Because many cape cod style homes were built around 1950 they often line the streets of established neighborhoods.
Cape cod style homes front door.
Traditional cape cod styled houses are quite simple consisting of symmetrically designed central front doors which are encompassed by a couple of multi paned windows on either side.
Although the style faded a bit it found a resurgence in the early to mid 1900s when it was called cape cod revival.
Even though the styles were separated by about a century they still share several commonalities including a conspicuous lack of exterior details.
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Shed or gable dormers are often aligned with windows on main floor and large chimneys are lined on center with front door and linked to fireplaces in each room.
Though cape cod style homes are available all over the country karam says it s tough to duplicate the historic homes off the coast.
The houses were designed to withstand the stormy weather of the coast of massachusetts and most designs still draw from their colonial counterparts.
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Cape cod homes feature steeply pitched roofs with side gables and occasionally a bowed or gambrel roof.
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