Robbinsdale Historical Society
Sharing Your Past To Build Our Future
1865 After the Civil War ended and the military reservation was reduced, the settlement of Minneapolis, Crystal Lake, and other towns developed rapidly. The first school for District No. 24 was built in 1865 was … Read more
Robbinsdale Schools Superintendent Edwin J. Cooper in his office at Robbinsdale High School, 4139 Regent. Born in 1897, Cooper grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. He served as a pursuit pilot in World … Read more
Generations of 8th grades posed for graduation pictures on these old steps. Sacred Heart grew with the baby boom years after the war. In 1952 the church added a chapel and four more class … Read more
Due to the pressures of an increasing number of students a new Robbinsdale High School opened at Toledo Avenue North and 37th. Principal  Milo Mielke moved to the building and the sprawling complex of buildings … Read more
In 1913 the old Parker School, built in 1890, was deemed too small for a growing student body numbering over 200 students. $14,000 in bonds were issued to pay for the construction of four additional … Read more
The old Robbinsdale High School on Regent was built with $124,000 from local tax payers and $135,000 provided by the federal government’s Public Works Administration. The building is remembered as one of the best investments … Read more
Father William H. Blum dedicated Sacred Heart’s little wooden church on Christmas Day in 1911. At that time the Robbinsdale parish was made up of 38 families. In 1914 rectory was built and the church … Read more
In the middle of the last century Robbinsdale was the only area suburb with a high school and West Broadway was the only shopping district between Minneapolis and Osseo. In 1961 more than 21,000 were enrolled in the Robbinsdale School District and homecoming was a big event! Mayor Walter J.(Red) Sochacki, who spent many years as the Robbinsdale High School Football and Basketball coach, brought the parade downtown.The tradition held for several decades.
Lee Elementary School on 36th Avenue opened in 1948. Two years later and addition was built. The Adiar Elementary in 1952 alowed the old school on Regent to become a junior high and high school. … Read more