Level I/II: Old North Knoxville H
5-B-23-HZ
Approved With Conditions
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of Certificate 5-B-23-HZ, subject to the following conditions: 1) new shutters to reflect the overall size and shape of the windows, with final specs submitted to staff; 2) applicant to provide further information on existing treatments on brick foundation before applying new paint; 3) applicant to provide a drawing of front porch elements to staff for approval, with new porch elements to be compatible with historic posts and balusters in the neighborhood.Applicant Request
Doors; Porch; Roofing; Siding; Windows- Overall exterior rehabilitation project.
- Level 1 scopes: Removal of asphalt shingle roof cladding and replacement with new asphalt shingle roof. Roof work also includes repair or replacement in-kind to soffit and fascia, and installation of new gutters. Repair to existing 2/2 double-hung wood windows. Installation of new window left side elevation, close to the rear elevation - overall window opening was infilled with siding and a replacement window was installed; new window will match the original size and be a one-over-one, double-hung wood window. Repair to existing back deck. Refinishing of/repair to two exterior doors. Repair to existing siding; approximately 10% of existing aluminum siding will be replaced in-kind.
- Level 2 scopes:
- Removal of non-historic vinyl shutters on the façade; proposed installation of new wood shutters.
- Demolition of chimney on northwest corner of roof slope; chimney is an interior chimney clad in stucco or Portland Cement and recessed behind a façade side-gable roof massing.
- Removal of second entry door on the façade. Door is a non-historic metal six-panel door installed on the right (east) side of the projecting front-gable massing, installed as an exterior entrance to a second unit.
- Installation of new window left side elevation, close to the rear elevation. Overall window opening was infilled with siding and a replacement window was installed; new window will match the original size and be a one-over-one, double-hung wood window.
- Paint proposed for brick foundation.
- Removal of non-original iron porch columns and railing; installation of turned wood posts and a wood balustrade.
- Moving location of rear elevation door. Existing door is located on the left side of the rear elevation; applicant proposes to shift it to the right side of the existing window bay. Existing door will be reused.
- APPROVED 5.18.2023, subject to the following conditions: 1) new shutters to reflect the overall size and shape of the windows, with final specs submitted to staff; 2) applicant to provide further information on existing treatments on brick foundation before applying new paint; 3) applicant to provide a drawing of front porch elements to staff for approval, with new porch elements to be compatible with historic posts and balusters in the neighborhood.
Old North Knoxville H
- Style: Queen Anne cottage, c.1910
- One-story frame residence with a hipped roof with projecting gables, clad in asphalt shingles, an exterior clad in aluminum siding, and a continuous brick foundation.
- Style: Queen Anne cottage, c.1910
Applicable Guidelines
Old North Knoxville Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on November 25, 2004.
See Guidelines- A. Roofs
- 3. Repair or replace roof details (chimneys, roof cresting, finials, attic vent windows, molding, bargeboards, and other unique roof features). Use some of these details in designing new buildings.
- B. Windows
- 1. Original windows shall be reused if possible. It will be much less expensive and much better historically to retain the original windows, and it is inappropriate to replace them with new windows that differ in size, material, or pane division.
- 2. If replacement windows are necessary, they shall be the same overall size as the originals, with the same pane division and the same muntin depth, width, and profile. They shall be the same materials as the original windows, which were generally wood.
- 6. Windows may not be blocked in. They must retain the full height and width of the original opening.
- C. Porches
- 1. Historic porches on houses in Old North Knoxville should be repaired, or may replicate the original porch if documentation of its size and design can be discovered.
- 2. Design elements to be incorporated in any new porch design must include tongue and groove wood floors, beadboard ceilings, wood posts and/or columns and sawn and turned wood trim when appropriate. If balustrades are required, they must be designed with spindles set into the top and bottom rails.
- D. Entrances
- 1. Entry features which shall be preserved include sidelights and transoms of plain, patterned, beveled or stained glass, fan light windows and transoms, entablatures, and the original doors.
- 4. A replacement entrance shall not create a false historic appearance. A new entrance or porch must be compatible in size, scale, or material.
- 5. Entrances must not be removed when rehabilitating a building; adaptation to new uses must include the original entrance,
- E. Wood Wall Coverings
- 12. If artificial siding is present on any elevation of a building and most be removed in order to repair the building structurally, it can be replaced on the building if no more than 49% of any elevation's artificial siding is removed. If 50% of the artificial siding on any elevation is removed for repair, it cannot be replaced.
- F. Masonry Wall Coverings
- 9. Historic masonry shall not be coated with paint, stucco, vapor permeable, water-repellant coatings, or other non-historic coatings.
