Simplicity marks style // Craftsman homes ignore influence of the Old World From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: July 31, 1987 | Copyright (null) Chicago Sun-Times. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Before 1910, most American houses were patterned after the designs of earlier European buildings - Greek temples, renaissance villas, medieval cottages and Gothic cathedrals.

About 1900, however, a number of American architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright and Charles and Henry Greene, developed the first popular modern styles - architectural fashions that were not influenced by old-world structures.

Writing in Country Home magazine, authors Virginia and Lee McAlester reve...

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