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Drum Cellars & Witch Doors
A Cape Cod house was sometimes built with a “drum cellar.” This is a room encircled by a brick wall, and it has a trap door overhead with steep ladder stairs up to the first floor. This is also known as a “Cape Cod basement”.
The Cape Cod “witch door” is so constructed that it appears to have a cross on its upper section and another cross on the lower section. No one really knows why they are called “witch doors”, but their beginnings may go back to the time of the Crusades. English Crusaders returning from the Holy Land nailed their swords double and crosswise on their doors as a protection against the devil.
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Posted by capelinks - (website) on 02/13/06
Categories: History, Houses
Keywords: cape cod house, architecture, history
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