Theurer-Wrigley House
Theurer-Wrigley House | |
Chicago Landmark | |
Chicago, IL | |
Coordinates | 41°55′39.3″N 87°38′21.18″W / 41.927583°N 87.6392167°W |
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Built | 1897 |
Architect | Richard E. Schmidt |
Architectural style | Renaissance |
NRHP reference No. | 80001352 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 28, 1980 |
Designated CL | August 10, 1979 |
Theurrer-Wrigley House, also known as the Wrigley Mansion, is a historic building located in the
The house itself covers over 15,000 square feet, including eight bedrooms, a conservatory and a ballroom. A three-story coach house has additional bedrooms. In 1984 the house had sat empty for several decades and a plan was made to make it the official residence of the mayor of Chicago, though the plan was never realized.[2]
Architecture
The main house comprises 11 bedrooms and more than 6 baths. It includes among other features: a
The exterior is of ornate baroque terra cotta almost unparalleled in Chicago; it is suspected of having been the early work of the Northwestern Terra Cotta Co., and may have helped launch the company to some acclaim as it grew to its national presence. The company was later responsible in 1920 for the terra cotta exterior of the Wrigley Building of Chicago, the ornamenture for which that building is justly famous. Having purchased the Wrigley-Theurer Mansion in 1911 and commissioned the Wrigley Building in 1920, the influence of the beauty of the former on William Wrigley Jr.'s commission of the latter stands as an interesting footnote to history.
In recent years
External videos | |
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Chicago's Wrigley Mansion, living in an iconic landmark, YoChicago.com on YouTube (16:43) |
The Wrigley Family left the residence vacant in the years during and after the Great Depression, a period during which such mansions became targets for kidnapping and robbery, as in the cases of the
Notes
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Rodkin, Dennis (November 1, 2011). "Theurer-Wrigley House in Lincoln Park Up for Sale". Chicago Magazine. Retrieved January 23, 2014. includes a large photo gallery
- ^ Rodkin, Dennis. "Wrigley mansion sold by foreclosing lender". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 29 January 2018.