Brenton Wallace

Brenton Greene Wallace (June 28, 1891 – June 3, 1968) was an American architect and army veteran.

Biography Wallace was born in Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania. His parents were Richard H. Wallace and Lorena DeVoe Broesbeck. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a B.S. in economics in 1913. In 1914 he co-founded an architectural firm, Wallace & Warner with partner Frederick Warner. The firm gained notoriety for designing houses for suburbs forming along Philadelphia's Main Line. His firm specialized in housing styles such as Cotswold, Norman Farmhouse and Pennsylvania Farmhouse. Wallace also founded the Main Line Builders Association and was its first president. After World War II Wallace returned to Pennsylvania and remained active in the National Guard, commanding the 28th Infantry Division Artillery, and later received promotion to major general as the division commander.

After the war he returned to his architectural business. At this time he specialized in commercial and industrial design, including shopping centers and department stores. Some of his notable designs include the Bryn Mawr Medical Building, Haverford Square Shopping Center and Wynnewood Shopping Center.

Wallace was active in the community serving on several boards and service organizations, including the American Red Cross, which he chaired from 1947 to 1948. He also served as director of housing for the state of Pennsylvania from 1946 to 1947.

In 1920 he married Dorothy Harriet Wallower. Together they raised two sons and a daughter. Wallace died in 1968 and is buried at Valley Forge Memorial Gardens in Pennsylvania.