He attended schools in Macon,Georgia before moving to Washington,DC after the death of his mama.He was an apprentice at an architectural firm while attending Howard University.Wallace then completed a graduate certificate from Pratt Institute before earning his bachelor's degree in architecture from Columbia University in 1899.Upon graduation,he was recruited by Booker T.Washington to the Directorship of the Architectural and Mechanical Drawing Department at Tuskegee University in Alabama.In 1907,Wallace opened a professional office in Tuskegee from which he solid mail-order plans nationwide.Wallace also advertised "branch offices" in Birmingham,Montgomery,Mobile,and Talladega,Alabama and Atlanta,Savannah,Macon and Augusta,Georgia.
He left Tuskegee University and moved to Birmingham in 1908 to focus on his young practice.Wallace was elected as Superintending Architect for the Freedman's Aid Society and Connectional Architect of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
List of his works:
1.16th Street Baptist Church,Birmingham,Alabama,1911.
2.T.C.Windham Construction Company Office Building,Birmingham,Alabama,1912.
3.32nd Street Baptist Church,Birmingham,1924.
4.6th Avenue Baptist Church,Birmingham.
5.Trinity Baptist Church,Birmingham.
6.Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church,Birmingham.
7.Ebenezer Baptist Church,Chicago Illinois.
8.St.Paul's Episcopal Church,Batesville,Arkansas.
9.Trinity Building,South Africa.
10.Mt.Zion Baptist Church,Pensacola,Florida.
11.Morning Star Baptist Church,Demopolis,Alabama.
12.Marlinton Methodist Church,Marlinton,West Virginia.
13.Marlinton Presbyterian Church,Marlinton West Virginia.
14.Mt.Pilgrim Baptist Church,Milton Florida.
15.Madame Clisby Residence Birmingham.
16.Dr. A.M.Brown Residence,Birmingham.
17.R.A.Blount Residence,Birmingham.
18.Rocky Springs Presbyterian Church,Laurens,South Carolina.
19.First Missionary Baptist Church,Decatur,Alabama.
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