In its purest form, the word that best describes the Cape Cod is compact. The traditional versions of this home stand at a mere one-and-a-half stories, with the half snugly situated under the roof.

Saying Cape Cod house means much more than just a home on Massachusetts’s coast. Though the term does certainly have a geographic connection, it speaks more to a distinct architectural style rather ...

The Cap Cod house features a slate roof, a large screened porch, and an attached two-car garage with an art studio above it. Grey’s Creek a block away is visible from the living room’s bow window.

The Cape Cod house style is an architectural aesthetic that has, at this point, been around for some six centuries. Named after the Massachusetts coastline where the shingled façades are a ...