Built in 1889, the Robinson House is listed on the National Register as a significant example of the Queen Anne style of architecture, which was a popular style for residential architecture at the time of construction. Many of these style homes have been lost in the neighborhood. The home was on offered for sale in John Cook Jr. 1880s residential development which stretched west across Colorado Boulevard for just $5,000. An advertisement appears in Denver Republican. Jay A. Robinson, the home's first owner, was described in city directories as a grocer and an "inventor". At the time the house was constructed the neighborhood was connected to downtown by a horse powered street car. It has had several owners since it's construction and was most recently known as Kate's Restaurant. The building is noted as the oldest remaining structure in the Park Hill neighborhood in the National Register nomination.