White and Bender Building - Wallace Idaho
Posted by: 
BruceS
N 47° 28.288 W 115° 55.442
11T E 581078 N 5258119
Historic commercial building in Wallace, Idaho.
Waymark Code: WM2A30
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 09/30/2007
Views: 19
White and Bender Building (1890)
It is one of the nicest Queen Anne commercial sites. the tower was
originally built in accordance with the accordance the architect's plans.
White and Bender Company expanded from Murray in 1888. The company opened shop
on the corner of Sixth and Bank streets while the fire of 1890 was still
smoking--in a tented structure at first. White and Bender was a
retail/wholesale mercantile well into the 1930s. the company then became a
finance company and a leader in public financing such as appliances and
automobiles. The Wine Cellar displays the original White and Bender
shelving. White and Bender were the first to install electric lights in
Wallace. It held the Stewart Wallace Drug and Selig Water Company until
becoming Silver Capital Arts in 1984 ~ text Guide to Historic Wallace