Level I/II: Old North Knoxville H
10-C-25-HZ
Approved With Conditions
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of Certificate 10-C-25-HZ, subject to one condition: 1) the columns rest on a square plinth with the same profile as the existing and to have the same diameter, and the capitals to have the same width as the existing.Applicant Request
Architectural feature; Masonry repair/painting; Porch; Other: Foundation- Removal of all potentially original, round, wooden front-porch columns with Ionic capitals with acanthus detailing that rest on a square plinth. Installation of 8" round , wooden, smooth-finished, tapered, and painted columns with cementitious Ionic capitals with acanthus detailing and circular trim at the base in their place.
- Condition of approval per 10/16/2025 HZC meeting: 1) the columns rest on a square plinth with the same profile as the existing and to have the same diameter, and the capitals to have the same width as the existing.
Old North Knoxville H
- Style: Folk Victorian with Queen Anne Influence, c. 1885
- Two story frame two family dwelling with weatherboard and sawn wood shingle wall covering. Steeply pitched hip roof with lower cross gables, and fish scale shaped asphalt shingle roof covering, square wood louvered attic vents, and centered gabled attic dormer with sawn wood shingles. One over one double hung windows with Queen Anne stained glass transoms on front façade. One story three-quarter front porch with round wood columns with Ionic capitals, sawn wood balustrade. Stuccoed brick foundation. Irregular plan. Double front entry.
- Style: Folk Victorian with Queen Anne Influence, c. 1885
Applicable Guidelines
Old North Knoxville Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on November 25, 2004.
See Guidelines- C. Porches
- The individual design elements of the neighborhood porches - turned wood columns, elaborate railing and balusters, heavy wood posts or columns, wood bead board ceilings and tongue in groove floors, gingerbread or sawn wood trim - all are important to the style of the houses. These individual details should be repaired and preserved, or replicated if good documentation of the original porch exists.
- 1. Historic porches on houses in Old North Knoxville should be repaired, or may replicate the original porch if documentation of its size and design can be discovered.
Meeting Date
October 16, 2025
COA Expires October 15, 2028
Old North Knoxville H
1334 Grainger Ave. 37917
Applicant / Owner
