Level I/II: Mechanicsville H-1
6-D-10-HZ
Approved
Recommendation
APPROVE Certificate No. 52710MEC. Proposed alterations will restore three bay storefront, with shop windows and recessed storefront entry, including transoms above storefront, improve appearance of non-contributing metal warehouse buildings.Applicant Request
- Level I: Repoint and repair masonry, using Preservation Brief No. 2; repair or replace coping as necessary.
- Level II: Replace top floor windows with wood replacement units using true divided lights for top sash with window size, profile and mullion patterns to match originals; install beadboard panels as sign boards with raised lettering; create stucco pilasters extending from base of second story to sidewalk to define storefront; restore front door or replace in kind; remove existing storefront windows and base panels and replace with same size wooden traditional storefront with divisions to suggest storefront windows and wood bulkhead bases.
- Level I: Repoint and repair masonry, using Preservation Brief No. 2; repair or replace coping as necessary.
Mechanicsville H-1
- Style: Commercial Vernacular (c.1925)
- Two story three bay brick building with flat roof. Altered storefront. Paired second story double hung windows with divided upper sashes and one light lower sashes. Flat roof with front parapet wall. Inlaid cast stone plaque above middle bay with incised name WEBER. Cast stone coping. Adjoining front gable roof metal buildings on each side with blank walls facing Western.
- Style: Commercial Vernacular (c.1925)
Applicable Guidelines
Mechanicsville Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on October 10, 1995.
See GuidelinesMeeting Date
June 17, 2010
COA Expires June 17, 2012
Mechanicsville H-1
1551 Western Ave
Applicant
Department of Community Development (John Huff)
Owner Betty L. Martin
Case History
Date Filed
May 27, 2010
Date Heard
