Wirt Dexter Walker

Wirt Dexter Walker (September 1, 1860 – April 24, 1899) was a Chicago lawyer. He was the son of successful Chicago attorney James M. Walker and Eliza M. Walker, and was named after Wirt Dexter, the junior partner at his father's firm, Walter VanArman & Dexter.

Biography Wirt Dexter Walker was born in Chicago on September 1, 1860. He had health problems and became blind, at which point he retired from office work to travel. in 1894. He was buried at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.

Blythewood Farms summer cottage He purchased land in the Berkshire County in 1888 and hired local architect H. Neill Wilson to design a large summer cottage retreat in 1890, hoping a residence in the area would help his health improve. Blythewood was constructed, but Walker died a year later leaving no children. Spoor was chairman of the board of the Union Stockyards and Transit Company in Chicago, and sold Blythewood to a group of local investors two years before his death in 1926.