Dwellings -- Iowa -- Fort Dodge; Fort Dodge (Iowa) -- Buildings, structures, etc.; Historic buildings -- Iowa -- Fort Dodge
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.
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