Level II: Edgewood-Park City H
6-F-26-HZ
Recommendations will be available 1 week prior to the meeting.
Applicant Request
Masonry repair/painting; Porch; Siding; Windows- After-the-fact review of removal of historic windows and installation of new windows. Windows installed without permits were vinyl with grids-between-the glass in varying sizes (all smaller than the original openings) were installed in at least six locations. None are the original window size and all feature flat, square wood trim that differs from original headers, trim, and sills. Wood siding installed surrounding the new windows, with an exposure pattern different from the adjacent window.
- Application includes a revised window replacement proposal. Proposed windows are Andersen 100 Series Fibrex composite, simulated divided light (exterior muntins with a spacer bar between the glass), 3/1 single-hung.
- Façade: original windows were one pair of 3/1, double-hung wood windows on the left bay and one 3/1 double-hung wood window on the right window. All windows featured defined wood headers, trim, and sills.
- Right side elevation: original windows were four bays, including several 3/1 double-hung wood windows (not all originals are visible), with smaller windows on the first and third bays. All windows featured defined wood headers, trim, and sills and the header heights were aligned.
- Left side elevation: original windows were five bays of 3/1, double-hung wood windows, with smaller windows on the second and fourth bays. All windows featured defined wood headers, trim, and sills and the header heights were aligned.
- Rear elevation: original windows were three bays, including two 3/1, double-hung wood windows and a third 1/1 double-hung window.
- After-the-fact review of porch work: original tapered wood piers on brick posts on front porch and right side porte-cochere were removed and replaced with square, 8 by 8 wood posts that extend to the porch floor or ground level.
- After-the-fact review of chimney demolition. Brick chimney on right side roof slope was demolished by March 2026 (visible in February 2024 aerial photography).
- After-the-fact review of repair and in-kind replacement to wood fascia, soffits, and rafter tails.
Edgewood-Park City H
- Style: Craftsman, c.1915
- One-story frame residence with a front-gable roof clad in asphalt shingles, an exterior of wood lap siding, and a brick foundation, featuring a partial-width front porch and a porte cochere projecting from the right side.
- Style: Craftsman, c.1915
Applicable Guidelines
Edgewood-Park City Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on May 27, 2025.
See Guidelines- WINDOWS
- 1. Retain the original window openings.
- a. Retain the location, pattern, and size of original window openings.
- b. It is not appropriate to reduce or enlarge original window openings.
- c. It is not appropriate to close in original window openings.
- 2. Preserve original windows and associated features.
- a. Retain early or original windows, including all functional and decorative elements such as the sash, hardware, and casing, as well as any decorative moldings or hoods.
- 3. Improve the energy efficiency of intact original windows rather than replacing them.
- 4. If replacement is necessary, replace historic materials in kind.
- a. Replace historic window sashes only when they are determined to be deteriorated beyond repair.
- b. Replace only the deteriorated component of a historic window (such as the sash) rather than replace the entire assembly.
- c. Properly recess new window sashes within the opening to protect the window, allow water runoff, and preserve historic profiles.
- d. It is not appropriate to enlarge or reduce the size of the original opening to accommodate the installation of a replacement window.
- e. Replacement windows are to match the operation type (e.g., doublehung) of the original window.
- f. Alternative materials for replacement windows may be considered, as long as the replacements match the overall size, muntin configuration and profile, meeting rail width and profile, and style of the original windows.
- g. When replacing with divided-light sashes, use either true-divided-light or simulated divided-light sashes with dimensional muntins permanently affixed to the exterior of the glass. Snap-in grids and internal muntins sandwiched between panes of glass are not appropriate.
- h. Maintain the original profiles, trim dimensions, and depth of reveal when installing replacement sashes.
- i. In the absence of other intact windows on the building, reference window designs on similar properties within the district.
- j. Frosted, tinted, reflective, opaque, or patterned replacement glass is not appropriate unless historically present.
- WOOD FEATURES AND SIDING
- 1. Repair deteriorated wood elements as character-defining features.
- 2. Maintain compatibility when replacing wood features that are deteriorated beyond repair.
- a. Repair or replace, only as needed, materials and features with components that match the original in material, dimension, detail, profile, and texture.
- PORCHES
- 1. Retain and preserve original or early porches, including their individual components.
- A. Retain porches that contribute to the historic character of the building, including individual components such as: […] support columns and posts, masonry piers, balustrades (rails & balusters), etc
- 3. Repair deteriorated or replace missing historic porch components.
- A. Repair or replace only the deteriorated or missing section of a historic porch component. Wholesale replacement of intact historic components is not appropriate when only a small section is deteriorated.
- B. Repair deteriorated porch components with materials finished to match original or early components.
- C. Where historic components are determined to be deteriorated beyond repair, use them as the basis for selecting replacement components in order to match the early or original in design, profile, and material texture.
- ROOFING
- 2. Retain original chimneys.
- a. Retain original or reconstructed original chimneys.
- c. If rebuilding a chimney is necessary, use historically appropriate materials. It is not appropriate to use simulated masonry materials.
- d. Altering the character of a chimney by painting, parging, or otherwise covering historically-exposed masonry materials is not appropriate.
- e. Reducing the height of chimney stacks, while retaining the appearance that a stack exists, can be considered based on a professional contractor's assessment of their condition. If a chimney stack is destroyed or the height reduced by an act of nature, then retain any remainder of the stack and cap the chimney. Retain and store loose bricks for possible future reconstruction.
- f. Small chimneys that originally served as enclosures for stove pipes can be removed if determined to be of no architectural or historical significance.
Meeting Date
June 18, 2026
Edgewood-Park City H
1705 Jefferson Ave. 37917
Applicant
Mohammad Arid
Owner Ida Thacker
