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A few months ago I posted news of my site, The Prairie School Traveler. My aim is to list all extant Prairie School buildings, with a special emphasis on assisting the architectural tourist. The scope of the site covers the first Prairie houses c. 1900 to the end of the style, c. 1925.



At the moment, lists of buildings are the primary resource of the PST. The original material was gleaned from books and my own travels. Thanks to the generous contributions of some site visitors, I have been able to expand the listings considerably. The scope of the site has been especially enlarged by data supplied by Phillip Pecord, who, like me, has been compiling lists of Prairie buildings for decades.



Photos are a very desirable additional resource, and the PST is currently weak in this area. Still, there are some bright spots. The site contains perhaps the largest collection of photos of Iowa Prairie buildings, as well as never-before published images of the original interior of William Drummond's First Congregational Church of Austin.



In addition to obtaining photographs, I intend to add maps to assist the traveler, and a search feature to find things on a site that has, to my gratification, grown rather large.



Bill Hasbrouck, publisher of The Prairie School Review and proprietor of the Prairie Avenue Bookshop, has written, "John Panning's ambitious plan to list Prairie School buildings in the USA, and perhaps elsewhere, deserves support." The PST is purposely non-commercial, existing solely as a free resource for lovers of our country's first modern architecture. Contributions of information or photographs are eagerly sought, and will be freely credited on the site. I welcome all comments and suggestions.



Best regards,



John Panning
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