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Named for chewing gum magnate William S. Wrigley, Jr., developer of this two-block area, homes were built here in the Spanish Colonial Revival style between 1928-1934. The district has remarkable architectural consistency, unity and integrity.
The homes on 2000 and 2100 Eucalyptus were built by one developer, Fleming and Weber Company, who subdivided the land in 1927 and hired Sid Spearin of Wilmington to build the homes for sale. The Fleming and Weber Company was owned by the late chewing gum magnate, William Wrigley, Jr. These were the only two blocks in what is now called the Wrigley District that were actually built by his company.
The majority of the homes are small, one-story Spanish Colonial Revival, built in 1928 and 1929. Development continued at a slower pace into the early thirties. Other housing types are Tudor and Norman Revival and a few post-war tract houses. These two blocks have maintained their original integrity almost entirely intact, and the street retains the ambience of the late twenties and early thirties. |
