T.C. Walker House is the historic home of a lawyer, county supervisor, and a school superintendent who was enslaved prior to the

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. It is at 1 Main Street in

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, Gloucester County, Virginia and was built about 1880, and is a two-story, U-shaped, frame vernacular dwelling with traces of

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and

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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

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land ownership and educational opportunities. As a lawyer he represented many African American clients. He purchased the home in 1900. an
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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

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in 2009.

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