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Reader Submissions: Is your house a Cape Cod?

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Inspired by the practical New England houses from Colonial times, the Cape Cod style became popular during the mid-twentieth century. Follow the links on this page to see pictures of Cape Cod houses submitted by our readers. Tell us about your own Cape Cod house and share pictures of your Cape Cod house.

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Cape Cod House With 3 Dormers

My parents always said it was Cape Cod style, but I think there are other period styles involved. The house has Cape Cod elements--steep roof, side gables, dormers, rectangular floor plan, crown mold…More

Cape Cod With No Dormers

One unique feature is the front being indented. The right and left front wall sticks out farther than the middle of the front. The reason the two ends stick out is because there are built-in book she…More

Preserving a Cape Cod in Maine

The home is built around a large central chimney with a fireplace in the parlor, master bedroom and keeping room. The original home (captured in pictures from the 1940s) had wooden shutters, no dorme…More

Post-War Cape Cod

Pitched roof with dormers make this a classic example of a cape cod home. However, this is an example of a 1950s revival cape cod. The revivals will usually have the chimney on the side of the home, …More

Baby Cape Cod

Story & a half, open airy upper loft bedroom with wood floors & a large walk in closet as well as 8 built in drawers to one bedroom wall. The basement space is plenty for a bar or TV room & laundry a…More

1939 Cape Cod With Modern-Day Comforts

One story-and-a-half brick on 1st floor and siding on 2nd; steep pitched roofs on house, sun room, garage, and 5 dormers; working fireplace in living room; double-flue chimneys on each end of house; …More

Cape Cod With Porch

Central fireplace with chimneys in living room and basement. Central hallway, 1 1/2 stories and living room ceiling is 22 ft at the apex and open to the upstairs catwalk, foyer is also 2 stories high…More

Cape Cod in Michigan

Two dormers in back, three in front, if you count the vestibule. Four windows next to each other, in front of house. Pitch on roof is unreal. Built- in cabinets in almost all rooms, including storage…More

Historic Cape Cod, c. 1729

The central chimney is just as described. One large chimney base in cellar takes up about 1/3 of the area downstairs. It is compiled of very large rocks stacked up one on top of the other with no mor…More

Cape Cod House With Added Gables

What I love about our little Cape Cod is that it is an unusual Cape Cod. It is asymmetric with its gables on the left and its dormer on the right. The entrance is not in the middle. We decided to mak…More

Post War Cape Cod House

Our house looks like a Cape Cod style home. It was built in the 1940s after World War Two. It is a one story house, located in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The house is stucco and does not have a cement fou…More

Inspired by the Cape Cod Style

Dormers and steep roof seem to make me think of Cape Cod. The interior woodwork is very special and is my favorite detail. It seems to be a combination Cape Cod and something else. I appreciated your…More

A Dreamy Los Angeles Cape Cod

Dormers - Interior sloped ceilings in upstairs bedrooms - Two fireplaces - Black-raspberry decorative shutters - Hardwood floors - Multi-pane double hung windows - Steep Roof - recently upgraded, I l…More

California Cape Cod

The house has three gorgeous dormer windows off of the kids' bedrooms upstairs. It has a cute porthole window in the master bath. It has a great kitchen, and two awesome bay windows in the family and…More

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