Many people would have passed right by this modest Greek Revival house, but one man saw history worth saving.

Architect Marc Rueter designs a new Greek Revival style house on a farm in rural Michigan.

The 1836 Greek Revival house, built by a member of the prominent Taft family, remains under the diligent care of Umbrian-born preservationists with a light touch.

LDa Architecture & Interiors melds tradition and modern life in New England.

A handsome building in desperate need of rescue provides an open-plan interior.

See how one Civil War landmark home is preserved in time.

A two-story portico is the only embellishment on this sturdy brick I-house, which, although long neglected, escaped modernization.

See how one family renovates a 185-year-old farmhouse.

After some renovations, this Greek Revival Farmhouse in Michigan's Upper Peninsula was just the spot to settle down.

Although this Greek Revival needed a major overhaul, a professional couple looking for a weekend getaway fell in love with the historic 120-acre farm complete with pond, open fields, and evergreen forest.

One Greek Revival home gets a refresh.

A Nantucket summer house is restored.

Upon purchasing an old house, you become stewards of that building—preserving, restoring, and maintaining the authenticity of the structure for future generations. But what do you do when all or half of the original structure has been severely altered over the years, rendering a characterless shell? Why, you create a new old house, of course. This is precisely what Bob and Suzanne Griffiths chose to do with their Greek Revival farmhouse that had gone through some pretty unappealing changes over the years.

Albert, Righter & Tittmann Architects creates a new old Greek Revival home in New England.

Some houses speak to us. Their voices are honest, eloquent, and deeply resonant. They communicate in a language that is grounded in our architectural history and an authentic local dialect.

Gertrude Stein once wrote, "A house in the country is not the same as a country house." It is a subtle distinction that architect John B. Murray can appreciate. Shortly after founding his New York-based architectural firm, John B. Murray Architect, LLC, in 1997, Murray and his family were seeking just the sort of country house Stein had in mind.

See a renovated Greek Revival house off the coast of Georgia.

Rita Shepard had been looking for years for an old house in her childhood summer haven of Marblehead, Massachusetts, but could not find a farmhouse she was truly happy with.

It may be true that "the devil is in the details," but when Manhattan architect Gil Schafer III began planning his new weekend house in Dutchess County, New York, he knew that selecting architecturally appropriate details for his chosen American Greek Revival design was just one of many necessities.

In an out-of-the-way corner of Brooklyn, an astonishing survivor—a freestanding Greek Revival in wood—has been immaculately restored, ready to face the next century.