: Mechanicsville

6-C-00-HZ

Approved

Recommendation
APPROVE. Proposed changes are consistent with adopted guidelines, or in the case of the clerestory windows, will not be apparent from ground level.

Applicant Request
Architectural feature; Doors; Masonry repair/painting; Mechanical system unit; Parking lot or driveway paving; Roofing; Signs; Windows; Other:
    • Rehabilitate building exterior, repair or replace doors & windows in kind, adding rear section with clerestory window on roof, air handling unit on roof, pave parking lot, install sign, demolish inappropriate rear addition, remove brick covering existing marble kick plates on front façade, restore marble panels; repair existing copper storefront frame, replace glass in storefront and uncover transom, repair gutters, repair existing security grills on side windows, reroof, repoint brick as necessary using Preservation Brief No. 2.

Mechanicsville
    • Style: Victorian Vernacular Commercial (c.1900)
      • Rogers Bulding/Wylie Hardware. Two story brick with two bay façade and concrete block rear addition. Flat roof with front parapet., tile coping. Contrasting color brick lintels linked with contrasting brick above second story windows and at corbelled brick recessed panels above second story. Altered storefront with brick covering existing marble kick panels. Brick foundation. Rectangular plan.

Applicable Guidelines
Mechanicsville Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on October 10, 1995.
See Guidelines

Meeting Date
June 15, 2000
COA Expires June 15, 2002

Mechanicsville
1545 Western Ave

Applicant
Odle & Young, Architects
Owner Rogers-Wylie LLC

Case History

Date Filed
May 24, 2000

Date Heard
June 15, 2000

Case History