Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of Certificate 4-H-26-HZ, subject to the following conditions: 1) final site plan to meet City Zoning and Engineering standards, with major revisions to require further review by the HZC; 2) wood lap siding on shed to reflect design and exposure of primary building.
Applicant Request
Accessory structure; Additions- New sunroom addition, new carport, and new secondary structure (shed).
- Sunroom: new sunroom/porch structure will be located on the rear elevation, below the deck. Sunroom will measure 12' deep by 18' wide and constructed of aluminum frame with glass windows, one full-light glass door on the left side, and one set of paired full-light glass doors on the rear elevation. The sunroom will rest on a concrete slab foundation.
- Carport: new carport will measure 18' wide by 12' deep, with a 10' wide by 12' deep shed attached, both beneath a 2/12-pitch shed roof clad in standing-seam metal to match the house. The carport will be supported by "reclaimed steel I-beams from the house," and the shed will be clad in wood lap siding.
Fourth and Gill H
- Style: c.1900/c.2025
- Previously a one-story commercial building with a gable roof; effectively demolished and reconstructed as a front-gable roof house.
- Style: c.1900/c.2025
Applicable Guidelines
Fourth and Gill Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on April 20, 1999 and June 29, 1999.
See Guidelines- New Additions
- 1. Locate attached exterior additions at the rear or on an inconspicuous side of a historic building, limiting the size and scale in relationship to the historic building. Proportion is very important.
- 2. Design new additions in a manner that makes clear what is historic and what is new.
- 3. Consider the attached exterior addition both in terms of the new use and the appearance of other buildings in the Historic district. Design for the new work may be contemporary or may reference design motifs from the historic buildings. In either case, it should always be clearly differentiated from the historic building and be compatible in terms of mass, materials, size, texture, scale, relationship of solids to voids, and color.
- 4. Place new additions, such as balconies or solar greenhouses, on non-character-defining elevations, and limit the size and scale in relationship to the historic building.
- 7. New work should not appear to be as old as the historic building. Do not duplicate the exact form, material, style, and detailing of the historic building in the new addition.
- 8. New additions should not cause a lessening or loss of historic character, including the historic building's design, materials, workmanship, location, or setting.
- Outbuildings
- Auxiliary or outbuildings were often used in the Fourth and Gill neighborhood, although many of them have deteriorated or been destroyed over the years. Typical outbuildings would have included carriage houses or servants' quarters, often taller than one story and built with steeply pitched gable roofs, or combined gable and shed roofs, with weatherboard or board and batten wall covering. Smaller work sheds were also common in Fourth and Gill. Newer houses in the district might have had garages, with the same roof shapes and wall coverings, or with wall coverings that matched the primary building on the lot. It is acceptable to construct new outbuildings to the rear of lots on Fourth and Gill, with designs that respect the original designs.
- 1. Buildings resembling servants' quarters or carriage houses, work buildings, or simple one-story garages are appropriate to be constructed in the Fourth and Gill Historic District. Their size and construction should use materials that correspond to the original primary buildings on the lot.
Meeting Date
April 16, 2026
Fourth and Gill H
616 Luttrell St. 37917
Applicant / Owner
