Colonel James Wallace built the Greek Revival building at the corner of Gay and Spring Streets in 1852 to be his law office, and it is one of the earliest surviving commercial buildings in Cambridge. He also used it as a recruiting office during the Civil War. Later, this was the spot from which he watched the packing operations of the oyster cannery he founded. It was the office of the Dorchester Educators in the 1970s, but now it sits empty.
Cambridge Time Machine: Witnessing changes at the Wallace Building
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I don’t see any changes proposed to this structure in the article other than continued deterioration. What’s the purpose?
This building was also where I would go after school for my Brownies (Girl Scouts)meeting around the 1950’s.