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Cape Cod–style house c. 1920. The Cape Cod house is defined as the classic North American house. In the original design, Cape Cod houses had the following features: symmetry, steep roofs, central chimneys, windows at the door, flat design, one to one-and-a-half stories, narrow stairways, and simple exteriors.
Academic architecture was evident, but it was relatively scarce. The best example of Mid-Atlantic Colonial academic architecture is the 1774 Hammond–Harwood House in Annapolis, Maryland. This house was modeled on the Villa Pisani in Montagnana, Italy, as exhibited in the Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio's Four Books of Architecture (1570
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map. [1]
With the motto "no stock plans," Wills designed buildings not only in New England, but from Canada to Florida, including Cape Cods, garrisons, saltboxes, churches, and, in 1941, a 300-unit housing complex for defense workers in Springfield, Massachusetts. [3] Wills was author of eight books on architecture offering designs and advice.
Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 1.0667 degrees.. At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.0053 degrees per pixel.; At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0011 degrees per pixel.
The house, which is within the bounds of the Cape Cod National Seashore, was donated to the National Park Service in 1973 by Madeleine Weidlinger. [2] The house is the subject of a 2012 lease agreement between the Park Service and the Cape Cod Modern House Trust. [3] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [1]
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Gray Gables was built in 1880 and was named Tudor Haven by its first owners. [1] Grover Cleveland purchased the house for $20,000 [2] in 1890 (equivalent to $620,000 in 2023), renovating it and renaming it Gray Gables.