Byrne, Walter G.

Walter Graves Byrne was an architect, high school teacher, and Santa Cruz resident in the first quarter of the 20th century. In 1912 (while still a college student), he designed a house for his uncle Walter C. Byrne, on upper Union Street. In 1921, Byrne became a junior partner of Allen Collins, then moved to Los Angeles in 1923.

• The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023), Appendix A, page 274-275 (biography)