Cape Cod

The term "Cape Cod" is actually a sub style within the Colonial Revival Period. The style is actually a  faithfully and carefully rendered revival of exterior reproductions of British, New England and Virginia originals from the Colonial period of the 1600s and 1700s. The style was encouraged by a wide dissemination of photographs, measured drawings and details of the original homes in books and periodicals from 1900 to 1950.  

The Cape Cod is a simple one-and-a-half story rectangular box, capped with a side-gabled roof. It usually has a large central brick fireplace, and multi-paned windows. There is just a hand-full of these homes in Deschutes County.

Common characteristics are:

  • steeply pitched side gable roof
  • large chimney
  • symmetrical facade
  • multi-pane windows
  • horizontal lap siding

 

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Examples
1. Everett Hughes House, 442 NW State Street, Bend (shown) Built 1940.
2. Robert Jewell House, 1595 NW Awbrey Road, Bend.  Built 1941.
3. House, 434 NW Riverside Blvd., Bend.  Built 1938.
4. House, 1460 NW Albany Avenue, Bend.  Built 1930.
5. House, 347 SE Jackson Avenue, Redmond.  Built 1946.