[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.