The Historic Old West End in Toledo, Ohio - Robinwood Avenue



Now demolished, 2324 Robinwood as seen in this circa 1937 photograph sat at the rear of the driveway. According to the 1900 Polk City Directory the resident was Edward Brown, a clerk with the Gates' Union Ticket Office. The 1910 city directory reveals that the resident was Mrs. Minnie Grischott, widow of Simon. The home was destroyed in a January 1960 fire while Mrs. Eloise Usher was in Florida.

On August 8, 1891 W C Adams took out a permit for a $3,000 house to be constructed on Robinwood Avenue. The 1896 city directory listed William Adams as living at 2431 Robinwood which is an address that disappeared from later directories. The 1900, 1910, 1918 and 1921 city directories listed the occupant of 2445 Robinwood as William Adams who became the secretary and treasurer of the Fred Adams & Son Company located at 619-21 Monroe Street. Mr. Adams was seriously injured in July 1903 when a horse he was inspecting to purchase, kicked him resulting in serious abdominal injuries. In 1921 Willard Adams, a salesman with Fred Adams & Son which was a wholesale feed dealer, lived in the family home. Augusta Jerendt served the family in 1896, Clara Lipke in 1900, and Bertha Waigand was the Adams' live-in domestic in 1910.