“Typical home-owning is Robbinsdale’s major ‘industry.’ Many beautiful homes such as this one, owned by Reuben Katz, adorn residential avenues.”
-Minneapolis Tribune, Sunday Magazine, 1943
Reuben O. Katz built his unique family home on Shoreline Drive, overlooking Crystal Lake. Passersby would be duly impressed, but the home was anything but “typical.” It included tiled roofs, arched windows, beamed ceilings, and a clever u-shaped design.
A path from the street led to an elaborate rock garden behind the house, with a bridge curving over running water pumped from a well, stone outcroppings, and colorful foliage.
The photo at the top of the post is from a Minneapolis Tribune Sunday Magazine featuring Robbinsdale in 1943.