Wallace Historic District, National Historic District in Wallace, Idaho, US.

The Wallace Historic District covers about 500 buildings in Wallace, Idaho, including 485 contributing structures in the original 8-acre listing and 301 in the 1983 boundary increase. Many date from 1890–91 and show Classical Revival, Renaissance Revival, Late Victorian and vernacular styles. The district also contains the separately listed Wallace Carnegie Library.

The town emerged during the silver mining boom of the 1880s as an important trading center. Most of the buildings visible today were constructed shortly after this period to support the rapid growth.

The Carnegie Library and the railway depot show how the town operated and what mattered to its residents. These buildings reflect how education and commerce were woven into the everyday life of this mining community.

You can walk through the streets of this area and observe the numerous old buildings from the outside, with informational signs along the way. It helps to wear comfortable shoes since you will walk quite a bit and the terrain is somewhat hilly.

Beneath the streets runs an extensive tunnel system originally built to transport ore and provide miners with quick underground passages. These hidden passages once shaped the invisible infrastructure of the place.