Loving Our Library

Episode 21: Founded by a determined group of women in 1907, the Robbinsdale Library began as donated books in borrowed storefronts and grew into a beautiful Tudor-revival building in 1926. Under librarians like Frances Pollard, the library became a bright, neighborly hub for reading, events, and fundraising traditions. After decades of service the branch closed in 1976, but the building was preserved, placed on the National Register, and repurposed as the Robin Gallery and home to the Robbinsdale Historical Society. Today it celebrates a century of community memory and continued public use.