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https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/
Although I see someone has put a 1.5MB image at the top, whose intrinsic size is 2000 × 2588 px, but which was downsized to 320 × 400 px. That's not prioritizing function.
But yes, good designs are not flashy, e.g. I love the design of Astro Starlight ( https://starlight.astro.build/), a starter kit for documentation pages.
So I also took inspiration from "simple designs" for my personal site: https://bryanhogan.com/
I would be careful with calling that kind of design function over style. Modern UI design has its merits. But yes, good designs are not flashy, e.g. I love the design of Astro Starlight ( https://starlight.astro.build/ ), a starter kit for documentation pages. So I also took inspiration from "simple designs" for my personal site: https://bryanhogan.com/
Why?
https://isp.netscape.com https://www.compuserve.com http://www.catcam.com (not even https)
If by "old" you mean "minimally styled" then there are plenty of sites from that era that were really extravagantly styled, since it was a new medium that many people were exploring. There were also plenty of sites with Java or Flash that were considerably more intrusive than sites today (not to mention the period of time between when someone realized you open as many popups as you wanted and when popup-blocker plugins appeared).
Also, this is probably me getting old, but https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/ looks quite modern to me.