This house on Kinsey Avenue was built in 1890 and is still standing. It was the home of J. S. Carpenter. Mr. Carpenter was the proprietor of Iowa Bridge Co. Carpenter nicknamed his home Oakwood. The house is listed on National Register of Historic…
Lakeside Laboratory, founded by Dr. Thomas Macbride in 1909, is a field station of Iowa's state universities and provides summer classes and research opportunities to college students.