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
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.