The Cape Cod style is a style of housing that originated in the New England area. It is traditionally characterized by a low, broad frame building, generally a story and a half high, with a steep, perfectly pitched roof without gables and a large central chimney. A cape-style house also commonly has a master bedroom on the first floor.
Capes are most prevalent in the north-east United States and Atlantic Canada. They are generally smaller houses, about 1000-2000 square feet in size.
Original Cape Cod houses did not have dormer windows. There is generally an odd collectionof windows in the gable ends, and in these windows nine and six panes were the most common.
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