Level II: Fourth And Gill H-1
5-H-20-HZ
Approved With Conditions
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the work as proposed, with the following conditions: 1) all efforts be taken to repair the basement windows instead of replace them, and if replacement windows are necessary, replacements of the same size, shape, material, and muntin profile as the existing be submitted for review by staff and 2) the design of the proposed secondary entrance door be submitted for review by staff.Applicant Request
Architectural feature; Doors; Porch- - Construction of retaining walls: construction of concrete retaining walls to run 13'-8" east from existing porch foundation. Retaining walls will form a rectangular shape and be infilled with landscaping as planters. Left (east) side of retaining walls will be adjoined by new stone steps, connecting the basement-level area and street level.
- - Basement door: installation of a wood, three-light Craftsman-style door on the left (east) elevation porch foundation.
- - Basement windows: repairs or replacement in-kind to seven basement-level wood windows. Applicant will build new wood windows to match the size, design, and profile of existing windows (three-light wood casement windows).
- - Porch repair: replacement of deteriorated wood tongue-and-groove porch flooring with new wood tongue-and-groove porch flooring.
Fourth and Gill H-1
- Style: Bungalow with Mediterranean Colonial influence (c.1920)
- Two story frame rowhouse with brick veneer wall covering. Hipped roof with tile roof covering. Three over one double hung windows. One story full hipped roof front porch with brick columns and balustrade, brick piers at entrance, and pantile roof covering. Two interior offset brick chimneys. Brick raised foundation. Rectangular plan.
- Style: Bungalow with Mediterranean Colonial influence (c.1920)
Applicable Guidelines
Fourth and Gill Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on April 20, 1999 and June 29, 1999.
See Guidelines- Windows
- 2. Original windows should be reused. It will be much less expensive and much better historically to retain the original windows.
- 4. If replacement windows are necessary, they should be the same overall size as the originals, with the same pane division, and the same muntin style and exterior depth, width and profile. False muntins or grids should not be used.
- Porches
- 5. Do not replace a wooden porch floor with a poured concrete or masonry floor. The concrete floor will change the historic appearance of the building, and can retain moisture that eventually damages the building.
- Entrances
- 2. It may be appropriate to design or construct a new entrance if the historic one is missing. Any restoration should be based on historical, pictorial and physical documentation and should be compatible with the historic character of the building and with adjacent buildings. It should not create a false historic appearance. Entrances should not be removed when rehabilitating a building, either in adapting to a new use or continuing a historic one.
- 3. Service (rear or side) entrances should not be altered to make them appear to be formal entrances by adding paneled doors, fanlights or sidelights.
- 4. Secondary entrances should be compatible with the originals in size, scale or materials but should not give the appearance of a primary entrance.
- Additions
- 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
