Level II: Market Square H-1
3-M-11-HZ
Approved As Modified
Recommendation
DENY Certificate No. 30311MKT. Design of proposed canopy is not consistent with the architectural design and age of the building; the adopted Market Square Design Guidelines call for canvas awnings, if an awning is to be installed.Applicant Request
- Install metal canopy/awning above storefont and door openings and below transom line, to cover width of façade on each elevation facing Market Square.
- NOTE: Awning recommended for denial was altered. Intent of owner (for which certificate is issued) is to omit awning, and reinstall storefront and prism glass transoms, complete with doors, to replicate historic photo of building.
Market Square H-1
- Style: Italianate Commercial (c.1872)
- 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
March 17, 2011
COA Expires March 17, 2013
Market Square H-1
407 Union Ave
Applicant
Joshua D. Joshua D. Wright
Owner Market Square Hotel LLC
Case History
Date Filed
March 3, 2011
Date Heard
