{"nrhp_refnum":"85002703","name":"Byrne, Senator William T., House","other_names":["Component No. 2"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"463 Loudon Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Colonie","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.70982481300007,"lon":-73.75478143799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-10-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Colonial Revival house at 463 Loudon Road in Loudonville, Town of Colonie, Albany County, New York. A late nineteenth-century farmhouse (rear ell about 1880) was remodeled in 1916 with a new front section and a complete interior renovation.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its association with William T. Byrne, a prominent Democratic politician who served in the State Senate from 1923 to 1936 and in the U.S. Congress from 1936. It is also significant as an example of the work of Albany architect Walter H. Van Guysling, who adapted the Colonial Revival idiom with eclectic and individualistic details.","narrative":"This house at 463 Loudon Road in Loudonville began as a late nineteenth-century farmhouse. William T. Byrne, an Albany lawyer, bought the property in 1910 and hired architect Walter H. Van Guysling to turn it into a substantial residence. The 1916 work added a one-and-one-half-story front section with a gable roof, a pedimented portico on four square columns, round-arched recesses above openings, modillions and dentils, and two flat-roofed side wings with balustrades. Inside, the original fireplaces, woodwork and hardware survive, along with a dining room with wood paneling and an inglenook. Two barns and a carriage shed remain on the roughly 1.5-acre lot. Byrne served in the State Senate from 1923 to 1936, where he was responsible for the State Unemployment Insurance Act, and then in Congress, where he supported the New Deal. He also helped found St. Pius V church in 1916. Van Guysling's design is valued as an individualistic Colonial Revival work.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect: Walter H. Van Guysling; builder unknown","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, in use as a residence, with no known threats. The interior retains its original fireplaces, woodwork and hardware.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.42078-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85002703.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312097","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senator_William_T._Byrne_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7450070"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/byrne-senator-william-t-house-85002703/"}