During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Shoreacres became a weekend haven for nearby Houston residents, who built weekend homes and boating fish camps for fishing and boating on Galveston Bay. In 1928, Isaiah P. Walker, vice-president of the Houston-based Stowers Furniture Company, and his wife, Annie, purchased land from Shoreacres Realty, Inc. to build their own weekend home. Completed in 1932 and later nicknamed “Little Castle” and “Tree House,” the house reflects popular architectural influences of its period along with distinctive design elements that set it apart from neighboring homes. The Walkers hired their son-in-law, Preston Plumb, Jr., to build it in a style reminiscent of Tudor Revival homes that Plumb and his father built in West University Place near Rice University. Its two-story exterior facade is made of thick, rough-cut stone, and a turret rising above the roof and enclosing a spiral staircase gives the house a castle-like appearance. Its most distinctive features are four concrete “faux bois” pine trees framing the porch on the south side, molded cement columns in the style of “El Trabajo Rustico,” popularized during this period by Mexican artist Dionicio Rodriguez. The Walker house is the only known residence in Harris County to use these “faux bois” columns and is the oldest extant fish camp residence in Shoreacres.