Wrightwood Avenue
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Wrightwood Avenue Soundex Code W623
2700 N. at 400 W. to 2600 N. at 7190 W.
Wrightwood Avenue was originally known as Pennock Boulevard
John Stephen Wright, born in 1815, was the oldest of four brothers who engaged in Chicago Real Estate speculation between about 1835 and 1870. In 1853, Stephen Wright and a partner, James H. Rees, purchased some 300 acres of woodland on the shore of Lake Michigan about 3 miles north of Lake Street . In the financial Panic of 1857 he lost all his holdings to his brothers and other creditors. Timothy Wright, the second oldest brother, owned much of the 300 acres of land--the heart of Wrightwood, Edward Wright, the youngest brother served as Timothy's attorney and handled the subdivision's legal work.
