Berwyn, IL: City of Homes Women's Tri-Blend Tee

Part of Our Route 66 Everytown Collection | Berwyn Edition

Berwyn, Illinois: City of Homes

Berwyn sits just west of Chicago in northern Illinois, where Route 66 followed Ogden Avenue through the city's south side. Brick bungalows fill the blocks around it, which is how this suburb earned its nickname.

Settle into Berwyn's City of Homes story with a soft women's tri-blend tee inspired by brick bungalow blocks and the Ogden Avenue stretch of Route 66.

Part of the Route 66 Everytown Collection: one tee for every town that ever called the road home. Start with Berwyn, then collect the entire route.

T-Shirt Details & Features

Next Level 6710 women's tri-blend tee with a slim, feminine fit (see size chart in product image gallery)
50% polyester, 25% combed ring-spun cotton, 25% rayon for a soft, lightweight drape
Crew neck with a tear-away label for comfort
Available in sizes S–2XL
Printed in the USA
Free U.S. shipping on orders of $25 or more, applied automatically!

About Berwyn, Illinois: The City of Homes on Route 66

Ogden Avenue began as a plank road along the old Ottawa Trail in the 1840s. In 1890 Chicago attorneys Charles E. Piper and W.J. Andrews founded Berwyn, naming their new station after Berwyn, Pennsylvania. The city incorporated in 1908 after breaking off from Cicero Township, as Berwyn history drawn from city records explains. When Route 66 arrived, Ogden Avenue carried it through town, and at its peak the corridor held more than a dozen car dealerships.

Berwyn's nickname comes from its housing. Strict building codes during the 1920s boom produced block upon block of brick bungalows. In 2015 the Central Berwyn Bungalow Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with 1,109 masonry Chicago bungalows among its homes, as Shaw Local reported.

Route 66 pride still rolls down Ogden Avenue each year at the Berwyn Route 66 Car Show, a vintage car show held in town since 1990. Up north on Roosevelt Road, FitzGerald's Nightclub has hosted live music since 1980, and in January 2025 the Chicago Sun-Times reported it had joined the National Register of Historic Places.

Build your Chicagoland collection with our women's tees for Cicero next door and Lyons just west on Ogden. Prefer a classic fit? Pick up our unisex Berwyn tee.