Mr.and Mrs. James Byrne will arrive on Saturday on the Paris. They will occupy their new home at 1043 5th Avenue. Brooklyn Daily eagle Sep., 1924
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| EXTERIOR RESIDENCE OF JAMES BYRNE, ESQ. A. Wallace McCrea, Architect |
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| STAIRHALL RESIDENCE OF JAMES BYRNE, ESQ. A. Wallace McCrea, Architect |
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| MAIN SALON RESIDENCE OF JAMES BYRNE, ESQ. A. Wallace McCrea, Architect |
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| DINING ROOM RESIDENCE OF JAMES BYRNE, ESQ. A. Wallace McCrea, Architect |
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| LIBRARY RESIDENCE OF JAMES BYRNE, ESQ. A. Wallace McCrea, Architect |
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| SECOND=STORY LANDING RESIDENCE OF JAMES BYRNE, ESQ. A. Wallace McCrea, Architect |
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| BOUDOIR RESIDENCE OF JAMES BYRNE, ESQ. A. Wallace McCrea, Architect |
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| BATHROOM RESIDENCE OF JAMES BYRNE, ESQ. A. Wallace McCrea, Architect |
Some notable properties designed by Architect A. Wallace McCrea - 18 East 74th Street, New York, NY - 16 East 69th Street New York, NY - 128 East 73rd Street, New York, NY. McCrea specialized in town-house modernization.
The Byrne family moved around a lot. The earliest home found was at 170 Central Park South which is now the sight of the JW Marriott Essex House .
In the book The Architecture of Grosvenor Atterbury it reference 51 West 58th Street as a property the architect work on for the Byrne's in 1901.
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| Google Street View 51 West 58th Street |
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| Google Street View 51 West 58th Street |
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| 25 Sutton Place Last address for the Byrne's as a family. |
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| "PLANTING FIELDS" Oyster Bay, New York |
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| "GUY'S CLIFF" Bar Harbor, Maine In 1926 Byrne commissioned Guy Lowell to remodel a large stick style style cottage into a Tuscan Villa. The Byrnes hired Beatrix Farrand to design a series of terraced formal gardens, cascading down the steep slope. |
Lovely house. A pity it is gone.
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