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2. Cape Cod (house) - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Royal Barry Wills - Wikipedia

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   The Cape Cod house is ubiquitous in New England and elsewhere, due in part to its simplicity, which sometimes simply means inexpensive, but also allows for versions that achieve a pure elegance due to their restraint and proportions. Wills' artistry brought refinement to every level of planning, engineering and detail

4. What Is a Cape Cod–Style House? A Complete Guide to the ...

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   Originating in the 17th century, the Cape Cod–style house is a quintessential American house style. Read on for everything you need to know about these homes.

5. Why Does Everyone Love a Cape Cod-Style House? - AOL

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   History of the Cape Cod House. In his book, American Houses: A Field Guide to the Architecture of the Home Gerald Foster explains, “The Cape Cod cottage has had an enduring effect on residential ...

6. Jedediah Higgins House - Wikipedia

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   It is one of the least altered 19th-century Cape style houses in the Cape Cod National Seashore, and an excellent early example of that style. It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story post-and-beam house, whose front facade typifies the Cape style: a central doorway flanked by windows on either side. Its interior floor plan is also typical, with two rooms on ...

7. First period houses in Massachusetts (1660–1679) - Wikipedia

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   These additions include a shed dormer, two more bedrooms and a bathroom on the second floor, and an enclosed sleeping porch. In the interior of the home, features such as 18th-century paneling and molding along with original 17th-century summer beams still remain. The house has since been modernized to include heat, electricity and plumbing. [6]

8. American colonial architecture - Wikipedia

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   The Cape Cod style homes were a common home in the early 17th of New England colonists, these homes featured a simple, rectangular shape commonly used by colonists. [3] Dutch Colonial structures, built primarily in the Hudson River Valley , Long Island , and northern New Jersey , reflected construction styles from Holland and Flanders and used ...

9. Marcel Breuer's iconic Cape Cod summer house sold for $2M ...

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   After years of discussions, Cape Cod Modern House Trust bought the four-bedroom house from Marcel Breuer's son, Tamas, for $2 million, according to a deed recorded with the Barnstable County ...