Level II: Old North Knoxville H-1
6-M-18-HZ
Approved With Conditions
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval with the condition that a fourth porch post be added to the right of the steps and that the middle post be centered in the remaining space. The step handrails are to be attached to the porch posts flanking the steps. The post to the left of the steps is to be an engaged or half-post. The rear deck is approved contingent on the size being provided.Applicant Request
Architectural feature; Doors; Masonry repair/painting; Porch; Siding; Windows- Reconstruct frame front porch based on a design common to similar houses. The balustrade is to be 36 inches high and comprises 2x2 nominally sized square pickets and square porch posts with beveled trim at the top and bottom and on the handrail. The wooden deck will have a 36-inch balustrade with the balusters set into the top and bottom rail or with the ends sandwiched between 1x4 trim. The chimney stack will be replace with a replica to create non-working chimney and stuccoed as is the existing. The non-original front door is proposed to be replaced with vintage or new half-light with horizontal panels below as shown in the drawings submitted for this meeting. The weatherboard siding will be repaired or replaced in-kind as needed and 3.5-inch corner boards will be added. A Velux fixed curb-mount skylight is proposed centered on the rear of the hipped roof at 22.5"x34.5" in size.
Old North Knoxville H-1
- Style: Queen Anne (c. 1895)
- Two-story frame with aluminum siding. Hip roof with asphalt shingles. One-over-one double hung windows. The former one-story three-quarter front porch with wood columns and Doric capitals has been removed and is proposed to be reconstructed in 2018. Exterior end brick chimney. Brick foundation. Irregular plan. (Contributing)
- Style: Queen Anne (c. 1895)
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 wooden turned posts, heavy wood posts or columns, square or turned balustrades, wood bead board ceilings and tongue-and-groove floors, 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.
- 1. Historic porches on houses in Old North Knoxville should be repaired, or may replicate the original porch if documentation of its size and design can be discovered.
- 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.
- 4. In new construction, the proportion of the porches to the front facades shall be consistent with the historic porches in the neighborhood.
