William Wrigley Jr
American
Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
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Wrigley Company | 1891 | 1932 |
Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
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Wrigley Company | 1891 | 1932 |
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
1910/00/00 | William Mitchell sells his Lake Geneva estate, including the Norway Building, to William Wrigley, Jr. | Owner | Little Norway | Blue Mounds | |||
1911/00/00 | William Wrigley buys the nine-bedroom Theurer residence was purchased on Lakeview Avenue. | Home | Theurer-Wrigley House | Chicago | |||
1914/01/23 | The G W Stimson sells his mansion to William Wrigley for $170,000 in cash and downsizes to a smaller home. Since the mansion is not yet complete, Wrigley, living in the Robert Neustadt home in Altadena, will not occupy it until the fall. | Home | Wrigley Mansion | Pasadena, CA | |||
1915/00/00 | Hancock, Joseph and William Banning sell Santa Catalina Island to William Wrigley, Jr | Owner | Santa Catalina Island | California | |||
1916/00/00 | William Wrigley buys a minority stake in the Chicago Cubs baseball team | Wrigley Field | Chicago | ||||
1921/00/00 | Home | William Wrigley, Jr Summer Cottage | Santa Catalina Island | ||||
1924/05/03 | The SS CATALINA is christened | Owner | SS CATALINA | Los Angeles | |||
1932/01/26 | William Wrigley Jr dies at age 70 in his Phoenix, Arizona, mansion. | Died | Wrigley, William, Jr, Winter Cottage | Phoenix | |||
1932/01/28 | William Wrigley funeral is held in his home on Orange Grove Avenue. "Ave Maria" is played on the organ, flowers fill the mansion and floor and hundreds of mourners line Orange Grove Avenue. | In Memoriam | Wrigley Mansion | Pasadena, CA |
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