CAZENOVIA, N.Y. – General contractor Phil Cunningham, and owner of his own excavation company, chuckles a bit when he asked about all the bells and whistles of his magnificent ranch at 3500 ...

With a booming population and economy in the U.S. after World War II, hordes of GIs and others wanted their own homes, and builders found an answer that was both easy and appealing: the ranch house.