Lars Nasett’s Store
Lars Nasett came from Wisconsin in 1887 with an uncle, I. J. Nasett, who was drawing the plans for the Lutheran Seminary. His wife and family came a year later. Lars worked with his uncle … Read more
Pete Richie
Big Hearted Gus
GUS URBAN’S MEAT MARKET- Gus Urban came with other members of his family to Minneapolis in the 1880’s. He took a job working for Mr. C. Coulter of Robbinsdale in 1895 as driver, salesman on … Read more
Christensen’s Blacksmith Shop
-THE BLACKSMITH This is a view taken about 1906 looking northeast from 42nd and West Broadway – then called Crystal Lake Avenue and Shingle Creek Road. The First Robbinsdale State Bank now occupies that site. … Read more
The Famous Fin-Fare
Fin-Fare Foods was founded by Marvin Ritland in 1964, after about a year and a half, he sold the business to Bill and Joni Jongquist. Back then folks could buy a pound of beer-battered baby … Read more
Alphabet Streets
In the middle of the 1920’s the names of Robbinsdale’s streets were changed to eliminate duplication and create a unified alphabetical system between the villages of Crystal, Golden Valley, and Robbinsdale. Villas Avenue (below) became … Read more
Thanks Diane!
The new year is bringing so many changes! This month Diane Jacobson McGee has decided to step down as our organization’s president and retire from the Robbinsdale Historical Society’s Board of Directors. Diane has spent … Read more
Regent Avenue Robbinsdale Schools
The first school built on Regent, then called College Avenue was the Luther Theological Seminary Seminary. The building was situated on a ten-acre tract donated by early movers and shakers George L. Brimball, Alfred Parker, … Read more
Homecoming Queen 1950
Queen Marion to Reign over Robbinsdale’s 1950 Homecoming Pep meeting, Parade Highlight Afternoon; Football game and Dance Top off night Activities “Oh” was the only sound they came from pretty Marian Brunsell when she was … Read more
The Mayors of Robbinsdale
Andrew B. Robbins Born: 1845 in Phillips, Maine Elected 1893 Robbins had a nose for opportunity and as a former state senator and the brother-in-law of lumber baron, Thomas Barlow Walker, he was well connected … Read more