Barry Byrne

I know that each one of them was then making valuable contributions to the pioneering of the modern American architecture for which my father gets the full glory, headaches and recognition today!

They formed the firm Willatzen & Byrne and, over the next several years, produced a series of residential designs in the Prairie School style.

In 1914, he returned to Chicago at first to manage, then, take over the practice of Walter Burley Griffin who had moved to Australia to develop plans for its new capital city, Canberra.

Byrne's style developed independently of Wright and the Prairie School as he moved toward greater simplification of form.

As an artist, Annette influenced his work, drawing renderings of his architectural designs, and on occasion, contributing interior color patterns and decoration for his buildings and churches.

He died on the eve of his 84th birthday after being struck crossing the street to attend Mass with his wife by an automobile driven by retired president of the American League Will Harridge.

Church of Saint Francis Xavier, Kansas City, Missouri by Barry Byrne (1949), called the "fish church" because of its plan , with statuary by Alfonso Iannelli and Stations of the Cross by Annette Cremin Byrne; recipient of the American Institute of Architects retrospective award for design excellence in 1987
Church of Saint Francis Xavier, Parish Office, Kansas City, Missouri
Byrne's grave at Calvary Cemetery
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church , Racine, Wisconsin (1924)