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Pros and Cons of a Cape Cod House Pros: While lacking extensive ornamentation, there’s a undeniably classic and cozy feeling. Sturdy structure that has stood the test of time.
This Cozy Cape Cod Cottage Has "Nooks and Crannies Galore" Elizabeth Angell, Designed by Meghan Shadrick Interiors, Photographed by Read McKendree January 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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.
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.
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 ...
It is one of a modest number of surviving houses in Wellfleet that combine elements of Modern architecture with traditional Cape Cod architecture. This single story wood-frame house was built in 1961 on Bound Brook Island to a design by local architect Jack Hall. The house was built for Robert Hatch, editor of The Nation, and Ruth Hatch, a ...
By Bud Dietrich Cape Cod homes can be seen all across America in differing variations to suit differing climates and norms. This is because the Cape Cod is, in its soul, the one house style that ...
Cape Cod style houses Royal Barry Wills FAIA (August 21, 1895 – January 10, 1962) was an American architect and author. He was a master of the Cape Cod type house, particularly its 1930s–1950s Colonial Revival incarnation.