John M Wallace

• American

John M Wallace (1865-1936) was one of the first residents of the Sunnyside neighborhood. A native of Illinois, he came to Portland some time prior to 1889 and affiliated himself with Archibald McKenzie, a Portland contractor. Soon thereafter he began purchasing lots from the Sunnyside Land and Improvement Company. In 1892 he built a house at 1019 E 37 Avenue where he resided until his death in 1936. During that time Wallace constructed numerous single-family residences, and several apartment houses in Sunnyside and Northwest Portland. Like the majority of buildings constructed by local contractors, most of Wallace's designs appear to have come from pattern books and other publications available at the time. - NRHP, 8 May 1989