Streetcar Suburb

In the late nineteenth century, Robbinsdale was founded, platted and planned as a streetcar suburb. Andrew B. Robbins knew that reliable transit to Minneapolis was the best way to attract new residents and connect the … Read more

File# BF008 Columbia Hotel

%0 220 BA Robbinsdale Historical Society DE 1993 DF Photos, Newspaper Articles DS 1890 I2 IA (Hotel with woman on porch) Columbia Hotel built in 1890; (Postcard picture) Columbia Hotel- J.J. Coulter prop.- built 40 … Read more