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 Turn west on Roma. A block ahead, Lew Wallace Elementary School stands on the west side of 6th St. While serving as governor of the New Mexico Territory from 1878 to 1881, Wallace also found time to finish his novel, Ben-Hur. The school building, completed in 1934, is Louis Hesselden’s first project as Albuquerque Public Schools architect. Hesselden later designed Highland High School and the Nob Hill Shopping Center (ssss1).Just ahead on the northwest corner at 7th St. is the Brittania & W. E. Mauger Estate B&B Inn, a classic example of Queen Anne–style architecture. Maude Talbot ordered the construction of the brick house in 1897 for $1,600 on land she’d inherited from her father, W. E. Talbot, proprietor of the Montezuma Saloon on 2nd St. The popular saloon was the first in business in Albuquerque with electric lights. Likewise, Maude’s house was outfitted with push-button switches. After an unhappy marriage, however, she left the house and returned to New York. In 1907 her mother sold the house to W. E. Mauger for $4,350. Mauger came to Albuquerque from Boston in the hopes that the sunny, dry climate would clear up his tuberculosis. He opened a hardware store on 1st St., amassed a small fortune in the wool trade, and died in 1923. His wife, Brittania, followed in 1970 at the age of 102. The Estate has since undergone a major restoration. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and became a B&B in 1987.A block ahead, 8th St. delineates the east boundary of the Fourth Ward District, one of the city’s 14 historic districts listed on the National Register. The 1901 Albuquerque City Directory suggests that the Fourth Ward was a mix of middle class employers and laborers. However, it’s better remembered today as the elite district during the railroad era. Only a few of the most opulent homes are intact today.