ABSTRACT

In foreign countries, the SPAB’s influence was frequently unappreciated. Often, its suggestions and objections were labeled as interference. The preferred and most effective method of dealing with sites overseas was to set up a local version of the SPAB that would be run by English expatriates or sympathetic locals. Ongoing SPAB intervention was limited after the end of the nineteenth century because these satellites became autonomous societies dedicated to SPAB goals.1 Many merged with other interested groups to form specialty societies for specific regions. Therefore, while the SPAB, and the voice of Morris, may be credited with spreading the ideals of preservation and care for historic buildings throughout Europe, the link becomes less obvious after the beginning of the twentieth century.