The Robbinsdale home built and preserved by Minnesota’s celebrated “Blue Ribbon Baker”, Marjorie Johnson, has gone on the market for $665,000.
Johnson designed the two-storey house in 1968 and lived there until her death in October 2025, aged 106. The property, at 3845 Crystal Lake Boulevard, was listed in late August, according to its online sales record. ([fox9.com](https://www.fox9.com/news/robbinsdale-home-minnesota-state-fairs-blue-ribbon-baker-marjorie-johnson-sale))
Marjorie Johnson’s Robbinsdale home for sale
The mid-century house has more than 5,100 sq ft of living space, six bedrooms and four bathrooms. It sits on 70ft of shoreline overlooking Crystal Lake and retains many of the fixtures and design details from the era in which it was built. ([fox9.com](https://www.fox9.com/news/robbinsdale-home-minnesota-state-fairs-blue-ribbon-baker-marjorie-johnson-sale))
Among its unusual features is a lower-level indoor pool, while the kitchen was custom-built with low worktops to suit Johnson, who was around 4ft 10in tall. Built-in storage and original bathrooms add to the property’s time-capsule character.
Jeanne Levasseur, the Keller Williams Realty agent handling the sale, said the house had been exceptionally well maintained.
“The chrome just shines and there are no cracks in the tile. All of the fixtures, all of them still work, so it’s kind of unheard of,” she told FOX 9. “People are like I definitely had to come and see the house because of her. She’s a legacy.”
Johnson became a fixture at the Minnesota State Fair after entering her first baking competition in 1974. She went on to collect thousands of ribbons, including more than 1,000 blue ribbons, and became known nationally through appearances on television programmes including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. ([startribune.com](https://www.startribune.com/marjorie-johnson-minnesotas-blue-ribbon-baker-dies-at-106/601512696?utm_source=openai))
Her daughter, Marilee Wheaton, said the house reflected her mother’s personality and the family life built around her baking.
“It is a blue ribbon house and it is absolutely my mom’s dream house,” Wheaton said. “The whole house was filled with love. It was filled with smells of all that baking.”
Wheaton and her siblings hope the next owner will retain as much of the home’s original character as possible.
“I feel like there is someone out there that is going to love it as much as my mom loved it,” Wheaton said.
