65438+A new architectural style that rose in new york in 1950s. According to Baidu Encyclopedia, brownstone houses refer to buildings made of brown stones, bricks and red bricks, which is a new architectural style that rose in new york in the 1950s from 65438 to 2009. Most of them are middle-class scholars and intellectuals. The brownstone buildings in China originated in the early 20th century. In fact, many small red brick houses in Shanghai are brown sandstone buildings. Brown stone architecture is also combined with domestic architecture, drawing lessons from the horse head wall of Huizhou architecture and Shikumen of Shanghai architecture.