T.C. Walker House
T.C. Walker House is located in Virginia
T.C. Walker House
T.C. Walker House is located in the United States
T.C. Walker House
Location1 Main St., Gloucester, Virginia
Coordinates37°24′47″N 76°31′19″W / 37.41306°N 76.52194°W / 37.41306; -76.52194
Area1.9 acres (0.77 ha)
Builtc. 1880 (1880), 1900
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.09001050[1]
VLR No.036-5053
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 4, 2009
Designated VLRSeptember 17, 2009[2]

T.C. Walker House is the historic home of a lawyer, county supervisor, and a school superintendent who was enslaved prior to the American Civil War.[3] It is at 1 Main Street in Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia and was built about 1880, and is a two-story, U-shaped, frame vernacular dwelling with traces of Greek Revival and Gothic Revival styles. It has a cross-gable roof, two-bay addition, and front porch. It was the home of Thomas Calhoun "T.C." Walker, who worked tirelessly to improve African-American land ownership and educational opportunities. As a lawyer he represented many African American clients. He purchased the home in 1900.[4] The house was donated to Hampton University in 1977.[5]

Walker wrote an autobiography titled The Honey-Pod Tree.[6][7] He was buried at the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery.[3] The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

T.C. Walker House in 2013

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Thomas Calhoun Walker (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov.
  4. ↑ John V. Quarstein (June 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: T.C. Walker House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
  5. ↑ "Gazette-Journal | Effort underway to revitalize T.C. Walker House". www.gazettejournal.net. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  6. ↑ Redding, Saunders (July 27, 1958). "He Sought New Ways for the Old South; THE HONEY-POD TREE: The Life Story of Thomas Calhoun Walker Edited by Florence L Lattimore 320 pp. New York: The John Day Company. $4.50". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  7. ↑ Sparks, Lisa Vernon. "A murky legacy: Confederate generals who fought to uphold slavery but later helped Black Virginians". pilotonline.com.


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