[p. 834] vice-president and manager of the New Castle Real Estate Company, has been a resident of New Castle, Pa., since August 4, 1904, and has been actively identified with the affairs of the city.
Mr. Robingson is a native of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and was accorded superior educational advantages. After completing his common school training he attended Piersol's Academy, Western University of Pennsylvania, and Washington and Jefferson College at Washington, Pa. His career in business began as secretary and treasurer of the Logan & Strobridge Iron Company, of New Brighton, Pa., in which capacities he served with marked ability for a period of fifteen years. In 1904 he removed to New Castle and for a brief period engaged in the newspaper business. He then engaged in the real estate business on an extensive scale, and upon the incorporation of the New Castle Real Estate Company was chosen vice-president and manager of that organization. This concern has been the most active of any in the real estate business, buying and selling many valuable properties in the business and residence districts of the city, platting sub-divisions and erecting buildings for the purpose of sale.
Mr. Robingson is a director of the Dollar Savings Association, and as president of the New Castle Chamber of Commerce has done much toward the development of the city's best interests. He is a Thirty-second Degree Mason, and a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Socially he is a member of the New Castle Club. He has been active in the Democratic party, working hard for the success of party principles. In religious attachment he is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of New Castle.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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