William H. Walker (New York City politician)

Descended from a Roman Catholic family who had emigrated from Yorkshire in the late 1700s to Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, Ireland, Walker attended the public schools in Dublin.

He started as a carpenter - cabinetmaker and became a contractor, builder, and owner of a lumberyard; and entered politics as a Democrat.

In 1902, he was appointed by Manhattan Borough President Jacob A. Cantor as Superintendent of Public Buildings.

In 1907, he was removed from office by Borough President John F. Ahearn, but was re-instated by order of the New York Supreme Court in 1909.

He died on May 15, 1916, in the home which he built at 6 St. Luke's Place in Manhattan; and was buried in the Roon – Walker family plot at Calvary Cemetery in Queens.