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Level IV: Fort Sanders NC-1

5-O-18-HZ

Approved With Conditions

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Recommendation
MPC staff supports the expansion of the Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center as a priority for the overall community; however, staff recommends the:

1) continued co-operation of Covenant Health with the documentation of this important site that was first supported in 2008 by Max Shell, a Covenant Health representative, and allow archaeological research (i.e. monitoring during removal of the houses from the property) and additional needed investigations as determined by a professional archaeologist, so that any important Civil War data discovered at the site can be scientifically recovered and preserved;

2) repair and maintain existing stone retaining wall on site at northeast corner of the property, or donate the stone to Knox Heritage so that it may be used to repair similar retaining walls elsewhere; and

3) protection and retention of the large tree on Eighteenth Street-side of the property.
Applicant Request
Other: relocation or demolition
    • Demolish house to construct a parking garage expansion for Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center (FSRMC).
Fort Sanders NC-1
    • Style: Queen Anne (1897)
      • Two-and-a half-story frame unusual transect plan featuring a hipped roof with a steeply pitched front gable and twin cross-gables on each side. Keytstoned fanlight transom over the original eight-paneled door (currently boarded). Segmentally arched roof portico at front entry with deep fascia supported by square posts. One-story canted bay on front elevation crowned with carved cornice brackets. One-story porch on east elevation with hipped roof supported by wooden support posts featuring decorative geometric appliques. One-over-one double-hung and two-over-two wooden windows (currently boarded). Interior offset rear brick chimney (currently missing). Brick foundation and aluminum siding. (Contributing)
Applicable Guidelines
Fort Sanders NC-1, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on September 13, 2000.
    • J. DEMOLITION
    • . . .the Historic Zoning Commisson shall take the following into account in making their determination about whether or not a building may be demolished:
    • 1. PHYSICAL CONDITION:
    • The HZC may allow demolition if a building has been condemned by the City of Knoxville for structural reasons, or if the HZC finds that structural problems and associated costs to address the problems warrant demolition; the decision shall be based on an assessment by a licensed structural engineer or architect.
    • 2. ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY: The HZC may allow demolition if the original design is so compromised that historic architectural integrity is lost and cannot, in the Commission's view, be reasonably re-established.
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Meeting Date
May 24, 2018
COA Expires May 23, 2021
Fort Sanders NC-1
1802 Highland Ave 37916
Applicant
Land Development Solutions - E.J. Baksa E.J. Baksa
Owner Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center - Patrick Birmingham Patrick Birmingham

Case History

Date Filed
April 30, 2018
Date Heard
May 24, 2018

Case History