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2. Cape Cod (house) - Wikipedia

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   Cape Cod (house) A Cape Cod house is a low, broad, single or double-story frame building with a moderately-steep-pitched gabled roof, a large central chimney, and very little ornamentation. Originating in New England in the 17th century, the simple symmetrical design was constructed of local materials to withstand the stormy weather of Cape Cod.

3. The Outermost House - Wikipedia

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   F72.C3. The Outermost House is a book by naturalist writer Henry Beston that chronicles a year Beston spent living on the dunes of Cape Cod. It was published in 1928 by Doubleday and Doran and later by Henry Holt and Company. Beston's "Fo'castle," the 20x16 beach cottage which served as the setting for The Outermost House, was built in June ...

4. Cape Cod - Wikipedia

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   Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the ... U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. Cape Cod Commission Transportation ...

5. Henry Beston - Wikipedia

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   The Outermost House, now considered a Cape Cod nature literary classic, was written after Beston spent what he called "a year of life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod". ". Spiritually shaken by his experiences in World War I, Beston retreated to the outer beach at Eastham in search of peace and s

6. List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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   Oldest building on Cape Cod confirmed via dendrochronology. [1] Balch House: Beverly: 1680 The oldest portion of the Balch house was found to date to 1680 via dendrochronology study. [19] This home was originally a single room cottage one-and-one-half stories in height, with a now removed chimney bay.

7. Kennedy Compound - Wikipedia

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   The Kennedy Compound consists of three houses on six acres (2.4 hectares) of waterfront property in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. [2] [3] It was once the home of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., an American businessman, investor, and diplomat; his wife, Rose; and their nine children, including U.S. President and Senator John F. Kennedy and U.S. Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy.