Matilda Peet, with her niece Minnie Pope, lived here for 12 years. Matilda was the model for Grant Wood's "Victorian Survival". Matilda Peet died in 1905. Minnie Pope's daughter, Estella, was a school teacher and married Ralph Conybeare, the son of a Central Park Presbyterian Church minister, Samuel Conybeare. Ralph lived directly behind this house at 1533 C Avenue in 1913. The residence of Grant, Hattie and Nan Wood was listed in the 1915 City Directory as 1532 B Avenue. In 1916, only Hattie and Nan were listed as living at this address. Supposedly, a Grant Wood mural was done in this house but none was found before it was torn down in 1992.'This is the only house in this tour that no longer stands but because of its historical nature is nevertheless mentioned.

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