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Level II: Market Square H-1

2-D-11-HZ

Approved As Modified

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Recommendation
APPROVE Certificate No. 12011MKT, with modifications to disallow installation of awnings, umbrella tables, or planters or other improvements that be visible from the street level of Market Square, and to reduce the visibility of the front wall.
Applicant Request
    • Add new roof deck, 46'8" x 19'2" set back 10'4" from front of building. Construction to be metal joists and composite decking material suspended above roof deck with ramp from new deck to existing stairway at rear. Continuous railing 3'6" high of 3"x3" steel tube posts 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" top and bottom rails and 1/4" steel coated cables at 4". Penthouse 34'7" long and 5'5" wide and 10'3" high at highest peak with Hardiboard siding and 4" Hardiplank trim, roofed with standing seam metal in dark color and a 5"5"x6' storage room for deck furniture.
    • NOTE: Modifications were made at the 2/17/2011 Knoxville Historic Zoning Commission meeting to disallow installation of awnings, umbrella tables or planters or other improvements that would be visible from the street level of Market Square and to eliminate visibility of the penthouse by altering the roofline.
Market Square H-1
    • Style: Vernacular Commercial (1920)
    • McBee Trading Company Building. Two story brick building with elaborate corbelling, limestone sills, lintels and cornice and altered storefront.
    • This building was a dray goods store named the McBee Trading Company, as the first occupant of this building, followed by the Huff Edington department store. In 1935, the building housed a White Store and by 1950 was a clothing store. The building is now known as Preservation Pub.
Applicable Guidelines
Market Square Design Guidelines and Designation Report, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on July 24, 2001.
See Guidelines
Meeting Date
February 17, 2011
COA Expires February 17, 2013
Market Square H-1
28 Market Square
Applicant
Brett Brett Honeycutt
Owner Square Dream LLC (Bernadette West)

Case History

Date Filed
January 20, 2011
Date Heard
February 17, 2011

Case History