BlockFrom the record
One of 27 National Register listings published here for Shoshone County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
US Post Office-Wallace Main
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. US Post Office--Wallace Main - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 403 Cedar St., Wallace, 83873
- When was it listed? March 1989
- Category. building
- Also known as. US Post Offices in Idaho 1900-1941 MPS
- Census division. Osburn-Wallace
- Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
- National Register reference number. 89000137 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
65 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of US Post Office-Wallace Main between 1992 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LOST LAKE |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BAD TOM MTN |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | ROCK CREEK |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | DUDLEY |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | BAD TOM |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | DUDLEY |
| 26 September 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MOUNT PULASKI |
| 2 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | NUCKOLS GULCH |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 148 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 148 workings within 5 miles of US Post Office-Wallace Main: 49 occurrences, 45 past producers, 29 prospects, 17 producers. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Silver, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Bonanza Gold Prospect | Silver, Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Caladay Mine | Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Caladay Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold | Producer | 1969 | |
| Castle Rock Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Coeur D'Alene District | Gold, Zinc, Antimony, Lead, Silver, Copper, Cadmium | Producer | 1878, 1884 | |
| Coeur D'Alene Mines | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Uranium, Cobalt | Producer | Vein | |
| Coeur Mine | Silver, Antimony, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | 1885, 1892, 1998 | |
| East Coeur D'Alene District | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Galena Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, Antimony, Uranium | Producer | 1885, 1922 |
Storms near this property
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wallace, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2006: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Flood | Wallace | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallace | $2,000 | no account filed |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallace | - | Quarter size hail |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Wallace Carnegie Library | 0.2 miles | 1981 |
| Wallace Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 0.2 miles | 1983 | |
 | Wallace Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1979 |
 | Northern Pacific Railway Depot | 0.2 miles | 1976 |
 | Wallace 1910 Fire Memorial | 1.2 miles | 1984 |
| Nine Mile Cemetery | 1.3 miles | 2025 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89000137 in Record Group 79. |
| Shoshone County | All 27 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.