Eureka Dye Company
EUREKA DYE COMPANY
1915
COMMERCIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTED FOR OWNERS
CHARLES DOUGLAS MEYERS (1868-1926), MANAGER OF EU-
REKA DYE WORKS; AND SISTER, CAROLINE KELLOCH MEYERS
(1866-1956). IN 1922, THEIR COMPANY SUSTAINED HEAVY
LOSSES WHEN A FOUR-TON ELEPHANT NAMED TOPSY ES-
CAPED FROM THE HAGENBACK-WALLACE CIRCUS, BUSTED
INTO THE BUILDING AND HURLED LARGE QUANTITIES OF DYE,
DESTROYING CLOTHING AND EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT. THE
COMPANY SUED THE CIRCUS FOR $5,000. THE BUILDING RE-
MAINED IN THE FAMILY UNTIL 1942. THE BUSINESS
CONTINUED AS EUREKA CLEANERS UNTIL 1961.
HISTORIC WILMINGTON FOUNDATION, INC.
PRESERVATION LEADERSHIP SINCE 1966
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