Question

How did the term “prairie style” come to be?

Answer 1

D: all of the above

Step-by-step explanation:

(The roofs and terraces that jut outward into the environment echo the horizontal space of the prairie. Homes were built in prairie states and were influenced by prairie landscape. The windows are arranged in long rows and are deeply cut into the brick walls, which adds a fortress-like quality to the home.)

Answer 2

Since the horizontal lines used in this style resembled prairie landscape, that is how the style came to be termed. It wasn't used by these architects to describe themselves, however, but it was coined by H. Allen Brooks, an architectural historian who wrote about them.