Level II: Ft. Sanders NC-1
5-R-18-HZ
Recommendations will be available 1 week prior to the meeting.
Applicant Request
Porch; Other: reconstruct front porch- Reconstruct front porch to match previously existing following demolition of existing.
- Roof and porch to be rebuilt to same size, style, pitch, shape, and detailing. The porch header is 8" high and will have a new 1x12 siding for apron at bottom.
- New porch flooring (tongue and groove wood), new railings per code, rebuild stairs 48" wide. The posts will be replaced with 6"x6"posts.
- Balusters to be set into top and bottom rails with 1 .75" x 1 .75" square pickets to be installed.
- Porch dimensions are 9' deep x 13' wide. Total rise of porch floor is 40" which will require guardrails per building code. Step rails will match the balustrade. Porch ceiling height is 8'.
- Reconstruct front porch to match previously existing following demolition of existing.
Ft. Sanders NC-1
- Style: Queen Anne Cottage (1903)
- One-story frame cottage with hipped roof and lower cross gables on front and sides. Three-quarter front porchwith engaged hipped roof supported by turned posts. Later 2x2 square balustrade replacing an originally turned balustrade. 1/1 double-hung windows. Brick foundation. Interior brick chimney on north side. Asbestos shingled siding (Contributing).
- Style: Queen Anne Cottage (1903)
Applicable Guidelines
Fort Sanders NC-1, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on September 13, 2000.
See Guidelines- J. DEMOLITION
- Property owners may demolish structures in the NC-1 District that the Knoxville Historic Zoning Commission (HZC) finds to be non-contributing to the district.
- A report, dated July/August 2000, establishes the location of non-contributing structures at the time that the NC-1 district was under consideration.
- . . . the Historic Zoning Commission 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 structure has been condemned by the City of Knoxville for structural reasons, or if the HZC fi nds 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.
Meeting Date
May 24, 2018
COA Expires May 23, 2021
Ft. Sanders NC-1
1605 Forest Ave 37916
Applicant / Owner
John Holmes
Case History
Date Filed
May 16, 2018
Date Heard
