Robbins

Robbinsdale Gets a Streetcar Line

The Minneapolis streetcar went only as far north as the intersection of Penn Avenue North and 32nd Avenue.The only way for people north of there was to get a ride to the stop by horse … Read more

Hubbard and Sweatt

THE HUBBARD SPECIALTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY The Hubbard Manufacturing Company was promoted by Mr. Hubbard – Mr. Robbins  and  Mr. Brimhall – Mr. Alden. This was Robbinsdale’s first major industry. On March 4, 1889 the citizens … Read more

A Real Mansion

The Robbins Home- The Robbins home was built on 14 acres of land, sloping down to the shores of Twin Lake, which had been purchased from J. P. Shumway in June of 1887. Work began … Read more

According to the Shumway Sisters

Haakon Christiansen   This post is the eighth in a series featuring  a history paper that Roberta Lee Scoville’s wrote while attending Minneapolis Business College back  in 1976. The photos at the top of the … Read more

A.B. Robbins Arrives

  This is the second in a series we’ve put together to share Roberta Lee Scoville’s Robbinsdale History paper from 1976.  The image at the top of the post features our old village hall and … Read more

A Picturesque Village

“Soon after the creation of Robbinsdale the Car Shops and the Hubbard Manufacturing Company were destroyed by fire and Robbinsdale again became purely residential.” “Some boisterous characters who frequently drive through Robbinsdale on Sunday on … Read more

Bring on the Whiz Bang

1919 The Security Bank was incorporated December 16, 1918, opening for business January 16, 1919, in the same one-story building which had housed its predecessors, two banks which were once described by Mrs. Stillman as … Read more

Girling Gets Things Going

1893 Thomas H. Girling, born in England in 1865, had considerable impact as a publisher and civic leader in Robbinsdale. He had learned the printing business and in February, 1893, started publishing the weekly “Picturesque … Read more