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.