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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. Cape Cod - Wikipedia

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    The Cape Cod Canal, completed in 1916, connects Buzzards Bay to Cape Cod Bay; its creation shortened the trade route between New York and Boston by 62 miles (100 km). [ 9 ] Cape Cod extends 65 miles (105 km) into the Atlantic Ocean, with a breadth of between 1–20 miles (1.6–32.2 km), and covers more than 400 miles (640 km) of shoreline. [ 10 ]

  4. 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 ...

  5. Cape (geography) - Wikipedia

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    In geography, a cape is a headland, peninsula or promontory extending into a body of water, usually a sea. [1] A cape usually represents a marked change in trend of the coastline , [ 2 ] often making them important landmarks in sea navigation.

  6. South Shore (Massachusetts) - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management limits its definition of the South Shore to the municipalities between Boston Harbor and Cape Cod, which includes Atlantic coastal and coastal watershed areas "from the three-mile (5 km) limit of the state territorial sea to 100 feet (30 m) beyond the first major land transportation route encountered (a road, highway, rail line, etc.)". [4]

  7. Barnstable County, Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The main difference between Cape Cod and Barnstable County is the band of water up to several miles wide extending from the shoreline to the outermost county border. The offshore area contains significant maritime life, is a recreational and transport medium, and contains historical material lost in shipwrecks.

  8. Cape woman asked Habitat for Humanity to build affordable ...

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    Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod has built over 180 homes in all 15 towns on the Cape since its 1988 founding, according to its website. The first home was dedicated in Wellfleet in November 1989.

  9. Provincetown, Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Provincetown (/ ˈ p r ɒ v ɪ n s ˌ t aʊ n /) is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in the United States.A small coastal resort town with a year-round population of 3,664 as of the 2020 United States Census, [3] Provincetown has a summer population as high as 60,000. [4]