Wallace, Idaho, Then and Now

Sixth Street Bridge in 1911 and 2020

 Gilmore’s building, on the right in the 1911 photo, was located in what is now the empty lot at Kelly’s Alley and 6th Street next to the Melodrama. Gilmore’s was a loan office and cigars were also sold there. Joe Piela’s building stands where the Depot Museum is today. The red light district would have been found behind this building. The NP Bar occupied the first floor. They sold Sunset Brewery’s beer, which was brewed locally in Wallace on the south side of town.

6th St. and Kelly’s Alley in 2020
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The Northern Pacific Depot Building, in the center, was moved over the river in 1986. It was the first building in town listed on the registry of historic places.