Cape Cod Style
This type of style began to emerge in the late 17th century in New England, derived from climate, culture amd available materials.
Cape Cod Houses
Three Centuries of Practical Homes, 1600s - 1950s
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Cape Cod
The Cape Cod is one of America 's oldest and most enduring styles for family homes. English colonists who came to the United States in the 1700s began building tight little homes that could withstand fierce weather.
Cape Cod
1.5 stories
Cape Cod houses were a very popular house style for young families, especially after World War II.
Cape Cod -A style of house originating in New England in the 17th century. It is traditionally characterized by a low, broad frame building, generally a story and a half high, with a steep, pitched roof with end gables.
The 1-1/2 story style of a cape cod home is often found in plans categorized as Country style or farmhouse style homes. Since these homes are in a more rural setting large covered porches are often times added.
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The story-and-a-half Cape Cod designs were adapted from early houses of New England. Georgian and Federal designed doorways were most often included. Attic bedrooms are tucked underneath the steeply pitched roof.
Many wood-sided buiildings painted blue with white trim are immediately referred to as "Cape Cod" style.
house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house"
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Attic - the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia ...
Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge, Bourne, Massachusetts (1933-35)
Carbide and Carbon Building, Chicago (Daniel Burnham Jr., 1929)
Carew Tower, Cincinnati, Ohio (Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, 1929-31) ...
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