Then: Wallace's Dry Goods Store

C. Wallace and Company informally opened a dry goods store on Queen Street, at the corner of St. Clair Avenue. Wallace's occupied the bottom floor, and the upper level housed other businesses of the "Russnell Block". In 1950, they took over the entire building, moving the home furnishings department up from the basement to the second floor and enhancing the china and linens inventory. The clothing line was also expanded.

Now: Niagara Falls Community Health Centre

The Wallace Company, which owned several stores in Niagara Falls, St. Catharines and Simcoe, was purchased by Potter and Shaw of St. Catharines in 1971. By 1973, it was announced that the Queen Street location would be closing. Wallace's went into receivership in 1976. The Niagara Falls Community Health Centre is based there today.

Niagara Falls Public Library. 2017. Niagara Falls - Then & Now: A Photographic Journey Through The Years. Wallace's Dry Goods/Niagara Falls Community Health Centre.

Niagara Falls Then and Now
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Niagara Falls Museums - Niagara Falls Public Library - Dept. of Geography and Tourism Studies,Brock University.
Original newspaper series by Sherman Zavitz, Official Historian for the City of Niagara Falls from 1994 - 2019.

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