Walnut Ridge

My ancestors built the house and my great grandmother was born in it. My ancestors are buried near. If anyone has anymore info on it or whether or not the hoarder still lives there, please let me know.

This place is not for sale. It has long been owned by a woman that does actually live in it. She is a hoarder and has nothing but newspapers stacked sky high and beer cans everywhere. Many people have offered a ton of money for it and she refuses to sell it. People have offered to pay to restore it and she refuses to let anyone touch it. so it's left to rot away with her. It's on an amazing large lot. The people of Gonzales have relentlessly tried to save this house but she will not let anyone near it. She has an adult son who has long since moved away, but he did grow up in the house. Originally the home was built by J. Gordon Riley a noted architect that built several other beautiful homes in Gonzales.

Take this down, as this is NOT abandoned home. It is owned, the family keeps a close eye on it, no trespassing period. I know the family personally. It’s not livable because the women that lived there got old and bough a smaller home to be easily maintained and easier to walk in, her daughter now ownes who also lived there is now a elderly-ish, she’s going to pass it down to her son when she passes then, the home may or may not be fixed and livable again or turned into a museum or bnb. Future owner doesn’t know exactly what to do right now but do wanna return its formal glory on the inside and outside and move him family in it and pass it on to kids and so on. So do not trespass, do no take photos and make stories up online, do not try to break in either.

I recall it well as a child. The Walker family owned it. I loved Ms Anna the sister. My grandpa was their landscaper. The8r mom lived with them. They were millionaires. In.time they gave or sold their guesthouse to my granduncle Louis Moreno. They had an embalmed man in a sealed room they removed when my uncle got it. No one from that generstion could b living there. It must b a homeless. THE police needs to vacate it and restore it for a historical place to be viewed by the
people of Gonzales. It could b turned into a library too as is the California masion.

Yall leave the house alone, i know the women who ownes it, shes very overprotective over it. And wants the house to stay in the family. Its not for sale, shes not letting it rot, she has people to fix it up, and maybe a family us going to move in pretty soon.

If this hoarder is still at this beautiful home legal action can be taken to remove her. She needs to be evicted before she destroys a part of history. Why hasn't anyone thought of it? Take legal action before it's too late. Put the house on historic registry. The town or city can do that. The woman has to be ill I am sure, mentally and physically, declare her mentally incompetent....I mean all kinds of things can be done. Contact the city, historical society, an attorney; etc. Please do something to save this house!

There are air conditioner units in upstairs and downstairs windows and I drove hours to it to find out it is in renovation right now. Windows boarded up and machinery in the yard in renovation. I also saw a realtor sign propped up against the fence wall and there is a sign that my camera got from street that said the property is under surveillance and there are cameras on the outside of the property lower east sign near side street.

I wish the state would take over properties that are taken care of before they fall a part..I guess if someone is paying taxes they don't care...but it is an eyesore..someone would love to have it

Absolutely heartbroken to see the state of ruin that this home is now in . The architecture of this Victorian home should have been cared for and respected as a historical piece of art. Instead it looked like it was treated as a landfill inside . It brought me to tears that architecture such as this is not appreciated in this day and age and it's just left to rot .