 Central Ave. - -Brown was active in the store until he sold his Snell Place home in 1939 -and moved to California. Kurtz then took over management of the -business. Later Brown sold his interest to Robert R. Kurtz and Richard -F. Rosien who are now officers of the firm. Harry Kurtz retired in 1964. - -Brown and his wife were parents of two children—Walter, now deceased; -and Marian, Mrs. Malcom Beck of Montebello, Calif. Brown died in 1965 at -age 88. Mrs. Brown is also deceased. - - - - - THE KURTZ HOME - - -Harry L. Kurtz, a Fort Dodge clothier for more than 60 years who earned -the title of “Fort Dodge and Iowa booster extraordinary,” built this -home in 1916 directly north across the street from Duncombe Athletic -Field. - -The two-story house with stucco exterior was his home until his death in -1970 at age 86. It remained the Kurtz family home until Mrs. Kurtz’ -death in 1973 after which it was sold to Mrs. Margaret G. Siefert who -now resides there. - -Duncombe field was the home of Fort Dodge High School athletic teams -from 1915 until 1940 when Dodger Stadium was dedicated. During these 25 -years football games, track meets and other school events were staged at -Duncombe Field, practically in the Kurtz’ front yard. - -The Kurtz home at 1636 7th Ave. N. has the following room -arrangement—living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom and bath, sun -parlor and enclosed patio area on the first floor; two bedrooms and -large storage space on the second floor. - -Kurtz came to Fort Dodge in 1903 from his native Lisbon and went to work -for L. E. Armstrong in the Plymouth Clothing House at Central Avenue and -Sixth Street. When Charles A. Brown purchased the Plymouth in 1908 and -changed the store name to Charles A. Brown, the Plymouth Clothier, Kurtz -purchased an interest in the business. The store continued at Central -and Sixth until 1914 when it moved to the new Snell Building at Central -and Eighth and took over the first floor. In this location the store was -considered “the finest men’s store in Iowa.” - - [Illustration: The Kurtz home - 1636 7th Avenue North] - -In 1927 the store moved to 917 Central where it has been continuously -since then. Brown retired and moved to California and Kurtz then took -over active management of the business. He continued as manager and vice -president until his retirement in 1964. Kurtz was joined in operation of -the store in 1951 by his son Robert R. Kurtz, now president of the firm. -Richard R. Rosien became a part owner in 1959 and is -secretary-treasurer. - -Kurtz was active in civic affairs during his long career as a retail -clothier and was a member of the Riverfront Commission which developed -Loomis Park. He served on the Chamber of Commerce and Betterment -Foundation boards, was chairman of the Associated Retailers, a member of -the Rotary Club and the Masonic Orders. - -Kurtz and his wife, Lucile, were parents of three children—Robert R., -Mrs. Worley (Betty) Brown, and Jane, a twin of Robert, now deceased. - - - - - THE RHODES HOME - - -The attractive two-story frame residence at 1721 8th Ave. S. was the -home of Daniel Rhodes, well-known Fort Dodge abstractor and insurance -man, and his family for nearly 40 years. Rhodes acquired the house in -1909, a short time after it was built. In 1921 he completely remodeled -and modernized the exterior and interior of the house. - -When the Rhodes family took over the home, the property was extensively -landscaped with trees and shrubbery. The planting of trees included -Duchess, Wealthy and Whitney apples, plums, cherries, mulberries, -butternut, hard and soft maple, oak, elm and fir. All are now gone. - -After its remodeling the house had the following arrangement: first -floor—hall and music room, living room with fireplace, sun porch, dining -room, butler’s pantry, kitchen and breakfast room; second floor—four -bedrooms, sleeping porch and bath. The dining room has walnut woodwork -and a built-in walnut buffet. All other downstairs woodwork is natural -finish oak. - - [Illustration: The Rhodes home - 1721 8th Avenue South] - -Rhodes died in 1946 at age 76 following a successful business career. -Mrs. Rhodes and family continued to reside in the home until 1948 when -it was sold to John R. O’Neill and his sister, Ruth O’Neill. Later the -property was owned by Miss O’Neill and her sisters Mrs. Maude Kempley -and Mrs. Marie Geiger. They sold the home in 1961 to Dr. and Mrs. -Charles L. Dagle who presently occupy it with their children. Dr. Dagle -is associated with the Kersten Clinic. - -Rhodes was born in 1870 on a farm southeast of Fort Dodge, attended -local schools and graduated from Iowa State Teachers College (now the -University of Northern Iowa). He taught school for a time and then went -into partnership with J. B. Butler in the firm of Butler & Rhodes, -abstractors, realtors and insurance agents. In later years Rhodes was -president of the Home Building & Loan Association and an officer of the -Iowa Savings Bank. Following his death, the Butler & Rhodes business was -sold in 1947 to James Fitzgerald. - -Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes were parents of three children—Miss Rachel Rhodes of -Fort Dodge; Thomas J. Rhodes of Fallbrook, Calif.; and Daniel Rhodes, -Santa Cruz, Calif. Mrs. Rhodes died in 1973 at age 91. - - - - - THE TROST HOME - - -Henry Trost, who came to Fort Dodge in 1883 from his native Germany, and -later became a well-known realtor and insurance representative, erected -this large residence at 1231 6th Ave. S. more than 70 years ago. Trost -acquired a Sixth Avenue South lot in the spring of 1901 and built the -home later that year. - -The Trost family resided in the home until 1913 when it was sold. -Ownership then changed several times and in 1966 the house was sold by -Melvin Mandelko to Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Yetmar who presently reside -there with their six children. Yetmar is associated with the Kolacia -Construction Company. - - [Illustration: The Trost home - 1231 6th Avenue South] - -The original room arrangement of the house included entrance hall, -living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom and bath on the first floor; -four bedrooms and bath on the second floor. Later upstairs and -downstairs sun porches were added on the back portion of the house. The -Yetmars have done some remodeling and instead of a first floor bedroom -they have a family room and on the second floor five bedrooms, two baths -and a children’s room. The front porch was also remodeled and -modernized. - -Trost worked as a section hand for the M. & St. L. Railroad during his -first four years in Fort Dodge and later was employed as a salesman in -the Haire Clothing Store. After several years he joined James H. -Coughlin in the real estate and insurance firm of Coughlin & Trost. When -this firm was dissolved he went into partnership with E. H. Peschau in -the real estate and insurance firm of Trost & Peschau. When illness -forced him to give up active work the business was purchased in 1937 by -Trost’s son Ewald G. Trost and his wife Ermalee. They continued its -operation until 1957 when Art F. Moeller and Henry R. (Bud) Trost -established Trost-Moeller Insurance Service which they presently -operate. - -The elder Henry Trost was married here in 1891 to Anna Gunther and they -were parents of six children—Frieda Becker, Erna, Ewald, Lorenz, Marie -and Esther Trost. All are deceased except Mrs. Becker and Esther Trost. -Mr. Trost died in 1937 at age 70. Mrs. Trost died in 1964 at age 92. - - - - - THE ACHER HOME - - -The white Colonial-type home with green shutters at 919 Northwood Ave., -was built by Dr. A. E. Acher, a Fort Dodge physician and surgeon who -practiced here for nearly 60 years. The attractive Snell Place home was -erected in 1926. - - [Illustration: The Acher home - 919 Northwood Avenue] - -The house was occupied by members of the Acher family until 1968 when it -was sold to the present owners—Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. McQueen. The -McQueens have two sons, Scott and Todd. McQueen is a vice president, -processing, with Land O’Lakes-Felco. - -When the house was built it had the following room arrangement—living -room with fireplace, dining room, sitting room, kitchen, pantry, family -room and half bath on the first floor; four bedrooms, two bathrooms and -sewing room on the second floor. The McQueens have done some remodeling, -making the pantry into part of an enlarged kitchen and converting the -sewing room on the second floor into a combination laundry and sewing -room. - -Dr. Acher was born in 1878 in Napoleon, Ohio, where he completed his -early education and then taught school for three years. Enrolling at the -University of Indiana he graduated from medical school in 1905. After -interning in Indianapolis for two years he came to Fort Dodge in 1907 -and began his medical practice. - -For many years Dr. Acher had his office in the former First National -Bank Building (now the Beh Building) at Central Avenue and Seventh -Street. Later he officed in the Crawford Building at Central and Sixth. -He was active in local and state medical societies. His hobby was -bowling and he was prominently identified with local leagues. He also -planned and built the Acher Apartment building on north Eleventh Street. - -Dr. Acher was married to Miss Marcia Pierson of Indianapolis and they -were parents of three sons—Chandler, Chester and Carlton. Following his -first wife’s death he was married to Clara Collingsworth of Fort Dodge. -Dr. Acher died in Fort Dodge in 1964 at age 86. - - - - - THE WASEM HOME - - -Otto Wasem, one of the seven brothers who figured prominently in the -gypsum industry in Fort Dodge and Webster County through operations of -the Wasem Plaster Company, erected this brick residence in 1921. The -two-story house with red tile room is located at 827 8th Ave. N. - -The home was owned and occupied by the Wasem family until 1955 when it -was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Hesley. In 1965 it was acquired by -Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fournier who presently reside there with their -family. Their children are Debra; Denise (Mrs. Bart Mundie); Doreen, -Deanne and Michael. Fournier is a Geo. A. Hormel & Co. plant worker. - - [Illustration: The Wasem home - 827 8th Avenue North] - -Interior arrangement of the Fournier home includes living room, dining -room, den, kitchen and half bath on the first floor; four bedrooms and -bath on the second floor. There is also a large enclosed front porch. - -Otto Wasem purchased the lot at 827 8th Ave. N. in 1921 and that same -year built the comfortable and attractive home which the family occupied -for 34 years. Wasem and his wife, Hannah, were parents of three -daughters—Mrs. Daniel E. (Mary Louise) Noble; Mrs. A. T. (Rachel) La -Prade; and Mrs. James B. (Evelyn) Phillips. All reside in Phoenix, Ariz. - -Wasem was treasurer and general manager of the Wasem Plaster Company -which was organized here in 1909. It was a Wasem family venture—13 -brothers and sisters comprising the owners of the company. The Wasem -plant was located southeast of the city on a 160-acre tract of land -undermined by gypsum rock. Operations began in 1910 and continued in the -original mill until it was destroyed by fire in 1918. A new fireproof -plant was then built and put into operation in 1920. The company -manufactured and sold hollow gypsum tile and marketed gypsum board from -other plants under the Wasem brand. - -Otto Wasem was the first general manager of the company and continued in -that capacity from 1909 until the early 1930s. Henry Wasem, first -secretary of the company, was president of the firm in the 1930s. In -1950 the Wasem Plaster Company was sold to the Celotex Corporation which -built the large new modern plant along the Coalville blacktop in 1956. -The Wasem plant was then closed and dismantled, but the structure still -stands. - -Mr. and Mrs. Wasem moved to Phoenix, Ariz., where they resided for a -number of years. Both are now deceased. - - - - - THE KEMPLEY HOME - - - [Illustration: The Kempley home - 905 6th Avenue North] - -City assessor records show that this sturdy brick residence at 905 6th -Ave. N. was built in 1914 by James L. Kempley, a well-known real estate -dealer here for many years. It is the type of brick homes erected in the -city in the 1910-1920 era. - -The Kempley family resided in the home until 1918 when it was sold to L. -W. Scheideman. The Scheidemans lived in the ten-room house until 1928 -when it was sold to William F. Alpers. Edmund G. Engelhardt purchased -the house in 1944 and owned it until 1974 when Joseph C. Mosbrucker, -Fort Dodge realtor, purchased it. - -The house originally had a front vestibule, living room with fireplace, -dining room, music room, sewing room, kitchen, laundry and half bath on -the first floor. The second floor had four bedrooms and bath and there -was a large attic used for recreation purposes. A large porch extended -across the front of the house. In past years the house has been -remodeled and it now has two apartments. - -Kempley was the son of John Kempley, a native of England who came to the -United States in 1842 and settled in Racine, Wis. In 1864 the family -moved to a farm near Fort Dodge and later they came to Fort Dodge where -Kempley was active in the town, erecting buildings on south Sixth -Street. - -James L. Kempley was one of the family of nine children. After attending -local schools he began work here and for many years was employed by the -Standard Oil Company as a tank wagon driver. His horse-drawn tank wagon -delivered kerosene to farms in the area. - -In 1914 Kempley quit his work with the oil company and went into the -real estate business. Later he was associated with his son-in-law, Earl -C. Codner, in the real estate firm of Kempley & Codner. Kempley built -several homes in the city including 903 6th Ave. N., 905 6th Ave. N. and -1116 4th Ave. N. - -Kempley and his wife were parents of six children—three boys and three -girls: Walter V. James, Thomas, Mrs. Charles (Marie) Klinger; Mrs. Earl -C. (Mae) Codner; and Mrs. Jay (Edna) Van Horn. Kempley died in 1942 at -age 82. - - - - - THE PEARSONS HOME - - - [Illustration: The Pearsons home - 1026 2nd Avenue South] - -The large two-story frame residence (pictured above) is located at 1026 -2nd Ave. S. and dates its history back to 1896 when it was constructed -by John H. Pearsons, son of an early-day mayor of Fort Dodge. - -The house is now owned by Martin Cacioppo who acquired it in 1944. He -retired recently after 55 years as a grocery and meat market operator -here. - -There are 10 rooms in the house which has been remodeled and modernized -in past years. Present room arrangement is as follows: living room, -dining room, entrance hall, kitchen, bedroom and half bath on the first -floor; two bedrooms and a three-room apartment on the second floor. - -Cacioppo, a native of Italy, emigrated to the United States in 1910, and -lived in Omaha for six years before coming to Fort Dodge. He is a -widower, his wife having died in 1971. Their family includes Tony, Mrs. -Ernest (Marguerite) Peterson and James. - -The large Second Avenue South home is located in the East Fort Dodge -addition to the city and one of the first owners of the property was -Thomas Snell. He purchased building lots there in 1856 and in 1871 sold -the lot on which the house is located to E. G. Morgan, an early Fort -Dodge banker. Morgan, in turn, sold the lot in 1892 to John F. Duncombe. -John H. Pearsons purchased the property in 1896 and built the large home -that same year. - -In later years the home was owned by Margaret Mason Haire and Peter J. -Rodenborn. The Rodenborns sold the house in 1944 to Cacioppo. - -John Pearsons was the son of George R. Pearsons who served as mayor of -Fort Dodge in 1873, 1899 and 1900 and who constructed the Dolliver home, -now the Women’s Clubhouse. John was a brother of Louise Pearsons who was -married to United States Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver of Fort Dodge. He -had farming and other interests in this area. Shortly after the turn of -the century he moved to California where he owned farm property. - - - - - THE JON-MAR HOME - - - [Illustration: The Jon-Mar home - 1631 No. Twenty-second Street] - -The John J. Brady Sr. home—known for many years as “Jon-Mar”—was -constructed in 1935 at 1631 N. 22nd St. The elegant brick residence of -unusual architectural design is located on a two-acre tract of ground. - -Brady, a nationally-known trucking magnate who built up a trucking -operation from a small Fort Dodge drayline to a $30,000,000 annual -business, purchased 40 acres of farm land in 1934 just outside the -northeast city limits. When the tract was platted he retained eight -acres for the house site, but much later six of these acres were laid -out and sold as building lots. - -The home is now owned by David A. Opheim, Fort Dodge attorney, and his -wife, Mary Ellen, who acquired it in 1969 from Joe Bryant. Earlier it -was owned by George Schnurr who purchased it from Brady in 1959. The -Opheims reside in the home with their children, Kristen and Matthew. - -The present room arrangement of the home includes a large first floor -living room with a circular stairway to the second floor that is -enclosed in a turret or tower-like portion of the house with a pointed -roof. The stairway has wrought iron white spindles and a large curved -wood railing painted aqua blue. - -Other downstairs rooms are sunporch, dining room, family room, kitchen -and half bath. The second floor has five bedrooms and two baths. - -Brady was born in 1893 on a farm northwest of Fort Dodge and moved to -the city with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Brady, when five years old. -The father bought and sold draft horses for eastern markets. When a Fort -Dodge man was unable to pay for horses used in a dray line they were -repossessed and Brady’s father put the son into the draying business. - -When Brady’s father died in 1911 John Brady took over the operations and -launched the Brady Moving & Storage Company and later the Brady -Motorfrate Company which became one of the major trucking empires in the -nation. Brady was chairman of the board and chief executive officer of -the companies until 1969 when he became honorary chairman of the board -until the huge trucking operations were sold. The Brady Moving & Storage -Company was sold in 1968 to John Duvall and John Marrs who now operate -the business. The Brady Motorfrate Company was sold in 1973 to the Smith -Transfer Company of Staunton, Va. Brady is now president and general -manager of the Brady Realty Company which maintains ownership of all its -trucking terminals. - -Active in trucking operations Brady was a member of state and national -organizations and in 1965 was honored by the Iowa Motor Truck -Association for 55 years in the transportation industry. - -Brady and his first wife, Marguerite Hanrahan of Webster City, were -parents of two sons and a daughter—John J. Brady Jr., Robert and Louise. -Following the death of his wife, Marguerite, in 1947, Brady married -Gertrude Lamneck of New York City in 1956. She died here in 1969. Brady -now resides at 1132 Summit Ave., Snell Place. - - - - - THE REMER HOME - - - [Illustration: The Remer home - 1404 Park Avenue] - -One of the early homes on Park Avenue in the Crawford-Armstrong addition -to the city was this attractive two-story brick residence built in 1928 -by a Fort Dodge dentist, Dr. W. F. Remer. - -The home at 1404 Park Avenue is now owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. -J. G. Schweiger and family. Schweiger is vice president in charge of -mortgage loans at The State Bank. Their family includes Mike, Steve, -Marggy, Mary Pat and twins Judd and Joe. - -Dr. Remer, who began his dental practice in Fort Dodge in 1919, -purchased the Park Avenue building lot in 1927. A year later he built -the home which was designed by architect Frank W. Griffith. - -Original arrangement of the house includes living room with fireplace, -dining room, kitchen and half bath on the first floor; three bedrooms -and bath on the second floor; full basement and porch on the west side -of the house. The porch now has been remodeled into a first floor den. -All downstairs windows are plate glass including the living room bay -windows overlooking the surrounding Crawford Park area. - -Dr. and Mrs. Remer resided in the home until 1941 when it was sold to -David L. Rhodes. Later owners included F. J. Deaner and Dr. and Mrs. -Marion B. Allen who sold the house to the Schweigers in 1961. - -Dr. Remer, a native of LeMars, attended schools there and in 1916 -graduated from the University of Iowa Dental College. After practicing -in Grand Mound for 2½ years he came to Fort Dodge in 1919 and purchased -the dental practice of Dr. Grant Bruner in the former First National -Bank Building (now the Beh Building). - -When the upper six floors of the Carver Building were completed in 1922 -Dr. Remer moved there and was associated for a time with the Fort Dodge -Clinic. Later he maintained his own office in the building until his -retirement in 1966 and sale of his practice to Dr. Donald Cassady. -During the years of practice here Dr. Remer was assisted in the office -by his wife, Edna. - -In 1968 Dr. Cassady, Dr. P. J. Leehey and Dr. John Duro constructed the -Dental Associates building at 1622 1st Ave. N. Also a member of the -staff now is Dr. Craig E. Knouf. Dr. Remer is associated with the -dentists only in a consulting capacity. He and Mrs. Remer now reside at -1819 9th Ave. N. - - - - - THE YWCA HOME - - - [Illustration: The YWCA home - 327 No. Ninth Street] - -The two-story frame house at the southeast corner of Fourth Avenue North -and Ninth Street (pictured above) was the first permanent home of the -Fort Dodge YWCA. - -Organized in 1909, the YWCA had its original quarters in a small -building at First Avenue North and Seventh Street where the Flower -Mission Club for Girls was located. The club was started in 1908 by Dr. -Sara Kime and Mrs. J. J. Ryan to extend a welcome to girls coming to the -community. The building was the birthplace of the YWCA as it was -organized in the Flower Mission rooms. - -The new YWCA grew at a rapid pace and better housing was needed. It was -then learned that the large A. S. R. Reynolds house at the northwest -corner of First Avenue North and Ninth Street was for sale. The property -included the eight-room house and a lot with frontage of 75 feet on -First Avenue and 140 feet on Ninth Street. - -The house was purchased for $10,000 and the YWCA took possession in -October of 1909. Two years later, property just west of the Reynolds -house was purchased. The YWCA conducted many activities in the new -quarters and opened a cafeteria in 1910—the first in the city. - -As activities of the organization increased the house was found -inadequate for the YWCA programs so a campaign was launched to raise -funds for a new building. It proved successful and the house was sold -for $10,000 to E. O. Fitz, manager of the Farmers Lumber Company. It was -then moved to its present location at 327 N. 9th St. Fitz resided in the -home for a time and it was then sold, changing ownership several times -through the years. It is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Hubert E. McMahon, -1129 S. 17th St. The house has two apartments which are rented out. - -After selling the house the YWCA had temporary quarters in the Tobin -College building at First Avenue North and Seventh Street. The present -three-story brick YWCA building was then erected at First Avenue North -and Ninth Street at a cost of $72,000 for building and furnishings. The -building was dedicated in 1914. When completed the building had 36 rooms -for permanent and transient guests, clubrooms and a gymnasium. For many -years the YWCA also operated a cafeteria in the new building. - - - - - THE JOYCE HOME - - -A Fort Dodge attorney, who practiced law here for a number of years and -later was named a federal judge in Minnesota, erected this home on north -Seventeenth Street in 1915. He was Matthew M. Joyce, who lived here from -1910 until 1918. He then moved to Minneapolis where he was attorney for -the M. & St. L. Railroad for 14 years before being appointed to a -judgeship. - -The two-story house with stained brown siding and white trim is located -at 417 N. 17th St. It has changed ownership a number of times and is -presently owned by Edwin K. Bradley, who acquired it in 1968. Mr. and -Mrs. Bradley and their sons, Mike, Mark, and Matthew, now reside in the -house which has the following room arrangement: first floor—entryway, -living room, dining room, kitchen, half bath, solarium and screened-in -brick porch; second floor—four bedrooms, sun porch and two baths. There -is also an attic study room. Bradley is laboratory supervisor at Trinity -East Hospital and assistant laboratory supervisor at Trinity West. - -Joyce was born in Emmetsburg in 1877. After completing elementary and -high school education he enrolled at the University of Michigan and -graduated from law school in 1899. He began the practice of law in -Missoula, Mont., with Edward C. Mulroney, a native of Fort Dodge. In -1910 he came to Fort Dodge and lived at various places before building -the North Seventeenth Street home. - -During his years in Fort Dodge Joyce practiced law with B. J. Price and -B. B. Burnquist for eight years and then moved to Minneapolis to accept -the M. & St. L. legal post. In 1932 Joyce was appointed by President -Herbert Hoover as a judge of the Circuit Court of Appeals. After 17 -years as a jurist he retired in 1949. He died in Minneapolis in 1956 at -age 79. Mrs. Joyce died in 1962. Joyce was a nephew of M. F. Healy, T. -D. Healy and Robert Healy, widely-known Fort Dodge attorneys. - - [Illustration: The Joyce home - 417 No. Seventeenth Street] - -On moving to Minneapolis Joyce sold the north Seventeenth Street home to -W. C. Woodward of the Fort Dodge Grocery Company. Later it was owned by -Dr. and Mrs. E. F. Beeh, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Price, Chris Kulild, Eugene -Leachman, Robert L. Mitchell and Ralph Humphreys. - - - - - THE HAUGEN HOME - - -This Fifth Avenue North home dates back to 1893 when it was built by -Carl C. Haugen, a Fort Dodge businessman for many years. Located at 1249 -5th Ave. N., the house has been remodeled in recent years and now has -first and second floor apartments. Present owners are Mr. and Mrs. -Edward N. Richardson, 309 N. 18th St., who rent out the apartments. - -The house has white asphalt shingle siding and a brown roof. Entrance to -the upstairs apartment is by way of an enclosed private stairway. - -Originally the house had a living room, parlor, dining room, kitchen and -pantry on the first floor; four bedrooms and bath on the second floor. -When the house was remodeled the first floor was made into a one bedroom -apartment with bath, living room, dining room and kitchen. The upstairs -has a two-bedroom apartment with living room, kitchen and bath. - -Carl C. Haugen came to Iowa from his native Norway in 1884, settled in -Bode and then moved to Fort Dodge in 1886 where he began work as a -barber. After several years he went into partnership with D. A. Noah in -a large six-chair barber shop in the basement of the original First -National Bank at Central Avenue and Sixth Street. - -When the First National Bank Building was erected at Central Avenue and -Seventh Street in 1908 Haugen opened a new six-chair shop in the -building basement. He continued in the barbering business until 1945 -when he retired and sold the shop. A brother, Martin C. Haugen, was with -him in the barber shop until 1939. - - [Illustration: The Haugen home - 1249 5th Avenue North] - -Following his marriage in 1893, to Hanna Fredrickson, Mr. and Mrs. -Haugen built the home at 1249 5th Ave. N.—one of the few homes then in -that part of the city. Streets were not paved and walks were of wood. -Haugen made two trips back to Norway—in 1891 and in 1900. He was one of -the organizers of St. Olaf Lutheran Church here and served as secretary -of the congregation for 50 years. The house was sold in 1965 when Mrs. -Haugen moved to Friendship Haven. - -Mr. and Mrs. Haugen were parents of four children—a daughter, Magna, who -died in infancy; and three sons, Helge H. Haugen, Einar F. Haugen and -Karl F. Haugen, author of this series of Fort Dodge homes. Mr. Haugen -died in 1947 at age 80. Mrs. Haugen died Dec. 23, 1974. Had she lived -until Feb. 3, 1975, she would have been 103 years old. - - [Illustration: CITY OF FORT DODGE, IOWA] - - - - - INDEX - - - A - ABEL, John H. 33 - ACHER, Dr. A. E. 105 - AMOND, John W. 34 - ARMSTRONG, E. F. 87 - ARMSTRONG, L. E. 97 - AULT, Van J. 43 - - - B - BENNETT, S. J. (Cap) 9 - BLACK, J. B. 26 - BOWEN, Dr. W. W. 18 - BRADY, John J., Sr. 110 - BREEN, E. J. 8 - BRENNAN, John J. 30 - BROWN, Charles A. 101 - BROWN, Jacob, Sr. 54 - BURNQUIST, B. B. 100 - BUTLER, Patrick 25 - - - C - CARTER, Charles. L. 75 - CARVER. Dr. W. F. 69 - CHARON, Louis 52 - CHASE, Dr. Sumner B. 83 - CHENEY, John C. 19 - CHUMLEA, Miles P. 60 - COLBY, W. H. H. 49 - COLLINS, E. W. 65 - CONWAY, Owen 39 - COREY, Frank 58 - CRAWFORD, R. W. 45 - - - D - DAMON, E. O., Jr. 93 - DOLLIVER, J. P. 7 - - - E - EVANS, Dr. Robert 17 - - - F - FESSLER, David 14 - FORD, John F. 22 - FINDLAY, C. V. 78 - - - G - GADD, C. W. 76 - GILLMAN, George W. 20 - GOLDSWORTHY, John 72 - GRIFFITH, Frank W. 24 - - - H - HAIRE, Jack 94 - HAIRE, John 16 - HAUGEN, Carl C. 114 - HAVILAND, A. J. 90 - HAWLEY, A. W. 61 - HEALY, M. F. 10 - HEALY, Robert 31 - HELSELL, F. H. 63 - HORN, Paul 67 - - - J - JACKMAN, A. S. (Electrical) 37 - JOHNSON, E. H. 59 - JOSELYN, Ed S. 91 - JOYCE, Matthew W. 113 - - - K - KELLEHER, Dennis M. 35 - KEMPLEY, James L. 108 - KENYON, Charlotte 84 - KERSTEN, Dr. E. M. 95 - KIME, Dr. J. W. 92 - KIRCHNER, Jacob 32 - KURTZ, Harry L. 102 - - - L - LARRABEE, Charles 29 - LARSEN, Thorvald S. 68 - LARSON, E. G. 13 - LAUFERSWEILER, Charles C. 98 - LAUFERSWEILER, Conrad 12 - LEARY, Dennis E. 73 - LEIGHTON, E. I. 51 - LOHR, Michael 44 - - - M - McQUILKIN, A. D. 50 - MERRITT, W. N. 74 - MESERVEY, S. T. 27 - MINKEL, L. H. 38 - MOELLER, Walter J. 100 - MONK-ANDERSON 77 - MUELLER, William F. 64 - MULRONEY, John M. 47 - MULRONEY, W. V. 82 - - - O - OLESON, O. M. 5 - OLSON, Evan. 41 - - - P - PEARSONS, John H. 109 - - - R - REMER, Dr. W. F. 111 - REYNOLDS, A. S. R. 70 - RHODES, Daniel 103 - RICH, E. H. 6 - RICH, Willis F. 96 - ROBERTS, George E. 23 - - - S - SAUNDERS, Dr. C. J. 56 - SMITH, C. H. (Cad) 66 - SPENCE, Rev. W. H. 48 - (Methodist Parsonage) - STEVENS, Mary 86 - STUDEBAKER, Dr. J. F. 79 - - - T - THATCHER, O. M. 57 - THIEDE, Franz 40 - THOMAS, Seth 55 - TRAUERMAN, J. K. 80 - TROST, Henry 104 - - - V - VINCENT, Donald 36 - VINCENT, Leon 15 - VINCENT, Webb 21 - - - W - WASEM, Otto 107 - WELCH, E. 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