Surveys the profound impact of the Prairie School on American architecture from the late 19th century through the present in three stages: roots, growth, and horizon.

Architects included: Frank Furness, Henry Hobson Richardson, Adler & Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Parker N. Berry, Purcell, Feick and Elmslie, Francis Barry Byrne, Alphonso Iannelli, Walter Burley Griffin, Marion Mahoney Griffin, Claude and Starck, Richard Walter Bock, Bentley and Merman, George Mann Niedecken, Greene and Greene, Lloyd Wright, Bruce Goff, Edgar A. Tafel, Arthur A. Carrara, John H. Howe, Taliesin Associated Architects, William P. Wenzler, Herb Greene, Thomas Olson, Michael P. Johnson, and William P. Bruder.

Over 300 illustrations of plans, drawings, buildings, and objects document the Prairie School and the tradition it generated.