1120 Congress Street- Foy E. Jr. and Virgie Wallace House

Foy (1896-1979) and Virgie (1898-1987) Wallace secured the service of W. H. Overall to build their home in 1926. Foy was born in Montague, Texas and grew up in West Texas while Virgie was a native of Bell County, Texas. They were married in 1914 and lived in Fort Worth as he began his career as a preacher during WW I. Foy became known as a gospel preacher, debater, editor of the Gospel Advocate and song writer. He became the minister of Pearl Street Church of Christ in Denton as he built this home. By 1928, Wallace moved to Los Angeles, California as he continued his evangelist travel. The couple sold their house in July 1928 to Tom Ray and Etta Brooks, the founder of Denton's Brooks Dairy (later Borden’s Dairy). Future author Larry McMurty lived here as a student at the University of North Texas during the late 1950s, where he started notes for his future novels set in Texas.