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



Designed by the architectural firm of Mills, Rheinhart & Bellman, the home at 2455 Robinwood was built around 1901. A permit (#2043) in 1914 allowed the alteration of a bath while permit # 2289 in 1917 changed the terrace and steps to the house. These changes were made while the home was occupied by the son of John Banting, Carlos. Carlos C. Banting was the secretary of the Banting Machine Company which made farm machinery and the Fishack Gypsum Company. The family employed a live-in domestic by the name of Edith Kukuk according to the 1910 city directory.

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.