Robbinsdale Historical Society
Sharing Your Past To Build Our Future
While Andrew B. Robbins began platting and developing subdivisions in the 1890s before racial covenants became common, restrictive clauses began appearing in Robbinsdale around 1915. They became widespread in the 1920s. These covenants were written … 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
The Sanborn family had owned land and farmed in Crystal Township in the years before Robbinsdale was incorporated as village. Arthur Sanborn became the first President of Crystal Village after it was incorporated on January … Read more