the picture is not a colonial, its a victorian. they often have the front door a gable end, turned to the street.

how about a photo of your house, i might be able to give you a better answer?

There are a variety of historic types of Colonial architecture. Despite regional differences, most Colonial types are marked by symmetry, 2-stories, roof ridge parallel to the front of the house, and...the front door is symmetrically located in the center of the house.

Traditionally, there were 3-bay and 5-bay Colonials, but there are always exceptions. Here's a 5-bay Colonial:

Here's a very simple, asymmetrical Queen Anne with the entry located on the front façade. Perhaps this is your type of house?

Without seeing a picture, you may have a Greek Revival style house. These often had the main entrance on the short, that is gable end, of the house so as to resemble the temple fronts of Classical Greek architecture.

Here's an example of a 1.5 story house like the folk Victorian you posted:

And an example of 2 story with attic:

Which one is yours? None are Cape Cod style houses. The second one a Minimal Traditional [edited] from the 40's or 50's when a bit of colonial detailing was added to a small one story house. i've seen some that were protected by historical districts.

Colonials were 2 stores

Capes were 1 1/2 stories with steep roofs, no porches and no dormers

Entrance in center of a full cape and offset on a 3/4 cape.

Looks like we were writing at the same time. I would still definitely call your house colonial revival, but one built later - probably 1940s or 1950s. A cape cod is a very specific style and shape of house that has the door on the long side with either 2 windows to one side or one or two windows on each of the door. Although realtors like to call anything that is 1.5 floors a cape cod.

actually it IS a cape, sideways on the lot (narrow lot, or else it used to own the lot to the left and faced a large lawn to a side street, which was sold off and a house built on it.) with a little porchiedoodle added on so there was an entrance closest to the street. you have the 'real' front door on the left side.

the roof is too steep for a ranch. a cape generally can smunch a bedroom on the second floor. USUALLY there is a dormer or two to add some light and expand the height.

the second house is also quite cape-like, also sideways, and they did put a 'real' front door on the gable end.

the third and fourth pics are victorians.

Though I’m sure it was a typo, “I have a cape code??” made me chuckle, nonetheless. ;)

The OP's house has some small traditional features and it has a gable roof but its definitely not a Cape. A Cape always has a roof steep enough for a second story under the rafters with windows only in the gable ends. The entrance is always under the roof eave; a full cape has 2 windows each side of the door, a 3/4 cape has one on one side and two on the other, a half cape has a window each side of the door. You can drive for a mile through E. Oleans, MA and see very few houses that are not true capes. One story elements are sometimes added to the sides but rarely porches or dormers. Only a realtor would call the OP's house a cape.

A Field Guide to American Houses classifies the OP's house as "Minimal Traditional" which is part of a larger category: "Modern" houses.

Here's a very nice Minimal Traditional house in my town that is protected as a historical house. I had to prove the front would not be altered by a proposed renovation.

Classical detailing is minimal and often only at the front door.

Here is a house that is right across the street from Where I rent every year. It's 2 years old, but very compatible with the houses in this 18th century whaling village. It's really a Cape Cod turned sideways on the narrow lot with a full dormer on the sides. It's an adorable house!

I have come to the conclusion that everybody owns a Modern Cape Cod Bungalow Farmhouse Mutt with a twist of lemon.

Its actually a Greek Revival Style house

Between 1825 and 1860 (the peak period of whaling in the U.S.) it was the most popular house style, often called the National Style.

Right Mark! When we purchased our current house, a late example (1949) of an all brick English Tudor with low rambling massing and finished attic, the realtor had referred to it as a French Country Gothic Cape Cod, a term that means absolutely nothing.

would you consider this a farmhouse? built in 1893

Tidewater South or Raised Cottage .... sort of a southern version of a Cape. "Farmhouse" is a use rather than a style. Farmhouses can be of many different styles.

You should probably start a new thread.