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



According to a notation on the back of this photograph, a new heating system was installed in June of 1918 at the 1912-built duplex of John H. Berkebile at 2369 Robinwood. Mr. Berkebile was the president of the H. J. Speiker Company. His biography and personal photograph appear in Toledo & Lucas County Vol. 3 on page 12. The other unit was home to George Heater in 1918 who was the vice-president and manager of the Toledo Plate & Window Glass Company. The George Alter home once stood on this site circa 1891. Jack Taylor provided us this image.

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.