Robbinsdale Historical Society
Sharing Your Past To Build Our Future
Nestled into the rolling hills north and west of Minneapolis, the City of Robbinsdale slept soundly through the first half of the twentieth century. In the years following World War II residents of the little … Read more
Join us for the Opening Night of the Terrace Legacy Project on Thursday, August 8th from 5:30-8:00. Relighting ceremony at 7:00! an art and artifact exhibit honoring the Historic Terrace Theatre, which provided entertainment to … Read more
This post is the sixth in a series based on a history paper Roberta Lee Scoville’s wrote while attending Minneapolis Business College in 1976. The picture up top of features the east side of … Read more
NEWS RELEASE January 27, 1976 DEVELOPING QUALITY INVESTMENTS IN REAL ESTATE Construction will begin this month on the $2.5 million Robbins Landing, a 110 unit seven story housing for low and moderate income elderly, in … Read more
Looking north along West Broadway from 41st & 1/2 in 1925 Just 93 short years ago, the east side of West Broadway had to 2 auto shops, 4 gas pumps, a bank, a black smith … Read more
Robbinsdale High School was completed in time for 1600 students to walk through the front doors on September 14th, 1936. The building was dedicated with impressive ceremonies on May 19th, 1937. The first principal, Milo … Read more
There were other things we’d rather forget, the freakish wind storms of 1923 and 1924, when so many trees were torn down and small houses disturbed, and the KU KLUX KLAN of Minneapolis meeting on … Read more
The American Legion Auxiliary to Westphal Post #251 was organized with 31 charter members, August 6, 1920, with Mrs. F. R. Stinchfield serving as first president. Its purpose was to aid the Post in serving … Read more
On April 19th, 1893, Robbinsdale was organized as a village, consisting of parts of three sections of the original twenty-four of the township, one third of the territory of Crystal, with ten miles of improved … Read more