763 Walker Road

763 Walker Road is an exceptional example of Victorian-era, middle class housing built in the former Town of Walkerville during the 1890s. It is an integral component within a grouping of five identical Hiram Walker Worker Houses on the west side of Walker Road.

The north side, of this two storey, semi-detached structure was built in 1893 on a tract of land deeded to the Walkerville Land and Building Company, by Hiram Walker, on December 19, 1890. The Walkerville Land and Building Company built and leased these residences to employees of the Hiram Walker distillery. A full range of municipal services were provided for them by the Walkerville Land and Building Company.

763 Walker Road is the north half of a T-shaped, two storey, semi-detached building. It features red brick walls laid in stretcher bond, a fieldstone foundation, a pitched roof, a decorative fascia board with a finial at its peak, and two chimneys - one of which is decorated with corbelled brick moulding at its crest. There are eleven window openings with brick voussoirs, double-hung, multi-paned, wood sash windows and some original ornamental millwork.

Hiram Walker, a distiller from Detroit, founded the Town of Walkerville in 1858. By the late 1880s the Walkers were developing rental properties for the distillery's employees at all levels. The building is located on the fringe of Walkerville where the working-class employees traditionally resided. 763 Walker Road, as well as the entire row of Hiram Walker Worker Houses on the 700 block of Walker Road, is representative of the former Town of Walkerville's original streetscape.