Wrigley is a group of neighborhoods in Long Beach, California. It includes the neighborhoods North Wrigley, South Wrigley, Southeast Wrigley and Wrigley Heights. Its name derives from William Wrigley Jr., the owner and founder of the famed Wrigley Spearmint Gum Empire in Chicago. It was one of the first communities established in Long Beach. With the exception of Wrigley Heights, the area is developed throughout on a gridiron street pattern.
The Wrigley neighborhood of Long Beach, California. Willow Street runs from the right side of the photo, through the center of the neighborhood, to the bridge crossing the Los Angeles River on the left.
William Mills Wrigley Jr. was an American chewing gum industrialist. He founded the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in 1891.
William Wrigley Jr.
July 4th ad in 1920 for Wrigley's chewing gum in The Saturday Evening Post
William Wrigley Jr. on the cover of Time in 1929
The Wrigley Mansion in Phoenix, Arizona, was built between 1929 and 1931. It is located at 2501 East Telewa Trail. The historic mansion is also known as “La Colina Solana”. The mansion has been designated as a Phoenix Point of Pride. The mansion was listed as the “William Wrigley Jr., Winter Cottage” on the National Register of Historic Places on August 16, 1989, ref.: #89001045.
