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William Wrigley Jr. died on January 26, 1932, at his Phoenix mansion, at age 70. [1] He was stricken by acute indigestion, complicated by a heart attack and apoplexy. [10] He was interred in his custom-designed sarcophagus located in the tower of the Wrigley Memorial & Botanical Gardens near his beloved home on California's Catalina Island.
NP Philip K. Wrigley (1894–1977), chewing gum manufacturer, MLB executive, founder of the AAGPBL, son of William Wrigley Jr. NP William Wrigley Jr. (1861–1932), chewing gum magnate, owner of the Chicago Cubs; Robert Wyler (1900–1971), producer, older brother of William Wyler, husband of Cathy O'Donnell
Wrigley was born in Chicago in 1894. He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1914, [1] and briefly attended the University of Chicago. [2] In the early 1930s, Philip founded Wilmington-Catalina Airline, an airline flying from the Port of Los Angeles at Wilmington, California to Santa Catalina Island, in support of his father's resort on that island. [3]
William Wrigley Jr. (1861–1932) bought most of Catalina Island in 1919 with proceeds from his chewing gum empire. When he died on January 26, 1932, at age 70, he was interred near his Catalina home, in a tower in the botanical gardens. [3] The tower stands 130 feet high and is primarily built with local materials. [4]
The William Wrigley Jr. Summer Cottage, or "Mount Ada", is a historic residence located at 76 Wrigley Road in Avalon, on Santa Catalina Island, California. It was the former summer mansion and gardens of William Wrigley Jr. (1861–1932), the founder of the Wrigley Company. [2] It is on a hill, overlooking the town and Avalon Bay.
A building is not, of course, a living thing. Unless it is the place you live or work or visit with some regularity, you likely take most of the city’s thousands of buildings for granted. Of ...
The Wrigley Mansion in Phoenix, Arizona, is a landmark building constructed between 1929 and 1931 by chewing-gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. It is also known as William Wrigley Jr. Winter Cottage and as La Colina Solana. Located at 2501 East Telewa Trail, [1] it sits atop a 100-foot (30 m) knoll with views of greater Phoenix to the south, close ...
In 1930, the McArthurs (the owners) lost control of the property to one of their primary investors, William Wrigley Jr., who became full owner. The nearby Wrigley Mansion was built in 1931 and now operates as a private club. In March 1952, Ronald and Nancy Reagan spent their honeymoon at the resort.