Architectural Styles

    Cape Cod

    Alt names / subperiods 

    Timeline

    Distinguishing Features

    Geographic Presence

    Colonial Cape Cod

    New England Colonial

     

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    1650-1850

    • Simple symmetrical rectangular form
    • steeply pitched roof
    • dormer windows
    • Clapboard Siding
    • prominent Central Chimney
    • Small, Multi-Paned Windows
    • USA
    • New England
    • Coastal regions

    Common Building Types

    Landmark buildings

    Historic Accommodation Types

    Accommodation Examples

    • Single family homes
    • Seasonal Cottages
    • Bungalows
    • Beach Houses
    • The Capt. Josiah Paine House Eastham
    • Cape Cod Houses
    • Hoxie House Sandwich
    • Captain Edward Baker House, Harwich
    • Parson Capen House Topsfield
    • Brewster Ladies’ Library
    • Truro Meeting House
    • Quaker Meeting House Nantucket
    • Inns
    • Taverns
    • Boarding houses
    • Private lodging / homestays
    • Seafarers’ lodging houses
    • Stagecoach-era inns (early inland routes)
    • Hotels – Grand & boutique
    • Cottages and summer rentals
    • Chatham Bars Inn (Chatham, Cape Cod)
    • The Wayside Inn (Sudbury, Massachusetts
    • Old Yarmouth Inn (Yarmouth Port, Cape Cod)
    • Daniel Webster Inn (Sandwich, Cape Cod)
    • Historic guesthouses in Provincetown (Cape Cod)
    • Chatham Inn Massachusetts

    Landmarks

    Original Accommodation

    Adapted Visitor Accommodation