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.