BROWNWOOD BUSINESSMAN AND CIVIC
LEADER J. A. WALKER (d.l944) BUILT
THIS HOME IN 1901. A PROMINENT
TEXAS BAPTIST, HE WAS AN EARLY
BENEFACTOR TO HOWARD PAYNE
UNIVERSITY. THE COLONIAL REVIVAL
STYLING OF THE WALKER HOME
REFLECTS HIS STATUS AS A LEADER
IN THE COMMUNITY. OUTSTANDING
FEATURES INCLUDE THE ORNATE
PORTICO, WIDE WRAPAROUND VERANDA
AND INTRICATE ORNAMENTATION. THE
HOUSE REMAINED IN THE WALKER
FAMILY FOR OVER 75 YEARS.

(1982)