# What's the name of this style of house? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 2, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-style-of-house/414158 "2007-08-02T18:05:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-style-of-house/414158/1 "2007-08-02T18:05:35Z")
A few weeks back a friend of mine had described a certain style of small, wooden house which used to be popular on beaches. They had front steps but no real porch and, usually, a brightly colored front door, but she couldn’t think of what the style was called. I couldn’t, either, though I recognized what she was talking about. Lacking a name for them, I wasn’t really able to look up any further information. I’d pretty much forgotten about the matter until I saw the latest White Stripes video and realized that, hey, _those are the houses_. [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs-bS7BW8qI) is the video in question and the [third](http://www.whitestripes.com/photos/photos.html) picture in the top row of this gallery shows one of the houses as well. This is in the Nunavut territory in Canada, if that helps at all, though I know I’ve seen pictures of them elsewhere. I’m sure it’ll end up being something really obvious, but for the life of me I can’t recall what these houses are called. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-style-of-house/414158/2 "2007-08-02T18:19:04Z")
There is an area near where I live with a lot of houses like this, they were built in the 40’s as cheap housing, it is mostly section 8 rentals now. I call then cracker box houses, square, cheap, not a lot to them. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-style-of-house/414158/3 "2007-08-02T18:21:38Z")
A bungalow? ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-style-of-house/414158/4 "2007-08-02T18:37:40Z")
“A-roof” bungalow or cottage (in the U.S it could be a cottage, but cottage would mean many different things outside the U.S.). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-style-of-house/414158/5 "2007-08-02T18:39:09Z")
Looks like a duplex Cape Cod to me. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-style-of-house/414158/6 "2007-08-02T19:01:03Z")
Cape Cod! Yes! Thanks, **John Mace**. After looking around, it appears the style my friend is interested in is, specifically, the Colonial Revival Capes from the '30s, '40s and '50s. Thanks for the other suggestions, too, everyone.