Robbinsdale Historical Society
Sharing Your Past To Build Our Future
Moving Came Often for the Library, by Susan Kuehn, Minneapolis Star, August 22, 1951 On almost any summer day, especially the rainy ones. the Robbinsdale library looks like a school in session. Blond braids and … Read more
The Glenwood Manor subdivision in Robbinsdale was developed in the 1920s on the site of the Horatio Stillman farm. Stillman had arrived in Minnesota Territory in 1854 and homesteaded a tract of land for farming … Read more
This post is the ninth in a series featuring a history paper that Roberta Lee Scoville’s wrote while attending Minneapolis Business College back in 1976. The image at the top of the post shows the … Read more
From the turn-of-the-century, with a few shelves in an old hotel and a closet in an attorney’s office, the city of Robbinsdale had a public library. In 1908 with the membership of 25 dedicated women … Read more
In November 1917, a small building on West Broadway was purchased and moved to a lot donated by the Parker family on Rockford Road just west of the railroad tracks. The little structure was stuccoed … Read more
The Robbiinsdale Library opened on January 4, 1926. The cost of construction was funded with donations from local citizens and the library club. The Hennepin County Library system took over the library in 1972, but … Read more
Record number 446 Identification Institution name Robbinsdale Historical Society Object number GF001.6 Number of parts 1 Distinguishing features Photos Object name and title Object category Government Files Object name Hennepin County Library Title Hennepin County … Read more
Identification Institution name Robbinsdale Historical Society Object number FF084 Number of parts 1 Distinguishing features Photos Object name and title Object category Family Files Object name Pollard Description Photocopy Physical description Description Photocopy of a … Read more