12-A-25-HZ

Level IV: Ft. Sanders NC

Approved With Conditions

Recommendation

Staff recommends approval of the demolition based on the applicant's structural engineer's assessment, subject to one condition: 1) any salvageable historic materials to be identified and retained prior to demolition, with documentation provided to staff.

Applicant Request

- Demolition of a contributing structure due to structural issues.
- Condition per 12/18/25 HZC meeting: 1) any salvageable historic materials to be identified and retained prior to demolition, with documentation provided to staff.

Ft. Sanders NC

- Style: Queen Anne with Neoclassical influence, c.1907
  - 2.5-story, side-gable roof house with wide eave overhangs and partial cornice returns, clad in shingle siding on the second story and stuccoed on the first story, with a flat-roof porch.

Applicable Guidelines

Fort Sanders NC-1, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on September 13, 2000.

- J. Demolition
  - 1. PHYSICAL CONDITION:
  - The HZC may allow demolition if a building has been condemned by the City of Knoxville for structural reasons, or if the HZC finds that structural problems and associated costs to address the problems warrant demolition; the decision shall be based on an assessment by a licensed structural engineer or architect.
  - 2. ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY:
  - The HZC may allow demolition if the original design is so compromised that historic architectural integrity is lost and cannot, in the Commission's view, be reasonably re-established.

See Guidelines

Meeting Date