: Market Square H-1
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Market Square H-1
- Style: Italianate Commercial (c. 1865)
- McBath Brothers Building. Two-story three-bay with segmentally-arched second-story windows with contrasting keystones, springers and sills. Pressed metal bracketed cornice with corbelled brick below cornice. Altered storefront. The buidlings was originally built as three storefronts. A saloon owned by Michael Cullinan in 1880. Cullinan expanded his saloon to 13 Market Square from 1886 to 1905. Later occupants included clothing and shoe stores in 1930, Market Square Billiards, and then Snyder's dry goods and department store until it became part of Watson's (Ira A.).
- Style: Italianate Commercial (c. 1865)
Applicable Guidelines
Market Square Design Guidelines and Designation Report, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on July 24, 2001.
See Guidelines- All design guidelines apply:
- D. Signs
- 1. A storefront shall not have more than two signs, a primary and a secondary sign. One of these may be
- a flush-mounted sign board located below the second story window sills and above the storefront
- display windows.
- 3. If window signs are used, they shall be composed of applied
- letters or symbols on no more than 30% of the storefront glass,
- shall not obscure the display area and shall contrast with the
- display background. Light colored or gold-leafed letters with
- dark borders are recommended.
- 5. Signs can be directly or indirectly illuminated.
- E. Awnings
- 1. Awnings were often used on storefronts. Early photographs of Market Square may 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.
- 4. A standard street-level awning should project four to seven feet from the building and should be about seven feet above the sidewalk.
Meeting Date
May 15, 2014
COA Expires May 14, 2016
Market Square H-1
15 Market Square
Applicant
Kristen Kristen Grove - Johnson Architecture, Inc. Johnson Architecture, Inc.
Owner Glenn Glenn Kirtley
