A book of Cape Cod houses / Doris Doane ; drawings by Howard L. Rich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doane, Doris.

Contributor:

Rich, Howard L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cape Cod houses--Massachusetts--Cape Cod.

Cape Cod houses.

Architecture, Colonial--Massachusetts--Cape Cod.

Architecture, Colonial.

Massachusetts--Cape Cod.

Physical Description:

92 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Revised ed published in 2000.

Other Title:

Cape Cod houses

Place of Publication:

Boston, Mass : David R. Godin, 2000.

Summary:

Ask any child to draw a house, and what you will probably get is a symmetrical structure of one and a half stories with a door in the middle and a window on either side - in other words, a "Cape." From the mid-1600s to the 1850s, capes were the standard New England home, providing farmers and fishermen, city dwellers and country folk with houses that were easy to build, economical, and whose low-slung design stood up to the bracing winds that swept in from the ocean. After World War II, these straightforward practical designs were adapted to twentieth-century living. Here is the history of these charming homes, accompanied by detailed and elegant pencil drawings illuminating everything from the wallpapers to the floor plans.

Contents:

The Cape Cod House 17

The Saltbox 41

Interior Details 49

The Two-Story Colonial 63

Greek Revival Influences 73

The Victorian and Gothic Revival 81.

Notes:

Originally published: Old Greenwich, Conn. : Chatham Press, 1970.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [91]-92).

ISBN:

1567921132

OCLC:

43607487