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Paulette loves the architecture of Wallace. Virtually every building
in the downtown area is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Many homes in the neighborhood are also listed on the Register.
The town, founded by Colonel W.R. Wallace in 1884, burned to the ground
in 1890. The rough and ready miners and merchants immediately rebuilt
everything with brick. Consequentially, most of the town survived the
huge 1910 fire that burned three million acres and killed 83 people.
Several downtown buildings have "1890" displayed on their fascia.
Wallace exists today as a showcase of Queen Anne, Art Deco, Chicago,
Neo-classic, and Arts and Crafts architectural styles. This is because
Wallace
fought the federal government for more than a score of years until the
Interstate System was forced to go over us rather than through us!
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Paulette's building, the Rocky Mountain Telephone Building, at
613 Bank Street, was built in 1906 and
faces a line of larger buildings built in 1890, some of which are shown below.
It conforms to the neo-classical style
with columns built into the exterior design, transom windows, copper hardware,
and lathe and plaster interior walls.
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