Robbinsdale Historical Society
Sharing Your Past To Build Our Future
In 1917, the Miller and Hurlbutt families worked with the Reidhead Company realtors to subdivide and create the Robbinsdale Home Gardens addition between 42nd and 46th Avenues North, east of Vera Cruz over to Toledo … Read more
McNair Manor was named for attorney and businessman William McNair. Born in 1836, McNair served as county attorney and mayor of St. Anthony from 1869 to 1871. He was highly regarded as a defense attorney … Read more
Sarah Josephine Gates was born in 1851. She moved to what is now Minneapolis, from Hubbardston, Massachusetts, when she was four years old. Her family’s homestead was located at what is now 2426 West Broadway. … Read more
In 1940, Fred B. Snyder worked with Thorpe Brothers Real Estate and Mortgage Company to open a new Robbinsdale addition known as Snyder’s Victory Memorial Drive. These 75 foot lots between 36th and 38th Avenues … Read more
During the long, dry summer of 1938, the brave men and women of Robbinsdale’s Westphal Post 251 American Legion answered the call of politicians, clergy and concerned citizens across the nation. While the Dust Bowl … Read more
Horatio Stillman was born in 1832 in Andover, Ohio. When he was 21 years old his father gave him $200.00. By the following year he had doubled it by making oars for boats. He married … Read more
Picture, if you will, this little community of Robbinsdale, Minnesota in the year of 1922 when the population was around 1,000. It did not have too much to offer people in the way of cultural … Read more
Robbinsdale Parish Starts Church Drive Sacred Heart Catholic parish in Robbinsdale today started drive to raise “in excess” of $40,000 for a new church and 8-room school addition. Constructed of Mankato stone, the new church … Read more
