Level II: Old North Knoxville H-1
6-J-18-HZ
Recommendations will be available 1 week prior to the meeting.
Applicant Request
Additions- Construct rear frame porch with a ~3:12 pitch hipped roof to match the existing. The overall height is approximately 16'. The foundation height will be about 16"-18" to the rim band with the intent to match existing. Porch decking, columns, cornice fascia, soffit and railings are to be of wood. Matching wood clapboard siding would be utilized to infill certain areas as needed.
- There are two original wood-framed back doors in the rear façade of the main block of the house. The one on the left is almost full glass and is currently obscured by iron grillwork. It is proposed to be moved forward to the face of the new porch enclosure. The door on the right is half glass and is proposed to remain as is.
- The balustrade is proposed to be 31 inches high and incorporate turned spindles, similar to that of the front porch. The floor is below 30 inches in height above grade so it will not be required to meet the code height of 36 inches.
Old North Knoxville H-1
- Style: Neoclassical with Queen Anne influence (c. 1900)
- Two-story frame with brick veneer at first story and wood shingle wall covering at second story. Flared belt course. Hip-and-gable roof with asphalt shingle covering. Double-hung one-over-one windows. Cottage window on front elevation with leaded, beveled glass transom. Stone lintels with keystones and sills on first-story windows. Two-story wrap-around front and side porch with turned wood balustrade at second level, round fluted wood columns with Ionic capitals at first. One-story projecting bay on east elevation. Stone foundation with stone water table. Irregular plan. Recessed transom and sidelights at front entry. Built by Briner and England.
- Style: Neoclassical with Queen Anne influence (c. 1900)
Applicable Guidelines
Old North Knoxville Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on November 25, 2004.
See Guidelines- C. PORCHES (p.17)
- The individual design elements of the neighborhood porches include turned wood columns, elaborate railing and balusters, heavy wood posts or columns, wood bead board ceilings and tongue-and-groove floors, gingerbread or sawn wood trim. All are important to the style of the houses. These individual details should be repaired and preserved, or replicated if good documentation of the original porch exists.
- 2. Design elements to be incorporated in any new porch design must include tongue-and-groove wood floors, beadboard ceilings, wood posts and/or columns and sawn and turned wood trim when appropriate. If balustrades are required, they must be designed with spindles set into the top and bottom rails.
- L. ADDITIONS (p. 28)
- 1. Locate exterior additions at the rear of or on an inconspicuous side of a historic building . . . using appropriate proportions.
- 2. Additions shall be designed so that they can be removed without destroying the form of the historic building
- 3. Do not cause a loss of historic character through a new addition.
- D. ENTRANCES (p. 19)
- 4. A replacement entrance shall not create a false historic appearance. A new entrance or porch must be compatible in size, scale, or material.
- 6. Service (rear) entrances may not be altered to make them appear to be formal entrances by adding paneled doors, fanlights, transoms or sidelights.
- 7. Secondary entrances must be compatible with the original in size, scale and materials, but clearly secondary in importance.
