1 Main St., Gloucester, Virginia. County/parish: Gloucester.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 04, 2009. NRIS 09001050.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.
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. 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. The house was donated to Hampton University in 1977.
Walker wrote an autobiography titled The Honey-Pod Tree. He was buried at the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery. The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680953