Front Door Styles For Cape Cod Homes

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Front door styles for cape cod homes.

See more ideas about house exterior doors house design. The cape cod front door. Although the style faded a bit it found a resurgence in the early to mid 1900s when it was called cape cod revival. Though cape cod style homes are available all over the country karam says it s tough to duplicate the historic homes off the coast.

Oct 28 2016 explore ellen conaty s board cape cod front doors on pinterest. Susan law cain shutterstock what s unique about cape cod style homes. Aug 14 2020 explore jeannie c mitchell s board front door on cape cod homes on pinterest. The houses were designed to withstand the stormy weather of the coast of massachusetts and most designs still draw from their colonial counterparts.

Above all simplicity is what makes these homes so distinct. See more ideas about house exterior cape cod style house cape cod. Apr 24 2019 cape cod front door. Cape cod homes feature steeply pitched roofs with side gables and occasionally a bowed or gambrel roof.

Most cape cod front doors are either black dark blue maroon or even brown. The front facade is generally flat with the same number of windows on either side of the door and an entry that doesn t protrude or intrude into the structure. That means communities with parks sidewalks and friendly neighbors. Many cape cod style homes were built before the civil war.

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. The black and white exterior here is the typical design of some new england townhouses back then. See more ideas about cape cod style house house exterior cape cod. Even though the styles were separated by about a century they still share several commonalities including a conspicuous lack of exterior details.

Jun 4 2020 basic and expanded 1 1 2 story steep roof capes.