Traditional Capes as a style of architecture may be defined as a frame structure one-and-a-half stories high with a pitched roof, and will be found in one of three easly recognizable types:

The half house, sometimes called “the house,” with two windows to one side of the door;

The three-quarter house, sometimes called “house-and-a-half,” with two windows to one side of the door and one to the other;

The full cape, often referred to as a “double house,” with a door in the center flanked by two windows on either side.