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{{Short description|Style of lighthouse architecture}}
{{about|the style of lighthouse architecture|the American house design|Cape Cod (house)}}


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[[File:Old Point Loma lighthouse 11.JPG|thumb|[[Old Point Loma lighthouse]]]]
'''Cape Cod style''' was a style of [[lighthouse]] architecture that originated on Cape Cod in [[Massachusetts]] during the early 1800s, and which became predominant to the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]], where numerous well-preserved examples still exist. In such lighthouses, the light tower was attached directly to the [[Lighthouse keeper|keeper's dwelling]], and centered on the roof; entry was achieved through a stairway in the top floor of the dwelling.<ref name=friends>{{cite web|title=Long Point, MA|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=490|publisher=LighthouseFriends.com|accessdate=15 February 2014|quote=As there were similar lighthouses of this style built on the cape during the early 19th century, they came to be known as the 'Cape Cod style.' Unfortunately, no lighthouse of this design remains on the cape today.}}</ref> 

[[File:Alcatraz_light_original2.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Alcatraz Island Light]] in the 1890s]]
[[File:Long Point Light--Original built 1827.jpg|thumb|[[Long Point Light]] in [[Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown]], circa 1830, doubled as the first schoolhouse for [[Long Point (Cape Cod)|Long Point]], now a [[ghost village]]]]
[[File:BASSRIVER.jpg|thumb|[[West Dennis Light]] on Cape Cod]]

No lighthouses built in the Cape Cod style exist today on the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]].<ref name=friends />  The original [[Alcatraz Island Light]], the first lighthouse to be built on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]], was built using this style.

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==See also==
*[[Cape Cod (house)]]

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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061011111827/http://www.nps.gov/cabr/historyculture/old-point-loma-lighthouse.htm Old Point Loma Lighthouse, a Cape-Cod-style structure]

[[Category:American architectural styles]]


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