Level II: Ft. Sanders NC-1
11-D-19-HZ
Recommendations will be available 1 week prior to the meeting.
Applicant Request
Additions- - After-the-fact review of demolition of rear shed-roof sunporch
- - After-the-fact review of reconstruction of 6' x 12' foundation; foundation to be constructed of concrete masonry units with a brick façade to match rest of house
- - Construction of 6' x 12' rear addition, to feature shed roof (4/12 pitch, clad in asphalt shingles), fiber cement board siding, and one 30" x 30" window on rear (west) elevation. Addition will have 6" offset from left (north) side of house.
Ft. Sanders NC-1
- Style: Queen Anne Cottage (c.1910)
- One-story frame residence with a hipped roof with lower cross gables. One-over-one, double-hung sash windows. One-story, full-length front porch with wood posts on brick piers. Interior offset chimney. Cutaway bay on front elevation. Irregular plan. Contributing structure.
- Style: Queen Anne Cottage (c.1910)
Applicable Guidelines
Fort Sanders NC-1, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on September 13, 2000.
See Guidelines- H. Additions to Existing Buildings
- 1. Additions should be made to the rear or side of the building.
- 3. Transitional space shall be provided between the addition and the existing structure. ...The wall of the new connecting structure should not be continuous with the wall of the existing building, but have a minimum 4' x 6' indentation.
- 4. Bays at least two feet in depth shall be provided for 50% of the side façade.
- 5. Windows or French doors and balconies shall provide 10% to 20% transparency on the sides of buildings.
- Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation
- 2. The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features, spaces and spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided.
- 3. Each property will be recognized as a physical record of its time, place and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other historic properties, will not be undertaken.
- 9. New additions, exterior alterations or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new work will be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment.
- 10. New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in such a manner that, if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired.
