Nathaniel "Nat" Gaillard Walker was born in Charleston, SC in 1886. Walker attended Crafts School followed by Porter Military Academy, a university extension course and a year of study in Europe that occurred after his architectural career had already begun. By 1907, Walker had made his way upstate and was working with architects J.J. Keller & Co. in York, SC. Walker would go on to complete a number of residences, churches, businesses, schools and civic buildings in South Carolina, with most of his work being in Rock Hill. In 1925, he moved his practice to Fort Myers, Florida and achieved widespread success, including commissioned work for Thomas Edison at his Florida Estate. The Sturgis House represents his first residential work and his earliest extant work listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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