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Level IV: Ft. Sanders NC-1

5-Q-18-HZ

Approved With Conditions

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Recommendation
Staff supports the expansion of the Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center as a priority for the overall community; however, MPC recommends that Covenant Health continue to co-operate 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.
Applicant Request
Other: Relocation or Demolition
    • Demolish house to construct a parking garage expansion for Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center (FSRMC).
Ft. Sanders NC-1
    • Style: Queen Anne with Eastlake influence (1895)
      • Two-story frame wth weatherboard wallcovering, hip roof with cross gables, front gablet with sunburst pattern flanked by sawn brackets. Two-story cut-away bay at front gable featuring fishscale shingles surrounding wood-louvered dentiled attic vent. Two-story three-quarter front porch with sawn-wood arched railing at second-level porch, square wood columns with unusual curvilinear sawn brackets. Pented roof projection supported by scrolled brackets on first-level. First and second levels are differentiated with beltcourses. Two-over-two double-hung wood windows and half-light paneled front entry (currently boarded). Brick foundation. Two interior offset brick chimney stacks, one rear and one front side (currently missing). Irregular plan. This original decorative elements of this house reflect a George Barber influence. (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 22, 2021
Ft. Sanders NC-1
1810 Highland Ave 37916
Applicant
Land Development Solutions - E.J. Baksa E.J. Baksa
Owner Covenant Health Covenant Health Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center - E.J. Baksa E.J. Baksa

Case History

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

Case History