Level I: Market Square H-1
5-B-15-HZ
Approved
Recommendation
Applicant Request
SignsMarket Square H-1
- Style: Victorian Vernacular (c. 1880)
- W. H. Burroughs Building. Two story brick building with three bays, arched second story windows with corbelled arched window hoods with replacement sashes and a corbelled brick cornice. Altered c. 1930s storefront.
- Style: Victorian Vernacular (c. 1880)
Applicable Guidelines
Market Square Design Guidelines and Designation Report, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on July 24, 2001.
See Guidelines- II. Existing Buildings
- A. Storefront Design:
- 3. The color and texture of storefront materials shall be simple and unobtrusive, whether they are wood, cast iron or anodized aluminum.
- 12. Inappropriate historical themes shall be avoided.
- E. Awnings.
- 1. Awnings were often used on storefronts. Early photographs of Market Square should be consulted to learn their design.
- 2. Awnings shall be attached to the building above the display windows and below the storefront cornice or sign panel.
- 3. Awnings shall reinforce the frame of the storefront without covering the space between the second-story window sills and the storefront cornice, or the piers.
- Secretary of Interiors Standards Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings: Storefronts
- Design for Replacement of Historic Features:
- It may be an accurate rendition using historical, pictorial, and physical documentation or be a new design that is compatible with the size, scale, material, and color of the historic building.
- NPS Presevation Brief Number 27- Interpreting the Secretary of Interiors Standards: Adding Awnings to Historic Storefronts
- Repair and installation of awnings can be an important component of a building's rehabilitation. An inappropriate awning can diminish a building's character, or create an entirely new appearance that has no historical basis.
- New replacement awnings should be compatible with historic examples. Advertisements and store names should be muted rather than the central focus. . .
- If an awning treatment adversely affects the historic character of the building, the project will not meet the Secretary of Interiors Standards, despite the fact that it may be less permanent, and more reversible, than some other rehabilitation treatments.
