Level II: Market Square H-1
3-E-13-HZ
Approved
Recommendation
APPROVAL to renew Certificate of Appropriateness #100611MKT to cover balcony floor grate w/black metal roofing material and hang blade sign underneath the balcony. Install a series of single, exposed marqui bulbs along edge of the balcony valance.Applicant Request
Signs- Modifications to the existing faux wrought iron balcony to include roofing the existing metal grate floor of the structure with black metal roofing material and enclosing an 8-inch space under it to house the wiring of a new hanging blade sign. The new blade sign will hang from the balcony floor grating and will be edged with single exposed bulbs. Also, install edge-lighting of a series of single, exposed marqui bulbs along the edge of the balcony valance as per submitted drawings.
Market Square H-1
- Style: Italianate Commercial (c.1886)
- Peter Kern Building. Three story, three bay brick building with similar facades. Bracketed ornamental metal cornice. Segmental arched replacement windows. Ornamental metal window hoods. Ornamental brick string course between second and third stories. Applied keystones above windows. c. 1980 storefront. Entrance to upper stories on south elevation (407 Union).
- The first recorded occupancy of the building was by Peter Kern Co. bakers and confectioners in 1876. The building housed the Cole, Inc. Pharmacy from 1935 through 1965, and the upper floors have served as a small boutique hotel since the 1980s. The building is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places as The Mall Building, and is included in the Market Square National Register Historic District as well.
Applicable Guidelines
Market Square Design Guidelines and Designation Report, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on July 24, 2001.
See GuidelinesMeeting Date
February 21, 2013
COA Expires February 11, 2015
Market Square H-1
407 Union Ave 37917
Applicant
Joshua Joshua Wright - Architects Wright Architects Wright
Owner Oliver Hotel
Case History
Date Filed
February 11, 2013
Date Heard