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



2436 Robinwood was home to Chales Rowe according to both the 1896 and 1900 city directories. Mr. Rowe was a travel agent (salesman) in 1896 and manager in 1900. Also, in 1900, Loring Jones, an inspector, boarded here along with Rollin Drake, also an inspector. Mary Buske was the live-in domestic in 1900. Dr. Edwin Tucker lived here in 1910. Dr. Tucker specialized in diseases of the skin. The 1918 and the 1921 city directories listed Paul Willis, a copy writer, as the resident. Also, in 1921, Elizabeth Witker, the widow of William Witker and the secretary of the Amcerican Red Cross, lived here.

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.