the walker house served as a hotel under the management of paddy walker and his descendants until 1942 when the walker house was sold to marie and al gairns. the walker house was still used as a hotel under the ownership of mr. and mrs. gairns until they decided to turn it into a rooming house. after the death of mr. gairns, marie gairns used the walker house as her own private home well into the 1990s.