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



2055 Robinwood was home in 1910 to the Edward Brucker, his wife Jessie and their children Edward Jr., Hartford, Gertrude and James. Mr. Brucker was a merchandise broker. The family was still there in 1918 but not in 1920. The 1921 city directory listed Roy Blair as the resident with Ada Wolfe employed as the live-in domestic. Mr. Blair was president of the the Blair Realty Company and treasurer of the Palmer-Blair Insurance Agency. The 8/16/1929 issue of the Toledo News-Bee contained three photographs of daughter Betty Blair of 2055 along with Betty Blair of 2242 Robinwood.

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.